Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television program made by the BBC since 1963. It’s set in modern time and it’s main protagonist is “The Doctor”, a time Lord who comes from the planet Gallifrey. He travels through time and space is his time travelling space ship called TARDIS (an acronym for Time and Relative Dimension In Space), with the help of his female assistant. The TARDIS is a blue British police box, this was a common sighting around British streets in 1963, which is the first year the tv show was aired. Every season the doctor changes to a new character accompanied by a new attractive female assistant. Well It has been until now, season 11, in which the first female doctor will be starred. This is a very important date in the history of the show as never before has this happened in the 55 years it has been airing, not counting their 3 years pauses in took. It connects to the modern issues of feminism which is grown quite popular. The show is played around 6-9 pm, on saturday evenings. This time is considered prime time which is the most expensive time and most used time of television. This is the reason I believe it is a family show. I think so because many families in Britain tend to watch tv together either before, whilst or after dinner especially on a saturday weekend evening. Furthermore the show is rated PG12, although some episodes have more gory aspects than others. The tv shows episodes are 25 minutes long unlike other more adult tv shows whose episodes can range to 40 min. I think this connects to the family aspect as children find it hard to focus for long periods of time. The Culture of Doctor Who has been spread so widely the work TARDIS has been added to the english dictionary. British life in the 1963'sLife in the 1960’s was a big change, this was the year when the US President John F Kennedy and the Russian President Nikita Khrushchev had saved the world at a near close to nuclear crisis- the cuban missile crisis. Life started looking up people started having more money to spend of entertainment, which gave these tv programmes bigger budgets to work with. In these short ten years, London had transformed from timid city, recovering from the second world war to one of the capitals of the world as some say. It was a city full of freedom of speech, people thought anything was possible. Many say The 1960’s was a big period for the younger generation. I mean it was called the "swinging sixties" for a reason. Teenagers were finally given a voice and a chance for them to do what they wanted. Music flourished and there was a big difference from what adults to what teens were listening too. Groups like the beatles emerged and took over, these groups made revolutionary changes to modern music. One reason the sixties got their nickname the “swinging sixties” as recreational drugs were popularised to have fun and became commonly used in the later part of the decade. Drugs seemed like a fun way to relax, many idols were doing it including the beatles mentioned above. There was also a big change in fashion. Teenagers got their own fashion sense, which was less modest. This also tracks back to it being the age of the younger generation. Mini skirts became popular, bright colours became popular. Also in contrast a more hippy movement started. The sixties was also a big year for women. They became more influential and more jobs became available for them. They were also all now legalised to use the contraceptive pill giving them a hope for a future beyond motherhood and marriage. Lastly it was also a huge year for technological advances.Tv’s suddenly turned from black and white to technicolor. People had more free time in which they can do activities such as watch tv or listen to music. Transistor radios became available for the general public. Even teenagers had their own one on which they could listen to music on the move. By the end of the decade, the unbelievable happened Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men on the moon, this was a huge step for science. As you can imagine this sudden change to good gave everyone hope and allowed them to dream bigger. It allowed people liberty and to be themselves, these are things we take for granted nowadays. Blink once and you would miss it.
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