you can imagine children of geeks or sinister children in a tea-time SF / fantasy series using that as a valid point, but clearly they aren't since Tolkein and Bannister at the very least were both associated with the university."
Rumour you have no doubt seen doing the rounds: "Joss Whedon's long awaited UK based Buffy spin-off, Ripper, starring Anthony Head, starts filming next summer for BBC."