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  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...

  1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class analysis of the episode. You can use your own notes from the screening in class or  this Google document of class notes  (you'll need your GHS Google login).  Camerawork and sound: A futuristic theme song aswell as quick shots and handheld camera movements Mise-en-scene: Lots of futuristic aspects inside the TARDIS with junk from the junkyard and a car a school with 2 teachers a student and the Doctor Narrative and genre:Sci-Fi,suspense,mystery 2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium:the show ends when the problem starts Propp's character theory:The damsel is Susan the hero is Ian the sidekick is Barbara and the villain is the Doctor Barthes's enigma and action codes:The tardis is an enigma code so is the doctor Levi-Strauss's binary opposition: Old vs young in The Doctor and ians arguemnet and the same when Susan and The Doctor argue 3) In your ...