D.C. Fontana

Dorothy Catherine "D.C." Fontana, is a screenplay writer, best known for her work in the Star Trek television franchise, produced by Paramount Studios.

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She has written for the series since the onset, starting with ' 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 ' starting with the 1987 pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", and episodes of ' in 1993.

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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 ' in 1997.

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Her writing credits also include children's shows, like He-Man, and The Masters of the Universe 1983, and ' in 1996, and also the television drama series Dallas.

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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 '. 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.

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In March 2005, the producers of the Internet-based fan-made Star Trek series, ' 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. http://www.trektoday.com/news/100305_02.shtml

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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.

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Star Trek: Star Trek collectively refers to six science fiction television series spanning 726 episodes, ten motion pictures, and hundreds of novels, video games, and other works of fiction, all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the early- to mid-1960s....

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