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 is an American science-fiction franchise spanning six television series, ten feature films, hundreds of novels, computer and video games, and other fan stories. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1988 to 1989. ...

Originally Gene Roddenberry's secretary, she has written for Star Trek since the onset, starting with Star Trek: The Original Series from 1966 through 1968. During that time she wrote such memorable episodes as "Tomorrow is Yesterday", "Friday's Child", and "Journey to Babel". She wrote several episodes in the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation starting with the 1987 pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", and the episode "Dax" of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 1993. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American scriptwriter and producer. ... A secretary is an office/administrative support position. ... 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. ... Dax is the seventh episode in the first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... 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 also wrote the episode "Yesteryear" for Star Trek: The Animated Series, the only episode of that series which contains material considered canonical under the current definition. Star Trek: The Animated Series is an animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... Star Trek: The Animated Series is an animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... Canonical is an adjective derived from canon. ...

She has also written for other science fiction shows, such as; The Six Million Dollar Man in 1974, Babylon 5 in 1995 (the episodes "A Distant Star", "Legacies", and "The War Prayer"), and 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. ... 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. ... A Distant Star is an episode from the second season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... Legacies is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... The War Prayer is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... Earth: Final Conflict is a science fiction television series posthumously created by Gene Roddenberry. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was 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 in 1983 (episode "Battle Cat"), 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. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ...

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. ... John D. F. Black is a writer, producer, and director of television and films from the 1950s to the 1980s, best known for his work on Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... 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. ...

Bethesda Softworks reports that Fontana wrote the storylines for Star Trek: Legacy and Star Trek: Tactical Assault along with her partner Derek Chester.[2]

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, famous for playing Major (later Colonel) Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1993 to 1999. ...

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. Tim Russ as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok. ... 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. ...

She is also a long-time member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, having served as Mistress of the Lists for the Kingdom of Caid. The Society for Creative Anachronism (or SCA for short) is a not-for-profit educational organization. ... Computer-aided industrial design (CAID) is a subset of computer_aided design (CAD) that includes software that directly helps in product development. ...

External links

• D. C. Fontana at the Internet Movie Database
• D.C. Fontana article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki.