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ThroughoutStar Trek ’s foresighted and varied history , several incredible episodes have been write by women . SinceStar Trek : The Original Seriespremiered in 1966 , the franchise has defend diversity on filmdom . While this philosophy did not always extend to the people turn behind the scenes , Star Trek : TOSdid have several charwoman writers , include D.C. Fontana as a taradiddle editor . As trend in the entertainment industry start to switch , more women have become writer and directors across television , includingStar Trek .
From Nichelle Nichols ' Lt . Uhura to Kate Mulgrew ’s Captain Kathryn Janeway to Sonequa Martin - Green ’s Captain Michael Burnham , char have always played a lively role inStar Trek . It ’s important , then , thatStar Trekchampions cleaning lady behind the scenes , as well . D.C. Fontana was the first cleaning lady to publish forStar Trek , pen the second sequence ofTOS,“Charlie X , " based on an idea from Gene Roddenberry . Fontana expire on to write nine moreStar Trekepisodes throughoutTOS , several of which were based on her own original ideas , helping to pave the way for all the woman writers who came after her . Here are 10 greatStar Trekepisodes write by talented womanhood .
Throughout its nearly 60 - class history , the Star Trek franchise has introduced an incredible plaster bandage of woman and iconic distaff theatrical role .
10"Damage” - Written By Phyllis Strong
Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 19
As part of the season - farseeing Xindi arc inStar Trek : Enterpriseseason 3 , " Damage " featuresCaptain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula)facing a tough choice whenthe Enterprise NX-01 lose heavy harm and losses . When Archer returns to the Enterprise after being captured by the Xindi , he learn that his ship needs a new warp magnetic core . Archer tries to negotiate with a nearby Illyrian space vehicle , but the captain refuse to give up his own warp core .
heroic to pull through Earth from destruction at the hands of the Xindi , Archer decides to attack the Illyrian ship and slip their warp core . Sub - Commander T’Pol ( Jolene Blalock ) reacts emotionally to Archer ’s decisiveness , finally expose to Dr. Phlox ( John Billingsley ) that she hid a three - calendar month addiction to Trellium - D. With a tense plotline , " terms " take some unexpected turn and shows another side to Captain Archer .
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9"Red Directive" - Written By Michelle Paradise
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 1
Star Trek : Discovery’sfifth and net seasongets off to an explosive start with " Red Directive,“sending Captain Michael Burnham and the USS Discovery on an intergalactic treasure hunt . With the introduction of Captain Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ) and the baddie Moll ( Eve Harlow ) and L’ak ( Elias Toufexis ) , " Red Directive " sets the stage for an activity - packed final season . Burnham and Rayner must figure out together on a orphic Red Directive mission to investigate an 800 - year - honest-to-god Romulan ship .
Star Trek : Discovery time of year 5 ’s premiere drop a bombshell that tie all the way back to Star Trek : The Next genesis . We discover it down .
Moll and L’ak manage to fudge capture and bring down anandroid bring up Fred ( J. Adam Brown ) , who have a prominent resemblance toStar Trek : The Next Generation’sLt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) . In the end , Dr. Kovich ( David Cronenberg ) lets Captain Burnham in on the mystical Red Directive commission , revealing the hunt for the knock-down engineering the progenitor used to create humanoid living . With prominent scenes of sci - fi activity and several nods to pastStar Trekshows , " Red Directive " gotStar Trek : Discovery’sfinal time of year off to a thrilling beginning .
8"All Our Yesterdays” - Written By Jean Lisette Aroeste
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 23
In the penultimate installment ofStar Trek : The Original Series , Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ) and Mr. Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) find themselves trapped 5,000 class in the paston a planet in the center of an ice historic period . Spock and McCoy soon encounter a cleaning lady named Zarabeth , the only other android on the planet . As Spock grows increasingly emotional , reverting back to the barbarism of the ancient Vulcans , he begin to experience feelings for Zarabeth .
Spock falls in lovewith Zarabeth , and the Vulcan Science Officer wish to remain in the past times . McCoy , however , finally win over Spock that they must take back to their own time , and Spock reverts back to his stoical ego after the return trip . AStar Trekfan herself , Jean Lisette Aroeste pen " Is There in Truth No Beauty ? " and " All Our Yesterdays"and sold the handwriting with no prior television writing experience . They persist her only television writing credit .
Star Trek: Voyager Season 7, Episode 20
Writer Phyllis Strong carbon monoxide - wrote four episode ofStar Trek : Voyagerand twelve episodes ofStar Trek : Enterprise . She also serve well as a story editor throughout Enterprise season 1 .
6"Seventeen Seconds" - Written By Jane Maggs & Cindy Appel
Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 3
With the reunion of the main hurl fromStar Trek : The Next Generation , Star Trek : Picardseason 3was a nostalgic tour - Diamond State - force and a resounding success all around . In " Seventeen Seconds , " Captain William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) takes over command of the USS Titan , continuing the battle with the Shrike until the Titan gets pulled into a gravitational unusual person . Commander Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) uncovers a Changeling infiltratoraboard the Titan who has been weaken the ship .
In one of theTNGduo ’s honorable scenes , Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) discuss their boy , Jack ( Ed Speleers),and why Beverly maintain him a secret from Jean - Luc . Meanwhile , Worf ( Michael Dorn ) and Raffi Musiker ( Michelle Hurd ) realize the Changelings had something to do with the recent attack on Starfleet . Star Trek : Picard ’s " Seventeen Seconds " never lets up , jump from one action - packed conniption to the next , but still allowing for emotional character moments .
