The Writer Speaks: D.C. Fontana
This is a great, in-depth interview with D.C. Fontana, from the Writers Guild of America.
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D.C. on Carolyn Palamas
Carolyn says she loves Apollo. This is a big, big switch from 24 hours ago. I feel we must portray Apollo’s more than human attraction – show Carolyn being wooed – unable to help herself. Otherwise she is just a shallow, fickle broad…She comes off rather badly, I think, and I suggest a re-examination of …
Fontana’s Plans for “Friday’s Child”
Fontana wanted the primary female character [in ‘Friday’s Child’] to be the polar opposite of how women were routinely portrayed on television at the time. Eleen was both cunning and deceitful in her efforts to prosper in a ruthlessly male dominated society. And the last thing she wanted was to care for another. ‘My feeling …
D.C. Fontana on “Friday’s Child”
“Friday’s Child” was basically an adventure, but I felt the story in which a woman and her unborn baby were the most interesting pawns in the game was an interesting one. Eleen eventually realized that she had the power to make decisions for herself. It was sort of a women’s lib story, although I didn’t …
How D.C. Fontana Got Her Start
Fontana remembered, “The first time a television script crossed my desk, I said, ‘I can do this.’ That’s when I got really interested in writing for television.” Once Fontana realized that the main suppliers of programming for TV were relocating to Los Angeles, she also decided to make the move. Landing in LA in 1959, …
Quote: D.C. Fontana on “The Enterprise Incident”
Let’s face it, the romantic scene between the Romulan Commander and Spock [in “The Enterprise Incident”] was totally out of context. Any Romulan worth her salt would have instantly suspected Spock because they are related races. That was wrong…my biggest objection is the scene between Spock and the woman, because I really did not believe …
“This Side of Paradise” – TOS 1X25
Saddle up, folks, and get ready for a half-decent episode of classic Trek (with credit to writer Dorothy “D.C.” Fontana), featuring a cult-like colony of green overall-clad, super blissed-out humans, including a botanist who is desperately in love with Spock. The Enterprise arrives at Omicron Ceti III to survey the remains of a human colony …