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NEWS ABOUT: Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry stories: 3 news summaries

Nerd Alert: Roddenberry's Mac for Sale

Apple gave early model to Star Trek creator
as a gift in 1986

Sep 18, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Deep-pocketed Star Trek and Apple fanatics will battle it out next month in an auction for the first Macintosh Plus—a computer that happened to be owned by Gene Roddenberry. The Mac Plus was the third Mac model, released 2 years after the original, and the first to offer a... More »

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Apple • Macintosh • Star Trek • Gene Roddenberry

OPINION

 Original Trek Still The Best 


May 13, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s been a long time since James Kirk set out on his 5-year mission, and those early voyages may look cheesy, low-budget, or even sexist now. But “the original Star Trek still has a passion and vitality,” writes Andrew O’Hehir of Salon. “It stands... More »

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entertainment • television • science fiction • Star Trek • William Shatner • Leonard Nimoy • syndication • Gene Roddenberry

 Star Trek's 'First Lady' Dies 

Creator's widow played 'Nurse Chapel,' who had hots for Spock, and computer voice

Dec 19, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The 76-year-old widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and a character in the science fiction classic, is dead. Majel Barrett-Roddenberry appeared in the pilot for Star Trek as assistant "Number One," and in the series as Nurse Chapel. She also provided the voice of the Enterprise in... More »

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leukemia • Star Trek • Spock • Majel Barrett-Roddenberry • Gene Roddenberry • USS Enterprise

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