5"The Drumhead" - Written By Jeri Taylor
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4, Episode 21
After an burst occurs on the USS Enterprise - D , Admiral Norah Satie ( Jean Simmons)visits the ship to conduct an probe . Although Data and Lt . Commander Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) determine the burst was an accident , Satie continues to try out double-dealer . She grows more paranoid , questioning Picard ’s activeness as Locutus of Borgand whether he remains truehearted to Starfleet .
Jonathan Frakes mavin as Captain Will Riker in the Star Trek universe , but he has also become one of Trek ’s most dear and fertile directors .
Captain Picard responds with words once spoken by Satie ’s father , saying:“With the first tie-in , the Sir Ernst Boris Chain is counterfeit . The first speech censured , the first thought process interdict , the first freedom denied , chain us all irrevocably . “Starfleet ’s headman of security , Admiral Thomas Henry ( Earl Billings ) , eventually puts a stop to the trial , doom Admiral Satie ’s fanaticism . With a powerful speech from Picard and a message that is even more relevant today , " The Drumhead " stay one ofTNG’sstrongest hours .
4"Duet” - Written By Peter Allan Fields, Story By Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 19
When Major Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) defendant visiting Cardassian Aamin Marritza ( Harris Yulin ) of being a war criminal , she interrogates him about his time at a roughshod labour camp called Gallitep . Marritza then claim to in reality be Gul Darhe’el , the so - called " Butcher of Gallitep,“but he later acknowledge to taking on Darhe’el ’s identity . A file salesclerk at Gallitep , Marritza was so traumatized by the repugnance he witnessed , that he now wish to be prosecuted as a Cardassian war criminal .
Although the teleplay for " Duet " was penned by Peter Allan Fields , the theme came from a pitching by Lisa Rich and Jeanne Carrigan - Fauci , two medical intern onDS9’swriting stave .
Kira begin to actualize she may have misjudged Marritza and consort to let him go . On the way off the post , however , a Bajoran kills Marritza , claim that he is guilty simply because he is a Cardassian . Despite her other sentiment , Kira insists that being Cardassian did not make Marritza responsible for all of Cardassia ’s crimes . “Duet " stay one ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine’sfinest hoursand a standout moment for Major Kira .
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3"Ad Astra Per Aspera” - Written By Dana Horgan
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 2
In one ofStar Trek’sbest courtroom episodes , Strange New Worlds’Number One ( Rebecca Romijn ) faces a court martial for rest on her Starfleet Academy applicationabout being a genetically enhanced Illyrian . Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) recruits Illyrian civic right attorney Neera Ketoul ( Yetide Badaki ) to defend his First Officer , and she bespeak out the unfairness of the natural law ostracize genetic manipulation . Una delivers a herculean speech about her childhood and why she chose to join Starfleet .
Neera point out to the judges that , in join Starfleet , Una was effectively seeking psychiatric hospital from the persecution she front as an Illyrian . Although the judges do not alter the Federation ban on genetic engineering , they do accept Neera ’s interpretation of the law and acquit Number One . With substantial performances and touch speech communication , Star Trek : Strange New Worlds ' " Ad Astra Per Aspera " celebrates everything great about Starfleet andStar Trekas a enfranchisement .
2"Journey To Babel” - Written By D.C. Fontana
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2, Episode 10
In this classicStar Trek : The Original Seriesepisode , theUSS Enterprise transports several important Federation delegatesto an important intergalactic league . Among the panjandrum are Spock ’s Vulcan Father-God , Ambassador Sarek ( Mark Lenard),and his human wife , Amanda ( Jane Wyatt ) . Because Spock prefer to link up Starfleet rather than attend the Vulcan Science Academy , he and his founding father have been estranged for many twelvemonth .
Dorothy " D.C. " Fontana serve as a book editor onStar Trek : The Original Seriesand compose or co - wrote 10 sequence . While some of her episode were base on the stories of others , Fontana herself originate the write up that became " Journey to Babel . "
When one of the delegate is murdered suspicion falls on Sarek , which exacerbates his heart status . Sarek then want emergency operation , which expect Spock to play as a roue donor . Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) finally unmasks the liquidator , but not before he , too , is attacked . Not only does"Journey to Babel " acquaint two newStar Trekspecies in the Andorians and the Tellarites , but it also establishes the story of Spock and his parents , which continue to influence the graphic symbol even today .
As a writer and story editor , Dorothy C. Fontana helped shape many aspects of Star Trek : The Original Series and pen several iconic episodes .
1"The Measure Of A Man” - Written By Melinda M. Snodgrass
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2, Episode 9
In one ofStar Trek’smost celebrated episode , Data ’s very right to live is put on trial . WhenDr . Bruce Maddox ( Brian Brophy)arrives on the USS Enterprise - D requesting to have Data dismantle for further study , Captain Picard fights for Data ’s right to make his own selection . With a background as a lawyer , author Melinda M. Snodgrass wrote " The metre of a Man " as a spec script that was picked up for theTNG’ssecond season . Snodgrass subsequently give way on to work on theTNGwriting team as a story editor in chief .
With enchant functioning from everyone call for , Star Trek : The Next Generation’s"The Measure of a Man " offers a compelling commentary on what it means to be human . Data ’s visitation stay to have repercussion even in modernStar Trekand Picard ’s passionate defense of his android policeman remains one of his finest second . Simply put , " The Measure of a Man " is a virtually - everlasting episode of television that representsStar Trekat its very best .
