She left TOS in season 3 to pursue other freelance writing but wrote two more episodes that year. She was the youngest person to achieve that position in Hollywood at the time, and one of only a handful of women who held staff writing positions. Writing science fiction in a time when women were thought incapable of doing such things, Dorothy Catherine Fontana had to use her initials on her scripts, so nobody would know she wasn’t a man.Īt the age of 27, Fontana was made Star Trek: The Original Series’ Story Editor after successfully writing and rewriting scripts throughout the show’s first season. If Gene Roddenberry was the father of the franchise, Fontana was the godmother. So why would talented men such as Coon and Jefferies, and Star Trek associate producer in charge of production, Robert H.DC Fontana passed away in 2019, and her loss was keenly felt by Star Trek fans. It took away from the reality, which the rough-blasted walls gave us.” Gene Roddenberry took notice when he watched the episode for the first time on NBC and, days later, on March 9, 1967, wrote a memo to his producer, Gene Coon, saying, “This could have used some painting mottled effect, as it seemed awfully shiny and new and stage-surface-like for an underground mining installation.
But what of the ground beneath? It seems a glaring flaw that the lower surface is clearly smooth and shiny stage flooring.
The rough-blasted walls and ceilings of the caves and tunnels are beautifully realized. Matt Jefferies, Star Trek’s talented set designer, worked hard to create the catacombs that take us deeper and deeper into the depths of the inhospitable world. In the classic Star Trek episode “The Devil in the Dark,” a creature known as the Horta bores tunnels through solid rock and reins havoc on a mining colony deep under the surface of planet Janus VI.
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