Dyari Media GCSE

  Audience 1) The target audience for Doctor Who is sci-fi fans. It has not changed since 1963. 2) Personal Identity: The cast being represented as ordinary, everyday people, with the exception of the Doctor and Susan. Susan is a teen attending high school. Personal Relationships: Is Susan or the teachers in danger? Diversion (Escapism): The elements of sci-fi and time-travel offer an escape from reality to viewers and fans of Doctor Who. Surveillance (Info/Facts): There is a wide and broad Doctor Who fan base known as the "Whovians".  3) Diversion as this episode still heavily focuses on sci-fi, and Surveillance as the Doctor Who fan base might come and revisit this episode to find out more about the show. 4) Visceral Pleasure applies to when Barbara and Ian are sneaking into the junkyard, and when the TARDIS activates. Vicarious Pleasure applies to when the TARDIS is first shown, and activated, causing the characters to travel back in time. Voyeuristic Pleasure applies to w...

  Language and close-textual analysis 1) Camerawork, editing and sound: The camera work in this episode is very dynamic. The camera tends to focus a lot on the characters, either in a close up shot, over the shoulder or showing their full bodies. It has been done in this way to presumably give more of a focus on their dialogue and actions in a more dramatic and serious sense, as it is a TV drama. Mise-en-scene: The scenarios shown in this episode are quite gloomy, historic and lonely. The city, which is the location where the majority of the episode takes place, is quite empty, abandoned and old looking. The characters here also look quite nervous and/or always on alert, considering the setting they're in. Narrative and genre: The episode focuses on a city in the sky in which its inhabitants either fled or had their souls stolen by "Spectres", which means the city is very empty and is only really filled with children/teens. The episode also focuses on other worldly creatu...