Telegraph UK - My Week - "Olivia Williams on brainiacs and nuclear weapons"

[derevko_child]

Olivia Williams on brainiacs and nuclear weapons
By Olivia Williams
12:15PM BST 29 Apr 2014

In her monthly column, Olivia Williams, considers short-lived omnipotence and the destructive power of technology

Comments

[derevko_child]

Slightly disappointed that there is no mention of any crash courses in botany since she plays a "botanist with a past" (I'm thinking she's actually German pretending to be American/British idk lol)

[oonaseckar]

I wonder what specific kind of scandalous shady history a botanist would have. (Risque cabaret act involving rare species?)

Also wonder if she's mentally associating/comparing the scientist roles - amoral, oblivious of ethical implications - with Dollhouse's Topher and is playing off that. A little mention would be nice. *yearns*

[derevko_child]

My default "secret past" guess is.... "SHE'S A SPYYYYYY." maybe she's a German Spy. Or an OSS agent. Or whatever it is that preceded the CIA

[darling_ashes]

This was a really interesting article (all of her articles are interesting and I love them but I really enjoyed this one.)

[derevko_child]

I get excited when I see a new My Week posted. It makes my night (since it shows up online at night in my part of the world lol)