Audience
1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963?
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.
3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience?
To a more modern 2018 audience An Unearthly Child would be entertainment and diversion
4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child?
Voyeuristic can be applied to An Unearthly Child this is because the ending solves the mystery of why Susan was so suspicious in her classes by saying that she is an alien.
for young male adults.
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.
3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience?
To a more modern 2018 audience An Unearthly Child would be entertainment and diversion
Voyeuristic can be applied to An Unearthly Child this is because the ending solves the mystery of why Susan was so suspicious in her classes by saying that she is an alien.
Personal Identity: this is shown in all the scenes where Susan is in school as a lot of these are relatablePersonal Relationships: the audience may want to know more about the doctors past and futureDiversion (Escapism): when they enter the TARDIS and are taken to another planet.Surveillance (Information / Facts): when Susan is correcting her teacher about the French Revolution.
5) What kind of online fan culture does Doctor Who have? Give examples.
The doctor who fandom is named the Whovians.
Industries
1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there?
In 1963 there were only 2 channels ITV and BBC with very few shows such as Doctor Who, Coronation street, etc
1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there?
In 1963 there were only 2 channels ITV and BBC with very few shows such as Doctor Who, Coronation street, etc
2) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the level of technology in the TV industry in 1963?
Doctor Who is an important franchise for BBC because it is there longest lasting show that they own and that it has a lot of spin-offs.
Doctor Who is an important franchise for BBC because it is there longest lasting show that they own and that it has a lot of spin-offs.
3) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC?
Doctor Who is an important franchise for BBC because it is there longest lasting show that they own and that it has a lot of spin-offs.
4) What other programmes/spin-offs are part of the wider Doctor Who franchise?
- - Class.
- - K9
- - Torchwood
- - The Sarah Jane Adventures
- - An Adventure in Space and Time
5) Why does the Doctor Who franchise have so much merchandise available? Give examples.
it has so much merchandise because it's a popular show, some of it's merchandise includes the Doctor Who Tardis tea pot and a sonic screwdriver
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