Whedon on "Dollhouse's" Non-Cancellation, Topher

This is several years old but I only just discovered it. 

Fox forgot to cancel my show... Very awkward. They looked and said, 'Oh, this is our bad. We forgot to cancel your show. You're going to have to make more.'--Creator Joss Whedon, discussing Dollhouse coming back for a second season.

I also loved this observation (from the Paley Center Dollhouse conversation):

That Topher—what’s wrong with him? He just creates these character people and then he just puppets them around and he thinks it’s OK to do that. Who’s he based on? What monster?