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 is living under the alias "Jack Gordon". When she sees a Death's Head moth, the same rare kind that Buffalo Bill stuffs in the throats of each of his victims, flutter through the house, she knows that she has found her man and tries to arrest him. Gumb flees, and Starling follows him into his basement, where his latest victim is alive and screaming for help. Gumb turns off the electricity in the basement, and stalks Starling through the rooms wearing night vision goggles. As Gumb readies to shoot Starling, Starling hears him cock the hammer of his revolver and