Star Trek's D.C. Fontana Dies at 80
12-03-19, 07:27 PM
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Star Trek's D.C. Fontana Dies at 80
Star Trek's D.C. Fontana Dies at 80
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Founding Star Trek writer Dorothy Catherine “D.C.” Fontana has died. She was 80 years old and died after a brief illness. Fontana was one of the key writers who worked on Star Trek: The Original Series in the 1960s, helping to bring Gene Roddenberry’s vision to life. She wrote or co-wrote 10 episodes of The Original Series, including “Charlie X,” "Tomorrow is Yesterday," “The Side of Paradise," "Friday's Child," “Journey to Babel," "By Any Other Name," "The Ultimate Computer," “The Enterprise Incident," "That Which Survives," and "The Way to Eden." She also wrote the episode “Yesteryear" of Star Trek: The Animated Series, worked on five episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation including its pilot, "Encounter at Farpoint," as well as "The Naked Now," "Lonely Among Us," "Too Short a Season," and "Heart of Glory," and co-wrote the teleplay for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Dax."
As a woman working in television in the 1960s, especially in science fiction, Fontana was a trailblazer. She both wrote for and produced Star Trek while being credited as “D.C. Fontana,” keeping her gender a secret until her photograph appeared in Stephen Whitfield’s book The Making of Star Trek in 1968.
As a woman working in television in the 1960s, especially in science fiction, Fontana was a trailblazer. She both wrote for and produced Star Trek while being credited as “D.C. Fontana,” keeping her gender a secret until her photograph appeared in Stephen Whitfield’s book The Making of Star Trek in 1968.
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12-03-19, 10:13 PM
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Re: Star Trek's D.C. Fontana Dies at 80
Interesting info about the writing process for the original Trek, which I consider produced the very best episodes of all Trek shows. So I guess the episodes were often the brainchild of one writer, as opposed to latter shows largely written in teams.
12-04-19, 01:38 AM
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Re: Star Trek's D.C. Fontana Dies at 80
She was a great writer and did more than just Star Trek.
She wrote 3 episodes of Babylon 5 and 3 episodes of The Waltons among many other credits.
But what I loved about her most as a kid was the fact that she was the script consultant for Land of the Lost's first season in the 70's, and she wrote an episode as well.
She leaves behind a tremendous legacy on TV.
She wrote 3 episodes of Babylon 5 and 3 episodes of The Waltons among many other credits.
But what I loved about her most as a kid was the fact that she was the script consultant for Land of the Lost's first season in the 70's, and she wrote an episode as well.
She leaves behind a tremendous legacy on TV.
