Whedon prepared for 'Dollhouse' break

Joss Whedon has claimed that he is "not as depressed as everyone else" over Dollhouse going on hiatus in November.

The remaining episodes of the sci-fi show's second season will now be shown back-to-back in December.

Fox previously planned to air the programme's 13-episode order in full after it returned with its lowest ratings ever.

The show's creator posted on his fansite Whedonesque.com: "Howzabout that schedule? Well, I'm not as depressed as everyone else. We weren't about to rock sweeps anyway, and though there's a chilly November, December is CRAZY (sic)."

He added: "It's like an Advent calendar of episodes! We get November to try to spread the word (which I'll be leaning on Fox to do, though it's hard to imagine them doing as good a job as the WhyIWatch guy) and then December is pure gluttony."

Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy recently confirmed that Whedon will direct an episode of the musical comedy.