he is probably best associated with genre shows, having directed episodes of doctor who, torchwood and good novel and was wondering if you might be on hand for the final stretch. the statistics of women movie directors, we're still on about 18%, so part of what i wanted do was show their next generation that can be done, should be done, we need other voices directing and that is, i think, one of my main motivations is to set an example. also there is a joy to directing short form and putting your story in now and a half which has been wonderful. 0ther directors are moving from films to high—end television because they can tell their arcs over a longer period of time and i am doing the opposite, living in the opposite direction, which i always like to do. despite a long career in television, she is all too aware of the pitfalls, double standards and high scrutiny that female directors often experience. i think the film will live and die on its own merit, and yet i do see a trend to take certainly high—profile directors that there is a salaciousness in leaping on any kind of perceived mi