DOCOTOR WHO AUDIENCE
1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? MOST LIKELY EVERYONE BUT MAINLY 10 TO 30 YEAR OLDS 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: PEOPLE MAY RELATE TO SUSAN BEING AN OUTSIDER Personal Relationships:SOME PEOPLE ARE TEACHERS LIKE IAN AND BARBARA Diversion (Escapism): THE MYSTERY OF THE TARDIS Surveillance (Information / Facts):THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE DOCTOR AND SUSAN ARE FROM AND HOW THE TARDIS WORKS 3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020s audience? THEY COULD LEARN HOW WOMEN WHERE TREATED COMPARED TO MEN IN THE 60s 4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child? YOU WO...