The Role of Science Fiction Serial Doctor Who in British Culture

As one of the largest forms of pop culture, TV shows in Australia have had a massive impact on the things we buy, our job preferences, and hobbies that we could take up. In the 1960’s this was very much the case. It was the beginning decade for Television

Since television came into existence, it has evolved into a useful tool to spread ideas, both social and political, and has had a great effect on the generations growing up with these heavily influential shows. To these younger generations, television has taken the role of a teacher, with the task of creating a social construction by which many of us base our personal beliefs and judgments on. This power allows television shows take the opportunity to address problems in a manner that many audiences can take to heart. Many television shows present controversial topics in a comical matter, in some ways to soften the blow of hard-hitting reality at the same time bringing attention to the issue being addressed. In the television show,

In Tania Modleski’s “The Search for Tomorrow in Today’s Soap Operas” she introduces that the rare appearance and function of soap opera in two ways. The first being the viewer’s ability to occupy the text’s recommendation of the viewers position of ‘the good mother’, and the second using the stereotype ‘villainess’ to displace one’s own bottled up anger and powerlessness. I will analyze these two functions by using Modleski’s perspectives on the positions of soap operas, how a new genre of reality television programs that are featured today function in a similar way.

I think it is just because the doctor has killed a freeman who is important and that could help with world problems but now he can't because the doctor has killed the freeman and that freeman could have a family like a wife and two or more kids and the wife will have to find a new husband but that may take a long time so it will be hard for her and her two kids or

The television show stands to be viewed as if it was filmed on a handheld camera. The show has the tendency to be extremely awkward and people who do not take the time to watch a full episode will anticipate that the show may be identified as dull and a waste of time. One would feel that the show may be simple with no plot or meaning. However, after watching an entire episode, one will realize that a complex plot is not necessary to enjoy the show because of the awkward and entertaining relationships between the characters. Although, there are several plot twists that may catch the viewer’s

On page 99-100 hidden curriculum is defined as “the attitudes and practices that others model, even though they do not explicitly teach them.” In the book Michael Wilkes gives a good quote explaining that even though we are taught and teach about how to be appropriate and respect different cultures, different health practices etc. the moment we are in a situation where a peer disses, or makes fun of a patient everyone kind of falls into it to be part of a so called “club” to fit in. So actually seeing is doing when training these new professionals, and to achieve true change comes from modeling the behavior that we want to see. My interpretation of the term was pretty close to the way the textbook explained it, that when we are in a professional setting even though we are always taught to have these standards on how we communicate things and deal with others we don't always follow that rule and sometimes like to poke fun at the fact to make our colleagues laugh which isn't always the moral thing to do.

As television viewers, we tend to slouch in front of this electrical box after a long day’s work, many of us don’t think or know about how much television programming has changed since our parent’s childhood. In “Thinking outside the Idiot Box” by Dana Stevens and “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson, both writers give their thoughts and opinions about how television programming has evolved over the last three decades. These gentlemen recognize that the days of slap-stick comedy were over and replace by more sophisticated stories. This new brand of programs have provide a step stoning for the evolution of television to gain momentum.

Casualty is a British hospital drama. It is shown on BBC1 at 8:05 on a

John Jurgensen’s article asks us an interesting question: how many TV series can our brains take? As television series expand to grandiose levels, it gets harder to follow what is happening: who people are, and what their place in the overall story is hard to follow for a large number of viewers. Jurgensen attempts to address this within his article, and it has some interesting points.

Just a few short days before Gettysburg was turned upside down, the Doctor casually stood inside his blue, old-fashioned phone booth transformed into a time machine. The Doctor was a very smart man, and could help solve every problem in existence with the help of his Sonic Screwdriver, his handy, oversized light-up pen that was full of powers. Accompanying this smart and talented man, was a smart-looking appearance. He appeared in a cream colored

All shows from the past have gone through a huge changed due to all the modernizing in today’s TV shows. Albeit, the Munster’s in their first show since 1964 was a good regalement to the people. This essay will be comparing and contrasting two of the exhibitions relinquished by “The Munster’s” one in 1964 and the other in 2012: their apparel, their way of interacting with people, and their abode.

The Adventure of the Speckled Band stars Sherlock Holmes who is a detective who only takes on the most unusual cases, one day a young woman comes to Holmes in need of his help to solve the murder of her twin sister. Holmes is eager and excited to help and begins his investigation upon the discovery of the number one suspect Holmes also finds that this suspect is a doctor. Holmes comes to the conclusion "that doctors make the greatest criminals." This observation by Holmes is something one can completely agree with, for a few examples the first being doctors tend to be intelligent, second doctors are familiar with how the human system works and lastly one should never question the prominent Sherlock Holmes.

Each episode is about the team solving cases about people who may murder, take people hostage, and committing other horrifying crimes.

Star Trek: The Original Series is one of the most culturally influential television shows of all time, setting the bar for all science fiction shows and novels to follow. The original series first aired on the NBC network from 1966 to 1969, and produced four successor shows, an animated series, and twelve films. Innumerable books, toys, gadgets, and other products have been marketed. The Original Series cultural impact goes far beyond its ability to be monetarily capitalized upon by Paramount, the company that owns the Star Trek franchise. The cultural and social impact of something, whether it be a TV show, a song, or an event, is never easy to measure, nevertheless there are abundant indications that Star Trek: The Original Series has had a vast influence on many peoples' lives.

CRITICAL INTERPRETATION OF BLACK MIRROR EPISODE “SHUT UP AND DANCE” I. INTRODUCTION Audiovisual materials such as commercials, movies and TV series create meaning by combining visual images with words, music, special effects, etc. In order to find out which processes are involved in this creation of meaning and examine how culture influences the viewers’ interpretation of such materials, both rhetorical and cultural analysis of an episode of the TV series Black Mirror will be performed. Black Mirror is a 2011 British anthology TV series created by Charlie Brooker that uses satire, irony and extremely dark humor to show the many horrors and bleak scenarios that future may bring as technology develops. Each episode of this dystopian satire is a standalone work set in near future or alternate present and all episodes are essentially