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Doctor Who: Audience and Industries blog tasks

Audience 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? the target audience for Dr  who is family  or 10-40 year olds 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: teenagers-like Susan Personal Relationships: the teachers Ian and Barbra caring about Susan Diversion (Escapism): discovering the time travel machine (tardis) Surveillance (Information / Facts): historical references- 'french revolution' 3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience? it would show what tv was like then, they could personally connect to the characters and their relationships 4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child? all three