doctor who

 1) Choose three key moments in the episode and write an NCIS analysis for those clips. You can use your notes from the screening in class. Make specific, detailed references using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.)

An Unearthly Child scene analysis-from the start to7:00

Narrative:the narratives are that she has been failing to hand in homework, has a mysterious location (unknown)

Character: 

Susan-very smart at somethings but bad at others

teachers-very curious about susans backround.

students-stereotypical teenagers since at that time that is when stereotypes were made for teenagers.

Iconography: time-travel, futuristic looking music device, weird rocket

Setting: school and junkyard


2) How does Todorov's theory of equilibrium apply to An Unearthly Child? Try and use the expanded version of Todorov's theory: Equilibrium - Disruption - Recognition - Reparation - New equilibrium.

In the first episode of Doctor Who the equilibrium can be seen as Susan first coming to school, then the disruption could be when the teacher came to the junkyard looking for Susan and meeting her grandad.

They reach a resolution when they finally find Susan. Then a new problem arises when they are in the Tardis and they land in an unknown time.

3) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do each of the main characters in An Unearthly Child fit into? Alternatively, you may wish to discuss how characters do not fit Propp's character types.

Doctor Who - Villain

The Doctor was first seen as a villain as we see in the first episode but now days is seen as a hero 

Susan Foreman -  Helper/sidekick 

Ian Chesterton - Hero

Barbara Wright - Heroine 

4) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in An Unearthly Child? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.)

The noises when entering the tardis were quiet weird and would remind an audience of sci fi and futuristic thing.

5) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in An Unearthly Child? How do these create narrative or drama for the audience?

One example of binary opposition is light v dark because the setting of the junkyard is completely opposite of the Tardis with bright white lights. Another example is good vs evil as the teachers can be seen as good by helping Susan whereas the the Doctor can be seen as evil trapping them in the Tardis.


Representations

1) What stereotypes of men are reinforced and subverted in Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child? How?
it in forces the stereotype that men are more dominant than women like when Barbara was going to look for Susan she needed the help of Ian and also the doctor was in charge of Susan.
2) What stereotypes of women/girls are reinforced and subverted in Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child? How?
it reinforces that women are inferior as it shows Barbra asking Ian for help to find Susan's address than just doing it herself also when the Tardis was about to take off, Susan was powerless and could obviously not stop the doctor
3) What are common media stereotypes of young people and old people? Do any of the characters or scenarios reinforce or subvert these conventional stereotypes (consider this was 1963)? Has this changed in more recent series of Doctor Who?

this episode was made during the era of the 'creation' of teenagers and so you could tell that this was trying to recreate typical teenage boys who would annoy the teenage 'gossip girls'.

4) What representations of race/ethnicity can be found in Doctor Who: An Earthly Child? Is this surprising or not? Give reasons for your answer and consider historical / cultural context (the 1960s). Has this changed in more recent series of Doctor Who?

in doctor who, most if not all the actors are white. this would not be surprising in the 1960 however if it was played to a modern audience it would shock them. this is why in the recent doctor who there is more representation of other races. 

5) How is social class represented in An Unearthly Child? Think about how education and knowledge is presented in the episode.

In the episode: un unearthly child, you can see that Susan is represented as nearly all lower, middle and upper-class the reason that I said this is because by lower class, she lies in a junk yard which is no place that other classes would live, also to represent the middle class, you can see by her going to a public school with normal education and good teachers along with the stereotypical middle class clothing. Finally, Susan represents the upper-class with some kind of technology to listen to music as well as having the Tardis..

Social and Historical context

1) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the social and historical contexts of the 1960s?
An Unearthly Child reflects social contexts of the 1960's through the relationship between Susan and her teachers this is shown when they offer to tutor Susan at her house. The Historical context is shown through how Susan listens to music through a caste player whereas now we use our mobile devices and the cars in the episode
2) How might audiences have felt towards science fiction in the 1960s?

Fields like communication, entertainment, space travel, and transportation expanded drastically due to the science fiction genre. In addition, the culture of society has.Of all of the parts of society, the field of technology is the most impacted by science fiction