D. C. FONTANA

'Dorothy Catherine "D. C." Fontana' (born March 25, 1939 in Sussex, New Jersey) is a novelist and screenplay writer, best known for her work in the ''Star Trek'' television franchise, produced by Paramount Studios.
Originally Gene Roddenberry's secretary, she has written for ''Star Trek'' since the onset, starting with '' (TOS) from 1966 through 1968. During that time she wrote such memorable episodes as "Tomorrow is Yesterday", "Friday's Child", "Journey to Babel" and "The Enterprise Incident." She wrote several episodes in the first season of '' starting with the 1987 pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", and the episode "Dax" of '' in 1993.
She also wrote the episode "Yesteryear" for '', the only episode of that series which contains material considered canonical under the current definition.
Between Star Trek assignments, she wrote the novelization of another Roddenberry project, ''The Questor Tapes.''
She has also written scripts 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 '' in 1997.
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''.
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.
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.^[1]
Bethesda Softworks reports that Fontana wrote the storylines for and 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.
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 ''.
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.

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1. http://www.trektoday.com/news/100305_02.shtml
2. http://startrek.bethsoft.com/news/pressrelease_080406.html

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