Audience and Industry

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 Audience

1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? 
In my opinion, it is mainly aimed at families including the ages of  7 - 45 years old.

2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Doctor Who?
Majority of the audience enjoy watching Doctor Who because they like genre and theme of the episode which is action, mystery and sci-fi.

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: Susan - teenager
  • listening to music
  • costume
  • arguing with teachers/ Doctor
- School setting 
  • mise-en-scene
- Teachers + Susan 
  • Barbara + Ian almost parent figure

Personal Relationships: Between audience and Charaters
- Teacher + Susan
  • Audience wants them to be safe 
  • Cliffhanger + enigma code
Diversion (Escapism): 
- Dramatic Sci -fi narrative
- Mystery - Susan "Unearthly child"
- TARDIS

Surveillance (Information / Facts): The Doctor/The teachers/French Revolution
- Technology
- History
- Science

4) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience?
Humour - the audience in 1963 would have taking the first episode very serious and entertaining as i9n those time periods that would have been new to them. However, as centuries past the technology is developed a large amount from discoveries made, making a difference. the modern audience in 2020 would find their acting very funny as it is not realistic enough for the modern audine to be amused.;

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 


Industries

1) What was the television industry like in 1963? 
BBC

2) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC? 
Huge income for BBC.

3) How does Doctor Who meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'?
Teaches the audience about science- fiction. And they are entertained by them creating a story using time travel as they vital, significant and main subject.

4) How is the BBC funded?
Independent of government intervention 

5) Who regulates the BBC and what is the watershed?
The regulation of the BBC is OfCOM. The watershed is 9pm meaning adult content is not shown and quality standards are included.













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