Audience and Industry: blog tasks

 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963?

teems, adults and elderly people because it based on science fiction and the characters are teenagers, adults and old people.


2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Bumbler and Katy's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas.

Personal Identity: teenagers,adults and elderly people

Personal Relationships: The female teacher and the student 

Diversion (Escapism): shows stuff about time travel and space about enigma codes

Surveillance (Information / Facts): 

3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience?

This episode provides to a modern 2020 audience is the colour of the show because when the first episode was released there wasn't colour until colour TV's were invented.

4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child?

It would be vicarious and voyeuristic that would apply in an unearthly child.

5) What kind of online fan culture does Doctor Who have? Give examples.

The online fan culture of Doctor who is British.



Industries



1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there?

There were only two channels in 1963. The TV industry like in 1963 was no colour and the TV's were quite small

2) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the level of technology in the TV industry in 1963?

It reflected little bit bad because they hadn't have colour and some of the scenes you couldn't see because of the colour of white and black.

3) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC? 

It is because it is the fist TV series with the most episodes.has a science fiction and sci-if episodes in 1963.

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

  • class
  • k9 and com[any
  • torchwood
  • The sarah jane adventures
  • k9
  • An adventure in space and time 

5) Why does the Doctor Who franchise have so much merchandise available? Give examples. 

there is so many merchandise available because the fans are slowly buying the merchandise now.

extension

Read this New Statesman feature on Doctor Who as a global phenomenon. What does it suggest about Doctor Who fandom, British identity and the importance of the brand to the BBC?

Teens famed doctor who.

Read this Guardian feature on the representations of race and ethnicity in Doctor Who over the last 55 years. How has the programme changed in its representations of race and how does this fit the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain? 

It fits now because in the 1900's it didn't have colour now it has.

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