Whedon replied sardonically, " we're going to shift away from this whole lifestyle choice that Willow has made.

Whedon, however, has compared her Jewish identity to her sexuality, stating that they are rarely made a significant focus of the show.

The film, written by Joss Whedon, depicts Buffy as a shallow high school cheerleader who is informed by a man named Merrick ( Donald Sutherland ) that she has been chosen by fate to battle the undead.

" Whedon has compared the series to its parent, " It's a little bit more straightforward action show and a little bit more of a guys ' show.

Jane Espenson has explained how scripts came together for Mutant Enemy Productions series Buffy, Angel and Firefly: a meeting was held and an idea was floated ( generally by Whedon ) and the writers brainstormed to develop the central theme of the episode and the character development.

The character proved popular with fans, and since 2003, Joss Whedon has attempted to continue Giles ' story through a spin-off, Ripper ; as of 2009, Whedon has submitted a 90-minute script to the BBC, but rights issues have so far prevented the series moving into development.

Whedon has expressed regret over not being able to go further with Dawn's character in season seven, but, as he says, " You get into a situation that you do like to stand alone ' Dawn Goes on a Date ' is not something that people would really sit for.

Buffy creator Joss Whedon has openly credited his inspiration for Buffy as Kitty Pryde.

This term, originally coined by fans of the TV series, has since been used in the titles of published works, and adopted by Joss Whedon, the creator of the fictional universe.

In addition, series creator, Joss Whedon has long been interested in science fiction.

Series creator Joss Whedon has placed " Doppelgangland " fifth in his list of favorite episodes from the show, stating " one Willow is certainly not enough.

Joss Whedon has said that one of his favorite shots in the episode is of Olivia's frightened reaction to a Gentlemen floating by her window, leering in at her.

The episode has no real structure, which was a departure for Whedon, as everything he had written before was constructed before even starting the script.

Whedon commented on her appearances in Buffy's dream: " The idea that Tara would be her spirit guide made sense because she didn't have that particular relationship with Tara, and Tara has a kind of good Wiccan mystical energy.

Joss Whedon characterizes the comic book Connor as " the closest thing to a superhero hell has ' because he has powers without any of the weaknesses of the vampire, and is well adjusted.

Whedon notes that while he already has decided that Cordelia and Connor were going to have sex, the story had to be changed and move faster because Charisma Carpenter became pregnant.

While Pylean society has no concept of music some Pyleans appear to use ritual dance to express deep emotion, as when the character of Numfar ( played by series creator Joss Whedon ) is told by his mother to do " the dance of joy ", " the dance of shame " and " the dance of honor.

The book has also been cited by Joss Whedon as the original inspiration for his science fiction / Western hybrid series Firefly.

Series creator Joss Whedon has said that it was this episode that convinced him that David Boreanaz was an actor strong enough to have his own series.

* Joss Whedon has often listed this as his favorite episode of the series.

Generally, the Alliance is rather authoritarian, although Joss Whedon, the series ' creator, has said this is at least partly because the show is seen from the viewpoint of those hostile to the Alliance.

In the Angel DVD commentary for " A Hole in the World ", Joss Whedon, the creator of Angel said, " Spike and Angel ... they were hanging out for years and years and years.

Originally, Giles was to appear in " A Hole in the World " as the one whom Angel and Spike approached in an attempt to save Fred, because Whedon needed a character who would be instantly believed ( by the characters and by the audience ) when he said there was no way to save Fred.

Caulfield said, " As far as I know, I don't think Joss Whedon ever intended to have Anya around for more than one episode.

* Quinn was asked if he knew Doyle was Irish before he auditioned, he responded " I went and I read it in American and Whedon said ' Hey, let's do it in Irish and see where it takes us .'..

When asked about Caleb's religious connections, Whedon said, " I'm not coming down against priests.

While talking about the writing of the episode, Whedon said it had been like writing poetry, a process he found " liberating and strange ".

Joss Whedon said that early on the plan was to use the Anointed One as the principal " Big Bad " for Season Two.

In the commentary, when Joss Whedon is asked about his decision to turn Angel evil, he said that he feels it was necessary to keep the story fresh as viewers would quickly become bored with Angel and Buffy's relationship.

Here Michelle Trachtenberg said that she'd been begging Whedon to let her character wear black, seeing as she'd never been allowed to in order to keep her looking youthful and innocent.

Joss Whedon compared this with " Coca-Cola or Microsoft " and said that " practically half the government was Blue Sun ".

Whedon himself has said the Alliance sometimes represents a " beautiful shining light of democracy " but at other times reflects the American government as it was when it intervened in Vietnam, which Whedon sees as something the US had no right or ability to do successfully.

* In a BBC interview before this episode aired, writer / director Joss Whedon said, " If nobody cries ... then I've definitely failed.

Whedon countered that the kiss was " true to character " and said he would quit the show if the network forbade it.

When describing the set, writer Doug Petrie said he was told by Whedon to " go big.

In a September 2001 interview, Whedon said: " Most of the dialogue in Speed is mine, and a bunch of the characters ," adding that he was arbitrated out of credit.

Joss Whedon has said himself in an interview that the " trigger " so to speak had been passed to Kendra then Faith.

" I kept saying, ' Like Dracula-until Joss Whedon said, " Why not Dracula?

Joss Whedon said on the DVD commentary that this was one of his, the cast's and the crew's favorite scenes, but they had to edit it out due to time constraints.

Whedon has said that if he were forced to pick one piece of work to represent his entire body of work, he would pick this episode.

Television series executive producer Marti Noxon later reflected that this story might have been produced by the studio in order to frighten Whedon into taking the reins of the project.

Whedon admitted he was upset by Green's announcement and that if he had wanted to continue, Oz would have been a part of the story.

Whedon and the writing staff had been considering developing a story arc in which a character explores his or her sexuality as the Scoobies left high school, but no particular effort was made to assign this arc to Willow.

In 2007, Buffy's story was continued when Joss Whedon resurrected Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a comic book.

Whedon upheld that it was the necessary course to take to propel Willow's story arc further ; both the show's producers and Amber Benson deny that any malicious intent was the cause.

" The cancellation of the show was the inspiration for Wesley's death ; Whedon gave Denisof the option of keeping the character alive, but Denisof believed killing the character was right for the story, " It was very upsetting to read.

" Fray next appears as a main character in the 2008 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight crossover story arc, " Time of Your Life ", by Whedon and Moline.

The penultimate episode, " Primeval ", had concluded the Initiative storyline, but Whedon felt the season's overall story arc had not been as cohesive as it could have been, and therefore chose to create an episode to act as a " grace note " to the season, an episode which would comment on each of the four main characters and what they had just been through.

" Since Whedon suspected this season would be the last, Carpenter says, " we didn't want to just leave Cordelia in a coma .. this would be a very big story left untold.

Angel: After the Fall is the canonical continuation of the Angel story, written by Brian Lynch with executive oversight from Joss Whedon.

Although the television series ended with season seven, series creator Joss Whedon devised a comic book series that continued the story beyond the seventh season.

Cover and short story ( 12 pages ) written by Joss Whedon, about a female medieval vampire hunter.

Whedon explains that the story behind the season / episode he wanted to get across to viewers was more important than the continuity.

Rejecting all the scripts and storylines that were developed over a decade of failed production attempts, Singer developed the story for the film with DeSanto in a week and then worked on the script with writers Ed Solomon, Christopher McQuarrie, Joss Whedon, and finally David Hayter ( who had started out as Singer's driver ).

It was written by Brett Matthews with Joss Whedon credited for story, illustrated by Will Conrad, and colored by Laura Martin.