Doctor Who: Audience and Industry

Audience


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

Families


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: susan - teens in school

Personal Relationships: audience positioned to be on ian and barbaras side

Diversion (Escapism): Tardis

Surveillance (Information / Facts): science/tech/space


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

Modern audiences learn how tv looked in 1960s


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

Vicarious pleasures


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

Whoviens - engage through social media



Industries


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

2 chanels in b&w


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

The sfx were very limited due to the technology


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

Allows bbc to generat income from around the world


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

k9, torchwood & sarah jane


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

Because their fane base is MASSIVE

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