(Doctor who)Audience and Industry: blog tasks

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

The target audience for doctor who was probably for people for 10 to 14 age because more teenagers would watch TV shows. 

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:This episode is about the doctors granddaughter this is because the teachers were after her.

Personal Relationships:The Doctor is her grandpa

Diversion (Escapism):They teachers keep asking questions about the girl

          Surveillance (Information / Facts): The girl keeps running away from the questions that the teacher ask.     


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

-The use of sci-fi 

things this would show some interest in the future audience.

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

Visceral=It probably gave people goosebumps when they saw the intro as it look it like a horror movie.

Vicarious=It was shocking that the doctors grandchild is  from another timeline.

Voyeuristic =Teachers were fascinated by the look of the inside the tardis as you wouldn't see this in life or that. generation

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

-In that generation it would be a British culture as back then they were not that have technology like us now.

Industries

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

In 1963 there were only 3 channels.

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

This make them reflect that one day they will have such a technology like that in this world.

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

This was one their hit franchise which people likes so they created more in the future.

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

Torchwood 

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

They know that there fans are gonna be interested to buy their items so they keep making more.

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