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Star Trek the original series DC Fontana died age 80. And Charlie X aka Robert Walker Jr, died age 7

NAD80

NAD80

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Both died this week. Remember his work as an actor in quite a bit of stuff i watched. DC Fontana's work was everywhere on tv and the movies. Robert Walker Jr. was 79. My title is too long.Opps.
 
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I never remember the names of episodes, but yeah Charlie X was cool. Anybody who's a fan of the Twilight Zone might remember a very similar, much more sinister child. I wonder if when Charlie X was written they might have had Mumy's character in mind?
Walker's Father, and Mother were both very talented.
 
RIP to both. DC was a trailblazer and Walker Jr. was quite good (MAN, did he look just like Dad!)

Charlie X had one of the most simple and effective stage exits I'd ever seen in special FX.
 
Enthusiast2 said:
I never remember the names of episodes, but yeah Charlie X was cool. Anybody who's a fan of the Twilight Zone might remember a very similar, much more sinister child. I wonder if when Charlie X was written they might have had Mumy's character in mind?
Walker's Father, and Mother were both very talented.
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That was "It's A Good Life", an excellent SF story adapted by the Twilight Zone... The short story was even better (if you can believe it.)
 
DeeCee said:
That was "It's A Good Life", an excellent SF story adapted by the Twilight Zone... The short story was even better (if you can believe it.)
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I was referring to Star Trek, that Twilight Zone Episode is a classic.
 
Looking at Slashdot this morning, I saw a blurb about D.C. Fontana -
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/...mbering-star-trek-writer-dc-fontana-1939-2019

People reports:The writer is credited with developing the Spock character's backstory and "expanding Vulcan culture," SyFy reported of her massive contribution to the beloved sci-fi series. 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.

With Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, she also penned the episode "Encounter at Farpoint," which launched The Next Generation in 1987. The episode introduced Captain Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, and earned the writing pair a Hugo Award nomination.
Fontana was one of four Star Trek writers who re-wrote Harlan Ellison's classic episode The City on the Edge of Forever , and her profile at IMDB.com credits her with the story or teleplay for 11 episodes of the original series. In the 1970s Fontana worked on other sci-fi television shows, including Land of the Lost, The Six Million Dollar Man, and the Logan's Run series.

Fontana later also wrote an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, three episodes of Babylon 5, and even an episode of the fan-created science fiction webseries Star Trek: New Voyages.

She will definately be missed!
 
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