User:Shran

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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: First Contact
Favorite Series: A tie between Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Favorite Regular Actor: Robert Picardo
Favorite Recurring Actor: Jeffrey Combs
Oh, yeah... I'm *that* good.
Check it out: Corruption in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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 intends on majoring in theatre (on an acting track) 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, I became a volunteer writer for TrekMovie.com (the future trekhq.com). I 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 my first news story, edited by Mr. Pascale, here.

Not to toot my own horn, but I was the first person to suggest Chris Pine for the role of James T. Kirk in 2009's Star Trek. I 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!

Contents

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 Grodenchik, 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.

  • TOS:
  • TNG:
    • Patrick Stewart - recurring voice-over role on American Dad (FOX, Sundays@9:30pm ET)
    • LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS, various times & days; check out when here)
  • DS9:
    • Nana Visitor - Wildfire (ABC Family, Mondays@9pm ET)
    • Colm Meaney - Life on Mars (ABC, airdate to be announced)
    • Armin Shimerman - recurring voice-over role on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Cartoon Network, daily@various times)
  • VOY:
    • Robert Picardo - recurring role on Stargate: Atlantis (Sci-Fi Channel, Fridays@9pm ET)
    • Tim Russ - Samantha Who? (ABC, Mondays@9:30pm ET)
    • Jeri Ryan - Shark (CBS, Sundays@10pm ET)
  • ENT:
    • John Billingsley - recurring role on 24 (FOX, 7th season premieres sometime in 2008, hopefully)
    • Linda Park - Women's Murder Club (ABC, Fridays@9pm ET)

Trekmovie.com feed

ShatnerWatch: Boston Legal Renewed + Autobiography Preview

A special Sunday Shatnerific Edition of CelebWatch. After a long period on the bubble, ABC has cut a deal to give Shatner’s Boston Legal another season. More on that and how it relates to Colm Meaney’s new show Life on Mars below. Plus new excerpts from Shat’s new autobiography “Up ‘Till Now” have just been [...]

“Court Martial” Remastered Review + Video & Screenshots

Top 10 Star Trek Moms

Today is Mother’s Day. Many fans have their Moms to thank for either introducing them to Star Trek or supporting them when no one else would. TrekMovie.com would like to thank all the moms who help make the world a better place each day by presenting this list of Star Trek’s Greatest Moms. Each character [...]

• More at trekmovie.com

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
Stanley Kamel Actor who played Kosinski in TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before" 01-01-1943 04-08-2008
Michael Van Dyke Construction foreman for Star Trek Nemesis ??-??-1959 03-19-2008
Leonard Rosenman Composer for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 09-07-1924 03-04-2008
Gayne Rescher Cinematographer on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ??-??-1925 02-29-2008
Perry Lopez Actor who played Esteban Rodriguez in TOS: "Shore Leave" 07-22-1929 02-14-2008
Steve Gerber Co-writer of TNG's "Contagion" 09-20-1947 02-10-2008
Robert DoQui Actor who played Noggra in DS9: "Sons of Mogh" ??-??-1934 02-09-2008
John Alvin Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country poster artist 11-24-1948 02-06-2008
Maggie Ostroff Assistant sound editor on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 01-17-1935 02-04-2008
Viola Stimpson Actress who played the tour lady in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 10-25-1906 01-14-2008
John Berg Actor who played a Romulan senator in Star Trek Nemesis 04-05-1949 12-15-2007

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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