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"Dorothy “D.C.” Fontana, best known for work on
Star Trek: The Original
Series, died in Los Angeles on Monday at the age of 80 years old.
Fontana’s Star Trek writing credits include the
Original Series
episodes “The Enterprise Incident,” “Journey to Babel,” “This Side of
Paradise,” “Tomorrow is Yesterday,” and “Charlie X.” Following the
cancellation of Star Trek in 1969, she worked on several television
series, including
Logan’s Run,
The Six Million Dollar Man and
Buck
Rogers in the 25th Century. She would later go on to be a producer on
Star Trek: The Animated Series, where she wrote the episode
“Yesteryear” and on
Star Trek: The Next Generation, where she wrote
the series pilot episode “Encounter at Farpoint,” in addition to “The
Naked Now,” “Too Short a Season,” and “Heart of Glory.” She would return
to the Star Trek franchise to pen the
Deep Space Nine first-season
episode “Dax.”"
Via Esther Schindler.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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