Star Trek Writer D.C. Fontana Dies at 80

Dorothy Catherine Fontana, a writer on the original Star Trek series, is credited with developing the Spock character’s backstory and “expanding Vulcan culture”

Fontana was the one who came up with Spock’s childhood history revealed in “Yesteryear,” an episode in Star Trek: The Animated Series, on which she was both the story editor and associate producer.

As the outlet pointed out, Fontana was also responsible for the characters of Spock’s parents, the Vulcan Sarek and human Amanda, who were introduced in the notable episode “Journey to Babel.”

In fact, Fontana herself said that she hopes to be remembered for bringing Spock to life.

“Primarily the development of Spock as a character and Vulcan as a history/background/culture from which he sprang,” she said in a 2013 interview published on the Star Trek official site, when asked what she thought her contributions to the series were.

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Dorothy Catherine Fontana, a writer on the original Star Trek series, is credited with developing the Spock character’s backstory and “expanding Vulcan culture”