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Shran 49,543 edits since June 18, 2005

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R.I.P.

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For Star Trek-related deaths, see Trek In Memoriam below.
Nanu-nanu
Name: Chuck
DOB: 02/13
Origin: Evil! Pure and simple by way of the eighth dimension!
Current Location: Wherever I'm currently located.
Occupation: Andorian temporal agent in the guise of a human college student. Shhhh!
Favorite Episode: "In a Mirror, Darkly"
Favorite Movie: Star Trek
Favorite Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Favorite Regular Actor: Robert Picardo
Favorite Recurring Actor: Jeffrey Combs
Oh, yeah... I'm *that* good.

The user known as Shran has been a member of Memory Alpha since June of 2005. His real name is Charles (born February 13). His username was chosen in honor of the Andorian character of the same name, played by Jeffrey Combs on Star Trek: Enterprise.

Born in Virginia, Charles has been a Star Trek fan since the early 1990s, beginning with Star Trek: The Next Generation, when he was living in Germany. He has since followed the franchise faithfully, having seen every episode of the original series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Enterprise, most of Voyager, and owns all ten Star Trek films.

Charles considers himself a die-hard "Trekker" (or Trekkie, whichever you consider to be the more obsessed of the two). He believes in the optimistic vision created by Gene Roddenberry, and is obsessed with creating explanations for apparent continuity errors to ensure the Star Trek timeline remains internally consistent. Most importantly, however, he enjoys the good, high-quality entertainment which Trek almost always offers. His love of Trek encompasses all ten feature films and all of the television series (with the exception of the animated series, which he has seen very little of and does not consider fully canon).

Currently residing in his birthstate of Virginia, he is attending Christopher Newport University, where he is majoring in Theatre Studies and minoring in Film Studies. Outside of school, he does very little with the exception surfing the net and watching television. (Schoolwork figures in there somewhere). Besides Star Trek, he is a huge fanatic of film and TV in general, and is what many people would consider a "film encyclopedia," as he has a vast amount of trivia about all types of movies: the old, the new, and the yet-to-be-released.

Prior to creating an account on June 18th, 2005, Charles contributed numerous times to Memory Alpha. Pages he created as an anonymous user include Clara Sutter and Daniel Sutter. He also contributed to the pages for Jonathan Archer, United Federation of Planets, Klingon, Klingon Empire, and Isabella.

Charles had a less-than-auspicious start as a named member of Memory Alpha. Unfamiliar with the rules and policies of this wiki, he began by adding useless nonsense to a few articles and also blanked articles. However, he was quickly set straight by the likes of Alan del Beccio, and has since become a valued member of Memory Alpha – or so he likes to think. He also likes to think that he's become an expert on the Star Trek universe; however, he admits that he is always learning new, interesting details... but he wouldn't have it any other way.

Charles must be doing something right, since he is now an administrator on Memory Alpha. He was initially nominated for administatorship by Tim Thomason on September 24th and was formally "initiated" by Cid Highwind on November 4th.

On 15 August 2007, Charles became a volunteer writer for TrekMovie.com. Charles will be assisting the site's founder and operator, Anthony Pascale, with the writing and posting of news from sources outside of trekmovie.com. You can see his first news story, edited by Mr. Pascale, here. Charles currently writes the site's CelebWatch column, though he has been contributing less frequently due to his busy schedule.

Charles was the first person to suggest Chris Pine for the role of James T. Kirk in 2009's Star Trek. He brought Pine up as a possibility at TrekMovie.com (see message 104 here). Among the people who read TrekMovie.com is the film's co-writer, Roberto Orci. Less than three months later, Pine was signed to the role. Coincidence? Maybe... but you never know. ;)

This user's current MA rank is Lieutenant Commander.
This user is a certified vandal hunter!

