Joss Whedon is Back with the Dollhouse

Dollhouse, a Fox series starring Eliza Dushku (who played Faith in Buffy), follows a group of mind-wiped individuals kept in a child-like state until they are programmed to carry specific assignments. After each mission - which might be physical, romantic or even criminal - the subjects have their memory wiped clean and sent back to a high-tech lab, dubbed the Dollhouse.

The upcoming show, which sounds like a cross between Dark Angel and The Island, follows Dushku's character (Echo) as she begins to develop memory and self-awareness across a succession of wipes. Fox has given Whedon the go-ahead to make the first seven episodes of the hour-long show at a reported budget of between $1.5m-$2m. The show is the first Whedon has made for TV since Firefly was controversially axed, after the airing of only 11 episodes, five years ago.