Why Star Treks First Female Writer Wanted Her Name Removed From One Episodes Credits
News Source : TVLine
News Summary
- Fontana was the first female writer hired on the original "Star Trek" series.
- After she wrote the original script for "The Enterprise Incident," she disapproved of the rewrites.
- "I wanted to take my name off it.
- Gene talked me out of it, but I ended my contract shortly thereafter," Fontana said.
- She later worked on " Star Trek: The Animated Series," "Star Starfleet: The Next Generation," and "star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
Despite most of her original script being heavily rewritten, D.C. Fontana is credited as a writer for The Enterprise Incident, along with Arthur H. Singer. I wanted to take my name off it.
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