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The Pink Skin with a Blue Skin's Name

Shran does what he does because he loves you, just as he loves all of God's children. Yet, like a spoiled child, you lash out at him out of spite because you have been led astray. For that I say: shame on you, dear sir, shame on you! --Alan del Beccio to a vandal who apparently has a grudge against me for doing my job

Hello, all you happy people. This is Shran, not to be confused with the character Thy'lek Shran (played by Jeffrey Combs), for whom this account was named. However, feel free to call me Chuck (just don't call me blue skin, as that name has been specially reserved for my pal A.J.).

Outside of Star Trek (as explained in my nifty little intro above), my interests encompass all sorts of films and TV shows. I also have an eclectic taste in music and can pretty much stand all of it with the exception of "boy bands" and most country. I'm practically obsessed with movie soundtracks. Like William Shatner, I love horses, and like Jonathan Archer, I love dogs. I'm also an amateur story/screenwriter and I often write my own movie reviews (normally for LiveJournal). And that's pretty much all you need to know about me... in fact, that may have been too much. Heh, sorry!

This user page was originally created on 18 June 2005 at 13:41 (UTC).

At present, I own the following Star Trek DVDs:


Currently on Memory Alpha

The majority of my work has been in expanding those articles for Trek actors and actresses. I take an extreme interest in what performers have done outside of Trek, and research as much as possible to point out their major works and all the appearances with other Trek performers I can find. For a list of currently unwritten performer pages, check out this page here, initially created by Tough Little Ship.

I'll also be working on the performers pages for each of the shows (with the exception of TAS) and will also be editing and creating pages for individual performers. So far I've done a lot of 'em, although only the biggest edits & additions will be listed in my "major contribution" list below. In addition, I am currently compiling and adding series credits for each individual season of each show. Thus far, I've added complete credits for DS9 seasons one through four, ENT Season 4, and VOY Season 2.

I will also be responsible for updating the "Latest News" section on the Main Page. In addition, I will take it upon myself to update the Star Trek XI when new information is released. I have already added numerous bits of information over the months and recently did an extensive overhaul to make it look more like an encyclopedia article rather than a report. It should be noted, however, that much of the information there is courtesy of TrekMovie.com, which is the best Star Trek news site out there, IMHO. Actually, it's not just an opinion... it's fact. Deal with it. ;)

My other duties on MA include deleting old IP user talk pages (a task shared with Alan and, sometimes, Jaz), deleting those pages and images voted for deletion here, here, here, and here (I also clean up those pages). I also help take care of those pages to be merged and I also update the wanted pages template. Naturally, I'm not the only one who does these things – this is a community effort after all – but they are among my own "personal duties", if you will.

Major Contributions

Episodes/Movies

Characters

Performers

Actors to update (if needed)

Vaughn Armstrong, Majel Barrett, Casey Biggs, Rosalind Chao, Josh Clark, James Darren, Nicole de Boer, Anthony De Longis, James Doohan, Michael Dorn, Aron Eisenberg, Terry Farrell, John Fleck, Jonathan Frakes, Gary Graham, Max Grodénchik, Martha Hackett, J.G. Hertzler, Penny Johnson, Walter Koenig, Cirroc Lofton, Chase Masterson, Gates McFadden, Leonard Nimoy, Robert O'Reilly, Wil Wheaton, Grace Lee Whitney, John Winston, Matt Winston

Production staff

Authors and artists

Technology/Ships/Stations/Items

Places/Settings/Events/Titles

Companies

Organizations

Aliens and other life-forms

Books

Meta-Trek Lists


Where the Regulars Are

Television shows on which regular Star Trek actors are currently working.

Trekmovie.com feed

FanMade: Phase II In Pre-Production On “Origins” Prequel Story – Exclusive Details and Cast Photos
Today TrekMovie kicks off a week of special coverage of the Star Trek fan films. We begin with big news from the big daddy, Star Trek Phase II, who are planning to do their own prequel episode, telling the ‘prime timeline‘ story young (recast) Kirk meeting Spock for the first time. We have exclusive details [...] [?]
Previews Of NX-01 ‘Refit’ from 2011 Ships Of The Line Calendar
For the last decade or so, one of the most anticipated Trek products each year is the Ships of the Line calendar, featuring work from veteran Trek artists, wrangled by Doug Drexler. Last week Doug put up a sneak peak of a special bonus centerfold for this year’s calendar, featuring a tech manual style -look [...] [?]
Orci & Kurtzman Update: Trek Talk at Film Fest + Ink Fox TV Deal + Cast Lost/Trek Actor For Hawaii 5-0 + more
It has been a busy week for Star Trek writer/exec producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Firstly Alex talked about Star Trek over the weekend at a film festival. Plus last week they signed a new big TV deal with Fox, and today they cast an actor from Lost (and Trek) for their Hawaii Five-0 [...] [?]

