Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-4028641-20151001000739/@comment-28101619-20160402000232

TVTropes dot org. I don't know where that contributor got the information. The entry says 'Word of God', which means that someone connected with producing the show said that. (Perhaps Moffatt, who originally intended her to be Sgt. Osgood's daughter, but held off on making it official.)