1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963?
The target audience for Doctor Who was and always will be a mainstream family audience. In 1963, there were only 2 channels available, the BBC and ITV so Doctor Who had to cater to a wide audience. Nowadays, although some episodes have elements of the horror genre, there is no explicit sexual content in Doctor Who or gory violence so viewing times for Doctor Who are before the watershed and so children can watch it along with their parents.
2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Doctor Who?
most people who enjoy things which include action and sci fi would really enjoy this because that is the whole theme of doctor who.
3) What audience pleasures are offered by 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:Students and teachers relating to susan and her teachers with school life.
Diversion (Escapism):Distraction from daily life with work school and stress.
Surveillance (Information / Facts):What the TARDIS is for later information in the series and more series.
4) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience?
5) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child?
1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there?
2) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC?
because analitics show that most of their income comes from that show
4) How is the BBC funded?
5) Who regulates the BBC and what is the watershed?
2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Doctor Who?
most people who enjoy things which include action and sci fi would really enjoy this because that is the whole theme of doctor who.
3) What audience pleasures are offered by 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.
Diversion (Escapism):Distraction from daily life with work school and stress.
Surveillance (Information / Facts):What the TARDIS is for later information in the series and more series.
4) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience?
5) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child?
Visceral - TARDIS takes of
- Creepy junkyard
Vicarious - Space + time travel
- going into the TARDIS
- Car (Teacher’s discussion)
Voyeuristic - Teacher’s discussion of Susan
Industries1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there?
2) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC?
because analitics show that most of their income comes from that show
3) How does Doctor Who meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'? They follow the rules of education by including everyday school subjects as well as some things that regular students would not know. As well as the fact that for education, this was one of the first sci fi series.
4) How is the BBC funded?
the bbc is funded by the Independent of government intervention and by the amount of views and purchases they receive from their websites and channels
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