Dollhouse is an American science fiction television program created by Joss Whedon and set to premiere February 13 2009 on FOX. In Dollhouse Eliza Dushku plays a young woman called Echo a member of a group of people known as Actives or Dolls. The Dolls have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas including memory muscle memory skills and language for different assignments. They’re then hired out for particular jobs crimes fantasies and occasional good deeds. On missions Actives are monitored internally (and remotely) by Handlers. In between tasks they are mind-wiped into a child-like state and live in a futuristic dormitory/laboratory a hidden facility nicknamed The Dollhouse . The story follows Echo who begins in her mind-wiped state to become self-aware. Beyond Dushku's character the show will also revolve around the people who run the mysterious Dollhouse and two other Dolls Victor and Sierra who are friendly with Echo (the names are simply letters in the phonetic alphabet). Although the Actives are ostensibly volunteers the operation is highly illegal and under constant threat on one end from Paul Ballard a determined federal agent who has heard a rumor about the Dolls and an insane rogue Active on the other.