After that project ended she became the story editor on The Fantastic Journey and, although this was cancelled after a handful of episodes, working with Leonard Katzman led to Fontana writing for the Logan's Run television series.
When work on Star Trek: The Next Generation began, Roddenberry asked her to join the team and she offered to pitch some story ideas;[REF] after he suggested something involving an alien space station, she worked up the idea to become the pilot "Encounter at Farpoint" [REF].