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 WOULD GET A VOYEURSTIC PLEASURE BECAUSE YOU WOULDNT NORMALLY SEE A TIME TRAVELING POLICE BOX

5) What kind of online fan culture does Doctor Who have? Give examples.
WHOVIANS WHO INTERRACT THROUGH FACEBOOK REDDIT X AND MORE
Industries

1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there?
IT WAS DOMINATED BY MEN AND THERE WHERE ONLY 2 CHANNELS AT THE TIME
2) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the level of technology in the TV industry in 1963?
THE USE OF BLACK AND WHITE AND SLOPPY EDITIN SHOWS HOW LITTLE YOU WHERE CAPABLE OF AT THE TIME
3) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC? 
BECAUSE THERE IS A MASSIVE FANBASE AND IT IS ONE OF THE BBCS MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME
4) What other programmes/spin-offs are part of the wider Doctor Who franchise?
TORCHWOOD CLASS THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES K-9
5) Why does the Doctor Who franchise have so much merchandise available? Give examples. 
BECAUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS FOR EXAMPLE THE 5OTH ANNIVERSARY WAS WATCHED IN 70 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES SIMULTANEOUSLY














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