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  Audience 1) Who is t he target audience for Doctor Who? Has it  changed since 1963? The target audience for Doctor Who were originally  male however between the year 1970-2010 the female audience increased by 22%. 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 : when the audience can see themselves and relate to characters.For example teenagers might relate to Susan and elderly people can see themselves in Doctor Who. Personal Relationships: when the audience get attached or feel affection towards the characters or actors. Diversion (Escapism) :when the audience escape their feelings and use their favourite show e.g Doctor Who as a way to escape and feel better. Surveillance (Information / Facts): Doctor Who teaches their audience about time travel,theory about the future,other worlds

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.  In the beginning of the episode we  are introduced to Susan.Susan is picking an outfit she should wear.This is supposed to make young teenagers girls relate to Susan.later on we are introduced to Susan's teachers talking to each others and later on deciding to follow Susan to her house.While following Susan They came across a police box in an abandoned place.The teachers then meet up with Susan's grandpa that is not willing to tell the teachers about Susan's whereabouts.The teachers later on deiced to go inside the police box as they here Susan's voice coming from there.In the police box they meet up with Susan and find about Susan and her grandpa being aliens from a different world.  Camerawork and sound: The budget of Doctor who was low therefore you can notice the camera slightly moving.At a certain point of the first episode you can not