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 Doctor Who: Audience and Industry Audience 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? Teenagers and young adults, they are starting to target more of a younger audience. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumer and       Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples       from the episode to support your ideas. INFORMATION/SURVEILLANCE: Doctor Who offers its audience an education about space travel,                                                                science and history, his theories he was trying to explain to Ian PERSONAL IDENTITY: Teenagers relate to Susan DIVERSION/ENTERTAINMENT:  Science Fiction is a classic genre for escapism, ...

Doctor Who  Language and contexts 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: Camera movement was very slow, clunky and of very bad quality due to the technology in the 1960s. Sound mostly the theme music to Doctor Who and the sound of the TARDIS. There are a number of different shots to show the emotions of the characters. Mise-en-scene: The costume and hair of Susan reflect the 1960s style, and her school creates a personal identity for the audience. The setting of the junkyard creates a tense and mysterious atmosphere because of the shadows in contrast to the lightning inside the TARDIS, which is very bright. The new setting is set up for the next episode. Narrative and genre: mentions time and space a lot to reinforce sci-fi genre, enigma codes are used a lot, for example fore the TARDIS als...