Audience
1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? The target audience for doctors who are mostly boys. This is because of the stereotype boys are interested in sci-fi and outer space. However, this has changed since 1963 since the female audience increased as the years went by.
2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas.
Personal Identity: Teenagers would identify themselves in doctor who when they young actors such as Susan.Personal Relationships: As the audience get used to the show they start developing personal connections with the characters.Diversion (Escapism): Others may watch doctor who to escape reality and learn about different theories and technology .Surveillance (Information / Facts): Audience may watch doctor who in 1963 to learn about different ideas about space and sci-fi.
3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience? In 2020, modern audiences may not relate to personal identity as the show doesn't include different minorities, religions, etc. This will affect the show as those audiences won't feel represented. As for personal relationships, the audience may not get attached to the character as theirs a new doctor every year. This will prevent them from developing a personal connection with the character. Some audiences watch Doctor who to escape reality and learn about different theories and technology but as the show is still going on they might get bored of it. However, for surveillance audiences won't need to learn about space as they can look it up.
4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious, and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child? Vicarious pleasure
5) What kind of online fan culture does Doctor Who have? Give examples.
5) What kind of online fan culture does Doctor Who have? Give examples.
The show doctor who has a wide international fan base and culture.
Industries
1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there?
Industries
1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there?
The television industry didn't have as many channels as they do in 2022. There were only two TV channels available in the 1960s.
2) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the level of technology in the TV industry in 1963?
2) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the level of technology in the TV industry in 1963?
The episode unearthly child reflects the low level of technology because the show had a low budget but in that era it was seen as high quality.
3) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC?
The show doctor who is an important franchise to BBC because of its popularity and it has such an important history.
4) What other programmes/spin-offs are part of the wider Doctor Who franchise?
An adventure in space and time /the Sarah Jane adventure.
5) Why does the Doctor Who franchise have so much merchandise available? Give examples.
Doctor who has a lot of merchandise as it’s popularity grows everyday.
Extension tasks and reading
Read this New Statesman feature on Doctor Who as a global phenomenon. What does it suggest about Doctor Who fandom, British identity and the importance of the brand to the BBC? This article suggests that doctor who is important to bbc as it holds a lot of history and has been nominated as the largest simulcast of a tv drama .
Read this Guardian feature on the representations of race and ethnicity in Doctor Who over the last 55 years. How has the programme changed in its representations of race and how does this fit the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain? The program has changed in the last 55 years by improving their quality and adding racial minorities in the show. This is so children can almost identify themselves in the show.
Extension tasks and reading
Read this New Statesman feature on Doctor Who as a global phenomenon. What does it suggest about Doctor Who fandom, British identity and the importance of the brand to the BBC? This article suggests that doctor who is important to bbc as it holds a lot of history and has been nominated as the largest simulcast of a tv drama .
Read this Guardian feature on the representations of race and ethnicity in Doctor Who over the last 55 years. How has the programme changed in its representations of race and how does this fit the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain? The program has changed in the last 55 years by improving their quality and adding racial minorities in the show. This is so children can almost identify themselves in the show.
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