and Booker. His most notable television screenplay was The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents entry "Final Escape". Though Craig left the staff shortly before "Oubliette" entered production for unknown reasons, he was credited as a supervising producer on several installments for the third season. The title was derived from the French word "oubliette", which refers to a pit-like dungeon consisting of "total darkness" with a hole that opens from the top. The narrative centers on Mulder's identification with Lucy which is based on the abduction of his sister, Samantha. It was decided that time would not be spent on Scully's sympathy with the victim, despite her own abduction experience in the second season episode "Ascension". Despite this, Scully is gentle towards Mulder and "wanted to believe" him until the evidence pointed overwhelmingly to Lucy. After that point, Scully takes on an antagonistic role, going against the wishes of her partner. Though not originally included in the script, David Duchovny added the line about how his connection to the case was not just because of Samantha. Series creator Chris Carter stated that in Craig's original draft Lucy was more "hard-boiled", but actress Tracey Ellis played her as a more wounded person. Fox's standards and practices department was uncomfortable with the screenplay, because it featured a 12-year-old girl being kidnapped. The network requested that she be in her late teens and that the plot would not heavily feature Amy's ordeal or suffering. Jewel Staite had just turned 13 when she was cast, but the producers thought that she looked older and even applied make-up to add to that effect. The reason for the concern was because the original screenplay featured similarities to the Polly Klaas case, which had received large public attention around the time of production. Polly Klaas was a 12-year-old girl who was kidnapped during a slumber party, and eventually strangled to death. The antagonist of the episode was compared to Richard Allen Davis, the culprit of the case, who was convicted and sentenced to death for his crimes. Ngaire Genge in his novel The Unofficial X-Files Companion commented that "tragically, unlike Amy, Klaas didn't survive her abduction". Filming "Oubliette" was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, as were the rest of the episodes of the third season. The location of the antagonist's house was an important factor during production. Craig's screenplay called for a remote house in the "middle of nowhere",