Majel Barret-Roddenberry passed away Friday, December 18th of leukemia, which she was diagnosed with 6 months ago. Majel was a major part of the Star Trek universe, created by husband Gene Roddenberry, since it’s premier in 1966. Playing acting and voice parts in every major Star Trek series, including the upcoming JJ Abrams film remake in 2009, Mrs. Roddenberry kept the Star Trek world grounded in the original vision of her husband. She will be missed.

Yes! I love a Star Trek nerd with commitment. And it takes a hell of a lot of commitment to turn your studio apartment into a living replica of the interior of a starship. Completely functional, the gentleman’s home, right outside of London, has been completely handcrafted with everyday parts from the local Home Depot. The design features working LED lighting systems, is air conditioned and even has a replica transporter control system which triggers sound systems and lights via fader input. The downside other than retina damage was bankruptcy, which the owner recently emerged from.

Read and see more: Man turns apartment into Star Trek Voyager shrine

Over at Flickr (where I’ve wasted my whole morning trying to retrieve a password from an old account thanks to their pile of crap system which has been integrated into Yahoo’s pile of crap system) I just noticed a brilliant photo of someone’s Star Trek memorabilia score. In the 80s, Flickr user “The Rocketeer” found a collection of business cards for some of the characters of the original Star Trek. From Captain Kirk to Cyrano Jones, there are nifty little quotes and everything attributed to each character. Would be a perfect gift for the Star Trek nerd in your family, if only they were still available.

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We know that many of you secretly wish to speak fluent Klingon, come onnnn, admit it! Ok, I’ll go first, I tried for quite some time as a youngster, but, then realized I sounded like a car wreck and decided maybe to move on and eh, there was just nothing like TNG anyways. For those of you still trying, there’s The Sounds of Klingon web archive, a wonderful audio tool created by the Klingon Language Institute (an actual non-profit institute) intended to aid those interested in learning the proper pronunciation of the Klingon language. The archive features audio samples of all pronunciations contained within the Klingon language and is achieving major steps towards uniting our two peoples in peaceful relations.

Read more: The sounds of Klingon – Audio samples and more

First appearing online in 1997, Star Wreck is well-known to any true fan of Star Trek. Originally a fan-made parody from a few Finnish school-kids, Star Wreck has has grown into a major effort by fans all around the world. The new Star Wreck episode, “In the Pirkinning”, is finally complete after years of hard work by many fans. “In the Pirkinning” is a full-length parody film, featuring quite impressive special effects and I have to admit, acting and translations that confuses the hell out of me.

Watch Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning after the jump..

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Rumours are swirling among the Star Trek boards that the original Star Trek series will be remastered for a high definition DVD and eventual HD-DVD release, featuring enhanced CG effects worthy of a high definition premium release. Rumors had been going around since this year’s Comic Con in San Diego that a Star Trek remastered edition was in the works, but confirmations from sources are starting to appear from in and around CBS Video, who now owns the rights to Star Trek on DVD. It seems original series special effects will be re-done, featuring all new CG techniques, including all of the spaceship shots, similar to the recent Mirror Universe episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. Let’s just hope the end product looks as good as it did in Enterprise.

Read more: Star Trek to be remastered for high-def DVD / HD-DVD release

The cast of the original Star Trek get mashed up to perform Monty Python’s “Knights of the Round Table” from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail in this somewhat well-done YouTube video mashup. I honestly don’t remember a few of the Star Trek scenes the creator used in this mashup, which not only means I’ll have to turn in not only my Star Trek fan club membership card, but also that I might be disqualified from writing for this site in the future :(

Watch the video and sing-along after the jump..

No television series is complete without a blooper reel, but one show I, for some reason, never imagined having bloopers is Star Trek. Their cast always seem so on the ball and serious I just never actually imagined any of the actors throughout the years laughing or making a mistake during filming. My mistake. While Star Trek was still a viable franchise (and on air), UPN broadcast a short clip of bloopers from Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, featuring many of our (you know, us Star Trek fans) favorite characters experiencing somewhat uncharacteristic outbursts and mistakes while shooting various scenes throughout the years. Oh Q, poor Q…

Watch the video and maybe snicker a little after the jump..

Where would we as a society of nerds be without Star Trek? In a better place? I doubt it. With the perceived failure of Enterprise, some long-time fans of the original Star Trek have decided to keep the Star Trek universe alive. Using a completely fan-built recreation of the original series’ bridge and other sets, a small group of amateur actors and actresses, assisted by various professionals who worked in special effects, writing, costumes and set design on various Star Trek incarnations, are picking up where Kirk, Spock, Scotty and the crew left off. With a goal of making 22 non-profit episodes (a full season), the current episodes are free to download and watch. Professional productions they aren’t, but you can see these fans are putting their hearts into the series and trying to make their mark on the great history of Star Trek.

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