Audience and Industry: blog tasks

 Audience
1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963?

Target audience for Doctor Who in 1963 is mostly white males who are 

2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Doctor Who?

Mainstreamers: broad appeal for peoplw hwo watch BBC AND BBC
3) What audience pleasures are offered by 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: High school setting, pop music, rebellion in TARDIS

Personal Relationships: cliffhanger at the end of the episode, worried for Ian and Barbara, Doctor seems like a villain

Diversion (Escapism): science-fiction, new, futuristic, mysterious, crime drama

Surveillance (Information / Facts): science/space/technology, History

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

It gives modern audiences context about how 1963 high school used to be. And how one gender had more power.

5) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child?
A voyeuristic pleasure is when Susan and the Doctor fight also when Ian gets electrocuted. The visceral pleasure would be when they had seen the TARDIS move from one time period to another also when Ian got electrocuted and a Vicarious pleasure is when they time travelled at the end.

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

The television industry in 1963 was small they were only 2 channels, they were BBC and ITV.
2) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC? Doctor who is such an important franchise to the BBC because it follows there mission statement inform,educate and entertain and as it has been running for over 60 years it will have many fans who cg then they can sell merchandise to and much more.

3) How does Doctor Who meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'? Doctor Who meets the inform educate and entertain mission statement as it informs viewers about space/time travel it educates them on space and time and entertains the viewers with comedic jokes.
4) How is the BBC funded?

The BBC are funded by tv licensed and merchandise sold of shoes like doctor who.
5) Who regulates the BBC and what is the watershed?

Ofcom regulate the BBC and the watershed are shows that are not child friendly that are only allowed to be shown after 9pm.