1) How are women represented in His Dark Materials? Are gender stereotypes reinforced or subverted? Think about Lyra and Mrs Coulter here. the show main chatapers as show is show have litte to no stereotypes between  men women

2) How are men and masculinity represented in His Dark Materials? Think about Will and Lee Scoresby here.

some mena er shown as arrgont 

3) How is age (e.g. teenagers; older people) represented in His Dark Materials? Does the show reinforce or challenge stereotypes about young people? Think about Lyra and Will plus the abandoned children they meet. Also think about Mrs Coulter and other adults.

4) How is race and ethnicity represented in His Dark Materials? Are stereotypes reinforced or subverted?

5) How are politicians, religion and people with power represented? Think about how the Magisterium are shown in this episode.

Audience and Industry: blog tasks

 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? Despite the assumption that children were the main target audience for Doctor Who but as time went one it slowing went to teenager.

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: the teenager the older person the 

adults

Personal Relationships: it would be hard to connect with the charterer but if you watch the show longer and longer you can understand the doctor and this meaning 

Diversion (Escapism): the show is so crazy is will help you forget your problem in real life

Surveillance (Information / Facts):space and time travel 

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

it would be a problem because their are more cultures in the UK so less cultures would be shown 




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.

the fan of doctor who are i bit older than teenagers people who are in their 20 to 30 would find interest in the show.



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?  it is so important because doctor who make the bbc a lot of make and bring new faces to the bcc .

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. 

Extension tasks and reading