• More at trekmovie.com

Trek In Memoriam

This section is dedicated to those contributors of the Star Trek universe who have passed away recently. (Yes, this will include those involved with The Animated Series and even the abandoned Phase II.)

Name Description Birth Death
Jean Simmons Actress who played Norah Satie in TNG: "The Drumhead" 01-31-2010 01-22-2010
Joseph M. Wilcots Optical effects artist on Star Trek: The Original Series 02-01-1939 12-30-2009
Richard Carlyle Actor who played Karl Jaeger in TOS: "The Squire of Gothos" 03-20-1914 11-15-2009
Bill Shepard Casting director of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and casting administrator on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ??-??-1930 09-20-2009
Dick Durock Actor/stuntman who played Elasian guard #1 in TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" 01-18-1937 09-17-2009
Henry Gibson Actor who played Nilva in DS9: "Profit and Lace" 09-21-1935 09-14-2009
Dallas Mitchell Actor who played Tom Nellis in TOS: "Charlie X" 10-08-1927 09-13-2009
Susan Carol Schwary Hair stylist on Star Trek: The Next Generation 08-11-1948 09-10-2009
June Gilham Film coordinator on Star Trek: The Animated Series 05-25-1926 08-19-2009
Warren Hamilton, Jr. Sound effects editor on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 06-06-1933 08-17-2009
Ed Reimers Actor who played Adm. Fitzpatrick in TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" 10-26-1912 08-16-2009
Anna Karen Actress who played The Mort in TOS: "All Our Yesterdays" 09-20-1914 07-01-2009
Harve Presnell Actor who played Colonel Q in VOY: "The Q and the Grey" 09-14-1933 06-30-2009
Bruce Watson Actor who played Crewman Green in TOS: "The Man Trap" 07-27-1940 06-11-2009
David Richards Actor who played the dockmaster in ENT: "The Seventh" 06-12-1946 06-11-2009
Ward Costello Actor who played Admiral Quinn in TNG: "Coming of Age" and "Conspiracy" 07-05-1919 06-04-2009
Phil Rawlins Assistant director on TOS and Unit Production Manager for Star Trek: The Motion Picture 05-28-1930 05-28-2009
Edward J. Lasko Writer of TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead" ??-??-193? 05-23-2009
Wayne Allwine Sound editor on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 02-07-1947 05-18-2009
George C. Villaseñor Assistant editor on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 04-23-1931 05-14-2009
Corky Randall Horse wrangler on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 01-27-1929 04-20-2009
Peter Dennis Actor who played Isaac Newton in VOY: "Death Wish" and Hendricks in VOY: "Friendship One" 10-25-1933 04-18-2009
Jeffrey Deacon Stand-in, photo double, and extra on Star Trek: The Next Generation 02-16-1949 03-29-2009
Alexander Lepak Percussionist who performed on the soundtrack to Star Trek: The Motion Picture 07-01-1920 03-25-2009
John Franklyn-Robbins Actor who played Macias in TNG: "Preemptive Strike" 12-14-1931 03-21-2009
Jim Burk Stuntman on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 11-14-1932 03-10-2009
Kim Manners Director of TNG: "When The Bough Breaks" 01-13-1951 01-25-2009
Ricardo Montalban Actor who played Khan Noonien Singh in TOS: "Space Seed" and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 11-25-1920 01-14-2009

Subpage

Click here for my user subpage, where you'll find some unique takes on the aspects of the Star Trek universe.

External links

My user pages at other wikis.

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