I got the impression Blake’s 7 was just going to be “space opera” and, having worked as a director on Doctor Who, I wanted to move on and do other things, but the script for the first episode won me over. It was 1977, before the mass surveillance we have today, so the idea ...
despite opposition from society (and her parents) due to her sex, persevered and went on to greatly contribute to maths. Due to the unfair gender restraints at the time, she was not able to pursue a career in the subject, but that did not stop her!