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And without further ado, were handing over to here..

I was not prepared for what this panel would become.

My notes area follow-up to this, not a restating of what transpired.

One of my daughters was in the audience.

She knows my stories intimately.

As she hugged me afterwards, I asked what she had thought.

She was most surprised by how many different ways there were for women to be harassed or discriminated against.

Sexual harassment, bullying, controlling their means and their weight, pregnancy discrimination, verbal harassment, etc.

Each of us has our damage and our stories.

They are varied, but they all resonated.

On stage, I found myself crying inside.

She thought that maybe she could have stopped this happening to others as unlikely as that would have been.

I know a lot of men who have used this moment to ask themselves about their own behaviour.

We should not have to explain how to respect us.

We are all looking for civility in a very uncivil time.

It is unsettling to the core.

Yes, I remain afraid and cautious and awaiting the backlash.

But I know wonderful men who say I dont understand how and why men behave this way.

Its not even in my vocabulary to think about treating a woman that way.

For these men, the movement is about awareness.

I was outraged, as I frequently am when people close to me are abused, but fully understood.

I have stood up against unequal pay when it didnt have to do with myself.

I have even asked bosses to stop verbally harassing other people.

There is always someone to take your place if you are seen as problematic.

The night before the panel, I had dinner with several of the women on the stage.

As expected, our dialogue turned to #MeToo and general biases.

But deep down, I worried I had sold-out.

And theres a whatever it takes to succeed at infiltrating.

I took great solace in that way of looking at it.

It wasnt a cowardly choice.

I look at Uma Thurman.

I sawKill Billand it had so many elements Id wishedTank Girlhad.

Its easy for thoughtless people to be judgmental and say you should have told someone.

But its a lose-lose situation when you are the survivor.

I could call my autobiography Everything I Know, I Learned from Nightmare on Elm Street.

New Line Cinema, with its historically checkered reputation, is the place I credit as my film school.

Within the company, I learned, I was promoted, and I was encouraged.

And while never perfect, the films were worlds of tremendous creativity within very small budgets.

Learning to create within those limitations has been the most useful skillset for my future work.

Solve, dont demur.

It was the next step from Roger Cormans world where many got their start in the 70s.

Because we will continue to tell our stories and find ways to be heard.

Its important for me to note that only one story on stage had anything to do withDoctor Who.

So in my wrap-up, I turned to the positive inDoctor Who.

I thanked the audience for this, but moreso for what they had done for me.

As our work had helped them, their support and passion bolsters us.

And I ended with the 12th Doctors words:

Laugh Hard.

There were a lot of hugs after that.

That, too, I will not forget.