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According to a 2007 Comedy Connections documentary on Just Good Friends, Sullivan was originally motivated to create the character by Cheryl Hall, the co-star of Citizen Smith.

Hall complained that Sullivan was incapable of writing comedy for women, focusing instead on giving the best of his material to the male characters.

Sullivan was stung by the remark because, in his words, " she was absolutely right ", and deliberately set out to create a strong ( and funny ) female lead.