Doctor :Who Audience&Industry

 Audience

1) Who is the 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 and space.

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

In 2020 people such as black and Asian people might not see themselves reflected in Doctor who because of the lack of Black and Asians characters represented in Doctor Who.The modern audience will also not feel close to the characters compared to audience that watched the show from the begging.Modern audience might also not learn much from Doctor Who compared to Doctor Who audience in 1963.This is because people can easily learn about space by simply searching it up. 

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

Visceral pleasure:An example of Visceral pleasure in Unearthly child that could create tension for the audience is when the space ship started shaking and moving through the space.this could have the audience scared or worried for the character as they aren't aware of what happened to the characters after the episode ended in a hang cliff.

Vicarious pleasure:An example of this in Unearthly child Is when Susan talks about her wish to live a normal life just like a regular teenager on earth and stop time travelling.the audience might have felt sympathy for Susan in that scene.

Voyeuristic Pleasure:An example of This is space.This is because audience back then didn't know much about space.Therefore Space was a completely a new discovery for the audience in 1963.

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

Doctor Who has an international online fan culture of events,fan fiction,fan edited tailors and more.

Industries

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

The only had 2 channels: BBC and ITV. Therefore people they didn't have a lot of options to pick from

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

The level of technology was low back in the 1963.We can tell this by the quality of the camera and the movements of the camera.

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

Doctor Who is important for BBC because Doctor Who is BBC biggest exports.Therefor they can make similar series to Doctor Who because they know people will watch it.

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

- K9

- Class 

-Torchwood

- Sarah Jane adventures

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

Doctor Who has large amount of merchandise because Doctor Who has a large fan base.Therefore they expect the merchandise sold out.Example of Doctor Who merchandise are toys and shirts.

EXTENSION

Read this New Statesman feature on Doctor Who as a global phenomenon. What does it suggest about Doctor Who fandom, British identity and the importance of the brand to the BBC?

This Suggest that Doctor Who has a huge fandom worldwide.Therefore BBC launched in 98 different places such as Seoul,Sydney and New York.Most of the people in the fandom are British.This suggest.This suggests that British community was united together through Doctor Who.A show that most of them grew up watching.The BBC is very important important for the fandom because it's where Doctor Who audience watch the show on.

Read this Guardian feature on the representations of race and ethnicity in Doctor Who over the last 55 years. How has the programme changed in its representations of race and how does this fit the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain?

Over the last 55 years there were some representation in Doctor Who such as Rosa park and the 1947 partition of India.