Audience and Industry

 Audience

1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963?

- Doctor who is a mainstream TV series as its a long running. When Doctor who was a newer series the main appeal were men, not having many diverse characters and genders, however that changed in 1970-2010 increasing the female audience 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.

- Using Blumler and Katz's uses and gratifications theory, Doctor who features multiple audience pleasures, mainly Personal identity as many people may relate or feel as if Susan reflects their personality or issues with fitting in with the people around them. Doctor who also uses Surveillance/Information giving the consumer information about space, time and even history.

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

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

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

Industries

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

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

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

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

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