D. C. Fontana wrote for the original Star Trek under her initials because a woman’s name on a 1960s science fiction script was a liability, and she became its story editor at twenty-seven. Two series are reviewed here, The Original Series at 8 out of 10 and the Animated Series at 7.
D.C. FontanaStar Trek: The Animated Series rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Twenty-two episodes, atrocious Filmation animation, and writing good enough that it holds up anyway. The first Star Trek to win an Emmy, and the Emmy is…
D.C. FontanaStar Trek: The Original Series rates 6 to 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale, with The Trouble with Tribbles at the top and Spock's Brain as the outlier at 1. Heavily dated, cheaply built, corny in places, and…
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