audience and industry

 


1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963?
families yes i think its more for a younger audience

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: we can relate to susan as she is a young person who goes to school

Personal Relationships: we want to make sure that the teachers are safe 

Diversion (Escapism): we go to different time periods and places

Surveillance (Information / Facts): we learn about space 

3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020s audience?
personal identity because we still have parents who tell us what we can and cant do 

4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child? visceal pleasure as at the end of the episode we might be on the edge of our seat as we can see a cave man and the doctor teachers and susan might be in danger
5) What kind of online fan culture does Doctor Who have? Give examples. whovians they have podcasts comicon events and collectable item like toys 

Industries

1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there? limited as there were only 2 available channels

2) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the level of technology in the TV industry in 1963? it wasn't at its maximum potential as it was in black and white and they're want a cgi 

3) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC? it is one of their most well known tv shows and it brings in lot of money

4) What other programmes/spin-offs are part of the wider Doctor Who franchise? torchwood and k9 are examples

5) Why does the Doctor Who franchise have so much merchandise available? Give examples. so they can make more money an example is toys

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