Dana Scully Doggett. Scully's character was also inspired by Jodie Foster's portrayal of Clarice Starling in the film "The Silence of the Lambs". Scully was a known name in UFO lore. In 1950 the less than credible "Behind the Flying Saucers" was published, written by "Variety" columnist Frank Scully. The name Scully was also used in 1976 film "All the President's Men", an obvious inspiration for the show, in a list of names who work for the Committee for the Re-Election of the President. The casting for Scully caused a conflict between Carter and the Fox network. Carter had chosen 24-year-old Gillian
Clarice Starling horror when she witnessed the lambs being slaughtered. Her uncle was so angry that he sent her to live in a Lutheran orphanage, where she spent the rest of her childhood. According to the novel, Starling attended the University of Virginia as a double major in psychology and criminology. During that time, she spent two summers working as a counselor in a mental health center. Starling first met Crawford when he was a guest lecturer at UVA. His criminology seminars were a factor in her decision to join the FBI. During the investigation, Starling is assigned to coax Lecter into