Dorothy Catherine "D. C." Fontana, is a screenplay writer, best known for her work in the Star Trek television franchise, produced by Paramount Studios. Star Trek collectively refers to a science-fiction franchise spanning six unique television series, 726 episodes and ten feature films in addition to hundreds of novels, computer and video games, fan stories and other works of fiction all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the... The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1988 to 1989. ...

She has written for the series since the onset, starting with Star Trek: The Original Series as executive story editor from 1966 through 1968. During that time she wrote such memorable episodes as "Tomorrow is Yesterday", "Friday's Child", and "Journey to Babel". She continued her writing with episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation starting with the 1987 pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", and episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 1993. The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Tomorrow is Yesterday is a first season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. ... Fridays Child is a second season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. ... Journey to Babel is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Encounter at Farpoint was the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

She has also written for other science fiction shows, such as; The Six Million Dollar Man in 1974, Babylon 5 in 1995, and Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict in 1997. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Part of The Bionic series The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the novel Cyborg from Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to 1978. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991 Born in El Paso, Texas) was an American scriptwriter and producer. ... Earth: Final Conflict is a science fiction television series posthumously created by Gene Roddenberry. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Her writing credits also include children's shows, like He-Man, and The Masters of the Universe 1983, and The Transformers: The Beast Wars in 1996, and also the television drama series Dallas. He-Man as seen in a DC comic from December, 1982, one of his earliest appearances and preceding the debut of his animated series. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Various Transformers toys. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Dallas title card used during the shows first season. ...

Fontana also wrote under the name J. Michael Bingham. This pseudonym was used for the story and teleplay credits for "The Naked Now", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The story credit was shared by John D. F. Black, who had written "The Naked Time", the Star Trek original series episode of which "Naked Now" was a sequel. The Naked Now is an episode from Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... The Naked Time is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series first broadcast September 29, 1966, and repeated on April 27, 1967. ...

In March 2005, the producers of the Internet-based fan-made Star Trek series, Star Trek: New Voyages announced that Fontana will write an upcoming installment of the series featuring a guest appearance by TOS veteran Walter Koenig reprising his role of Pavel Chekov. [1] Walter Koenig as Commander Pavel Chekov Walter Marvin Koenig (born September 14, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an actor. ... Pavel Andreyevich Chekov (Cyrillic: Павел Андреевич Чеков), a character from the fictional Star Trek universe, was the Navigator and Weapons Officer on the Starship Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk. ...

The makers of Deep Space Nine have said that the character of science fiction writer "K.C. Hunter" (played by Nana Visitor) was inspired by Fontana. Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys Nana Visitor (born July 26, 1957) is an American actress. ...

Fontana's name was "spoofed" as the name of the character "D. C. Montana" (played by Tim Russ) on the short-lived sci-fi television series The Highwayman. Tim Russ plays Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. Timothy Darrell Russ (Born: June 22, 1956 in Washington, DC) is an American actor. ... The Highwayman is an action, science fiction, television series, created and produced by Glen A. Larson, that ran on the NBC Network in 1988. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Tuvok (a Vulcan character played by Tim Russ) was head of security and chief tactical officer on USS Voyager (NCC-74656). ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ...

External links

• D. C. Fontana at The Internet Movie Database