Doctor Who: Language and Representation

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: Creaking door to Junkyard

Mise-en-scene: sinsiter 

Narrative and genre: Binary opposition with age comparsions 

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

Todorov's Equilibrium: school is the norm, end of school ends the norm, new norm is the TARDIS

Barthes's enigma and action codes:  build up by music at the end, The cliff-hanger makes the audience want to watch the next episode

Levi-Strauss's binary opposition:  the doctor and Ian arguing -  elder vs youth 

3) In your opinion, what is the most important scene in the episode and why? 

the most important scene is when they enter TARDIS

4) What genre is An Unearthly Child and how can you tell?  

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

Ian driving the car shows that mainly men used to drive and lead women the way in 1960s