10 Facts about Dollhouse - Spoiler Alert!
Pink Raygun was lucky enough to have the opportunity to read the pilot script for Dollhouse, the latest series from Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy, Angel & Firefly . We thought we’d share our good fortune by telling you what we learn about the Dollhouse itself in the pilot.
Want to know more about the script? Post your question in the comments, and we might answer it in a later article!
What exactly is the Dollhouse?
2. The Dollhouse is very selective about its clientele and performs thorough background checks.
3. When on missions, Actives receive a “personality imprint” that provides them with regular memories as well as muscle memory.
4. These imprints mean that the Active isn’t pretending to be someone else — they are someone else. If imprinted to be a killer, they’ll kill; if imprinted to fall in love, they’ll fall deeply, truly in love.
5. On missions, Actives are monitored internally (and remotely) by Handlers. This ensures their safety while allowing for privacy between the Active and the client. Handlers only listen in on a mission when it involves criminal activity.
6. After the Active completes the mission, he or she feels an immediate need to return to the facility, where the Active will be wiped of his or her memories.
7. The Dollhouse serves as a kind of school/dormitory when Actives are not out on missions. They live, eat, sleep, shower, learn and train together there.
9. Supposedly, the Dolls volunteered for the work in the Dollhouse — they give up five years of their lives, and at the end they receive a ridiculously large sum of money and no memory of anything they did for the Dollhouse.
10. Missions for the Actives are only supposed to last 10 hours, or else the imprint could be strained. However, lately certain missions have taken quite a bit longer, some lasting for days…
May 15th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Woot! EXCLUSIVES! I lurve exclusives. I can’t wait for this show!
I’m actually curious about the Dollhouse as far as who runs it. Is it a private organization? If so, how in the heck is any of this legal?!
May 15th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Is this the near future? (kind of like Dark Angel?)
I smell dystopia! Or more than likely, false utopia! YAY! No, seriously, yay! Dystopia stuff has always intrigued me, cause nothing defines the human spirit than fighting for what you believe in. Take that evil societies!
I am reminded of Total Recall for some reason. Is someone going to say “Get your ass to Mars?” Cause God, that would be epic.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Hey now, even Pink Raygun itself doesn’t claim an exclusive here, since there’s been reviews of the pilot script being posted online for weeks now. Heh.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:47 am
nothing defines the human spirit BETTER than fighting for what you believe in.
Sorry that was going to bug me ALL DAY.
May 15th, 2008 at 10:38 am
So, the Dolls willingly gave up five years of their lives…but how long have they already been dols?
May 15th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Trailer! http://www.dollverse.com/trailer/
May 15th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Added the trailer above
May 16th, 2008 at 10:37 am
“So, the Dolls willingly gave up five years of their lives…but how long have they already been dols?”
The unasked - and in my opinion, more interesting - question here is:
What reason does the Dollhouse have to abide by the 5-year rule if their Actives have no idea how much time has passed?
May 16th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Bummer. The trailer was taken down.
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