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  1) How are women   represented in His Dark Materials ? Are gender stereotypes reinforced or subverted? Think about Lyra and Mrs Coulter here. Women are represented as witches and strong people in doctor who. 2) How are  men  and masculinity represented in His Dark Materials? Think about Will and Lee Scoresby here. Men in doctor who are represented to be good and evil with power to stop the witches. 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. Age shows to be bad because when they get to another world, the creatures will only attack adults 4) How is  race and ethnicity  represented in His Dark Materials ?  Are stereotypes reinforced or subverted? Race in doctor who are not racist during today. 5) How are  politicians ,  religion  and  people with power  represented? Thi
  extension Read this  New Statesman feature on Doctor Who as a global phenomenon . What does it suggest about Doctor Who fandom, British identity and the importance of the brand to the BBC? Teens famed doctor who. Read this  Guardian feature on the representations of race and ethnicity in Doctor Who  over the last 55 years. How has the programme changed in its representations of race and how does this fit the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain?  It fits now because in the 1900's it   didn't  have colour now it has.
1)  What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there? There were only two channels in 1963. The TV industry like in 1963 was no colour and the TV's were quite small 2) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the level of technology in the TV industry in 1963? It reflected little bit bad because they hadn't have colour and some of the scenes you   couldn't  see because of the colour of white and black. 3) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC?   It is because it is the fist TV series with the most episodes.has a science fiction and sci- if  episodes in 1963. 4) What other programmes/spin-offs are part of the wider Doctor Who franchise? class k9 and com[any torchwood The sarah jane adventures k9 An adventure in space and time  5) Why does the Doctor Who franchise have so much merchandise available? Give examples.  there is so many merchandise available because the fans are slowly buying the merchandise now.
1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? teems, adults and elderly people because it based on science   fiction  and the characters are teenagers, adults and old people. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply   Bumbler  and   Katy's  Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity: teenagers,adults and elderly people Personal Relationships: The female teacher and the student  Diversion (Escapism): shows stuff about time travel and space about enigma codes Surveillance (Information / Facts):  3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a  modern  2020 audience? This episode provides to a modern 2020 audience is the colour of the show because when the first episode was released there wasn't colour until colour   TV's  were invented. 4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Vis
1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class analysis of the episode. You can use your own notes from the screening in class and we'll also post a Google document of class notes too (you'll need your GHS Google login) Flashback scenes - close-ups of Susan to show her emotion or misunderstanding.   Music - theme tune to Doctor Who. Very science-fiction - sets genre from beginning.   School - creates person Costume and hair typical of 1960            Camerawork and sound: Music - theme tune to Doctor Who. Very science-fiction - sets genre from beginning.   Graphics on screen: title of show and episode. Simple text/font.    Slow, clunky camera movement (due to technology in 1960s).    Sound: hum of TARDIS (helps create science-fiction genre).   Mise-en-scene:   Susan - first introduced dancing and dressed as 1960s teenager (costume). Seems to be both typical teenager and alien.   School - creates person Costume and hair typical of 1960 al identity for audience.  Narrative a