D.C. Fontana

   

Dorothy Catherine Fontana (25 March1939 -2 December2019) was a writer and script editor who has worked onStar Trek since its creation in the1960s. She wrote several episodes fromThe Original Series,The Animated Series,The Next Generation andDeep Space Nine as wellnovels,comics andvideo games.

Fontana's first and only novel to date isVulcan's Glory which was published1989. In1999 she wrote the story for the video gameSecret of Vulcan Fury which was ultimately unreleased. In the2000s she, with her writing partnerDerek Chester, wrote the story for a video game forActivision and later two more forBethesda Softworks.

In2007 she was interviewed forIDW's behind-the-scenes bookFocus on... Star Trek and shortly after she revealed she was working on a five part miniseries for thecomics publisher, again written with Derek Chester. She and Chester are also working on a newStar Trek novel and she would like to rework herSecret of Vulcan Fury story into a novel.^[1]

Star Trek credits[]

Title	Series	Format	Collaborator	Publishedmem	Image
Charlie X	The Original Series	episode	Teleplay for a story byGene Roddenberry	15 September 1966
Tomorrow is Yesterday	The Original Series	episode	--	26 January 1967
This Side of Paradise	The Original Series	episode	Story co-written withNathan Butler	2 March 1967
Friday's Child	The Original Series	episode	--	1 December 1967
Journey to Babel	The Original Series	episode	--	17 November 1967
By Any Other Name	The Original Series	episode	Teleplay co-written for a story byJerome Bixby	23 February 1968
The Ultimate Computer	The Original Series	episode	Teleplay for a story byLaurence N. Wolf	8 March 1968
The Enterprise Incident	The Original Series	episode	--	27 September 1968
That Which Survives	The Original Series	episode	Under the pseudonym Michael Richards	24 January 1969
The Way to Eden	The Original Series	episode	Co-written withArthur Heinemann under the pseudonym Michael Richards	28 February 1969
Yesteryear	The Animated Series	episode	--	15 September 1973
Encounter at Farpoint	The Next Generation	episode	--	28 September 1987
The Naked Now	The Next Generation	episode	Co-written withJohn D.F. Black under the pseudonym J. Michael Bingham	5 October 1987
Lonely Among Us	The Next Generation	episode	Teleplay for a story byMichael Halperin	2 November 1987
Too Short a Season	The Next Generation	episode	Teleplay co-written for a story byMichael Michaelian	8 February 1988
Heart of Glory	The Next Generation	episode	Story co-written withMaurice Hurley &Herbert Wright	21 March 1988
Vulcan's Glory	The Original Series	novel	--	February 1989
Dax	Deep Space Nine	episode	Teleplay co-written withPeter Allan Fields	14 February 1993
Bridge Commander	The Next Generation	video game	Co-written withDerek Chester	March 2002
Tactical Assault	The Original Series	video game	Co-written withDerek Chester	October 2006
Legacy	Star Trek	video game	Co-written withDerek Chester	November 2006
The Enterprise Experiment, Part 1	The Original Series	comic	Co-written withDerek Chester	16 April 2008
The Enterprise Experiment, Part 2	The Original Series	comic	Co-written with Derek Chester	29 May 2008
The Enterprise Experiment, Part 3	The Original Series	comic	Co-written with Derek Chester	2 July 2008
The Enterprise Experiment, Part 4	The Original Series	comic	Co-written with Derek Chester	30 July 2008
The Enterprise Experiment, Part 5	The Original Series	comic	Co-written with Derek Chester	27 August 2008

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IDW Publishing writers and editors
Writers	Dave Baker •John Barber •Mike W. Barr •Corinna Bechko •Kirsten Beyer •Brannon Braga •John Byrne •Zander Cannon •Chris Cantwell •Cecil Castellucci •Donny Cates •Mike Chen •Derek Chester •Peter David •Keith R.A. DeCandido •Ian Edginton •Travis Fickett •D.C. Fontana •Andrew Grant •Morgan Hampton •Gabriel Hardman •Andrew Steven Harris •Tim Jones •Mike Johnson •Sam Maggs •Dan Martin •Terry Matalas •Stephen Mooney •Stuart Moore •Ryan North •Ryan Parrott •James Patrick •Simon Roy •Chris Ryall •Andy Schmidt •Arne Schmidt •Cavan Scott •Mairghread Scott •Chris Sequeira •Matt Sheean •Matthew Dow Smith •Paul D. Storrie •Ty Templeton •David Tipton •Scott Tipton •David Tischman •Vivek J. Tiwary •Scott Bryan Wilson •Thom Zahler
Story credits	Harve Bennett •Alex Kurtzman •Roberto Orci •Rick Remender •Jack B. Sowards
Editors	Heather Antos •Scott Dunbier •Sarah Gaydos •Andrew Steven Harris •David Mariotte •Chase Marotz •Chris Ryall •Andy Schmidt •Alonzo Simon •Dan Taylor •Denton J. Tipton

External links[]

• D.C. Fontana article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.