doctor who language and representation

 Language and contexts


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 or this Google document of class notes (you'll need your GHS Google login). 

Camerawork and sound:
 slow and clunky camera movement and the sounds commonly have a futuristic theme and feel.

Mise-en-scene:
The actor placement and acting are quite bad and shows that the budget was low using todays standards.

Narrative and genre:
Many sci-fi themes like the control panel, the TARDIS, the junkyard holding a huge mystery and the VFX when the TARDIS is taking off.

2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of  Doctor Who? 

Todorov's Equilibrium:
 It starts with Ian and Barbara wanting to know who Suzan's grandpa was and what was wrong with her. We get to see the doctor but we aren't too sure who he is and what he does. At the end of the episode, we find out who he was and what was wrong with Susan 

Propp's character theory: The Doctor is the villain, and Susan seems to be the protagonist.


Barthes's enigma and action codes: Action Codes: anything that suggests something dramatic is about to happen. E.g. when the TARDIS begins to take off or when the shadow appears in the final shot of the episode. 

Enigma Codes: a narrative code that creates mystery and gives the audience questions to keep them watching e.g. who is the Doctor and where is he taking them? Will the teachers get home? What is the mysterious shadow in the final scene?

Levi-Strauss's binary opposition: 
old vs young with the Doctor and Ian


3) In your opinion, what is the most important scene in the episode and why?
I think the most important scene in the episode is when the two teachers discover the TARDIS and that the tense and ominous atmosphere shows us that Doctor Who is presented as a villain; Susan and the doctor are aliens. This scene is also very important because it strengthens the 1960s space race and how everyone was very curious about space.

4) What genre is An Unearthly Child and how can you tell? Make specific reference to aspects of the episode.
I think the genre is Sci-fi and futuristic because of the TARDIS; how it can go anywhere in space and also time. The TARDIS is very white and has a lot of technology such as control panel that controls the TARDIS and can choose where it can go like it did at the end of the episode.

5) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the social and historical contexts of the 1960s?

The episode links to the space race that occurred in the 1960s and was reflected on the episode by inputting key features of the sci-fi genre




Representations

1) What stereotypes of men are reinforced and subverted in Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child? How?
The stereotype of men being smarter than women is constantly reinforced and subverted

2) What stereotypes of women/girls are reinforced and subverted in Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child? How?
That women are less intelligent than men, this shown by susan not knowing the current currency system and barbara being the sidekick not main leader like ian


3) How do the representations of young people and old people in An Unearthly Child reflect the social and historical context of the 1960s? 
Young people are presented as calm but the docter as grumpy and angry

4) What representations of race/ethnicity can be found in Doctor Who: An Earthly Child? Is this surprising or not? Give reasons for your answer and consider historical / cultural context (the 1960s). Has this changed in more recent series of Doctor Who?
The females are seen showing off their emotions more often than the men do, and there are only white people, as during that time, black people didnt get great education 



5) How is social class represented in An Unearthly Child? Think about how education and knowledge is presented in the episode.
The Social class that was represented was the upper and middle classes. because they can afford education and the higger leves of it. in the show they are speaking about the dimensions and that is in the higger levels.

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