Doctor Who : CSP
Doctor Who : CSP Language and Contexts How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of Doctor Who ? Todorov's Equilibrium: - Equilibrium: Everything is ok - Disequilibrium: Conflict (The Doctor and the Teachers arguing) Propp's character theory: - The Hero: The Teachers - The Villain: The Doctor Barthes's enigma and action codes: - Action Codes: The Doctor being revealed to the audience in the junkyard - Enigma Code: The cliff-hanger where the end up in the sand Levi-Strauss's binary opposition: - Good/Evil : The Teachers/The Doctor Youth/Age : Susan/The Doctor What genre is An Unearthly Child ? - The episode is in the Sci-Fi genre due to its references to Time Travel And planet exploration Audience Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? - The target audience used to be families and children due to the fact ...