2) Read this Waterloo Road Wikipedia entry and write down the number of seasons and episodes broadcast and the channels they have appeared on.
In 2014, it was confirmed that series 10 of Waterloo Road would be the last series ever. The first episode was first shown on the channel BBC One on march 2006 and the last episode of Waterloo Road in 2015 was shown on BBC Three. The amount of episodes there were was 200 episodes and 9 years exactly.
3) How does Waterloo Road meet the key conventions of TV Drama?
Waterloo Road meets the key conventions by introducing the school as an unloved, rough school that students take for granted. There is one specific setting in Waterloo Road that is in almost every episode and that setting is the school. They're are many plotwists and Cliffhangers in Waterloo Road such as a person dying of cancer towards the end of series 10 and that could make the audience feels very upset that a very good character has left and the audience could be very sad that a very successful TV show is close to its finale.
4) Write down three storylines (or narratives) from Waterloo Road - note which season the storyline appeared in. They can be from the first episode above or from another season if you wish.
The story line of Waterloo Road is about an unorganised school with students that take the school for granted. The deputy head teacher joins and tries to make a change to the school and try to get the students into learning so they can achieve better in the future. There was a student who seems to be very sassy that joins the school and her introduction is by her putting on lipstick, her father tells her to take it off and she does it by kissing a boy. That introduction shows the audience that the girl could be potentially trouble.
5) Why might audiences have enjoyed Waterloo Road?
The audience may have enjoyed Waterloo Road because the story line of the shows is quite interesting and there are a lot of cliffhangers from each episode and makes them want to know what would happen next so they would stay tunes for the next episode coming.
Doctor Who
1) Read the opening of this Wikipedia entry for Doctor Who and make notes on why the show is so popular.
Doctor Who is very popular because the Doctor and his companion has many adventures across time and space and meet aliens that try invading places etc... And that makes the audience into it (especially if they are into science fiction programmes or people who are into action or people who are into horror.
2) Now read this Wikipedia entry for the episode above - 'Blink'. Why is 'Blink' considered to be one of the best Doctor Who episodes ever?
The reason why 'Blink' happens to be the best episode on doctor who is because the Doctor seems to be powerless and seems to be stuck in the year '1969' and he relays on a person who has the 'TARDIS' key. It could be popular because it is a first appearance from a very powerful alien named 'The weeping angels' that is trying to use the TARDIS (The doctors time machine) to potentially take over the world and use the power to 'Switch of the sun'.
3) List the key conventions of TV Drama that you can find in Doctor Who
The one specific setting on Doctor Who is the Time machine named the TARDIS. The introduction to the episode 'Blink' is a girl named 'Sally Sparrow' that investigates an abandoned house and tears up wallpaper that has her name on it written by 'The Doctor'. The plotwists/ cliffhangers of Doctor Who is that he can regenerate (Change) faces and that usually is because its the actors time to stop being the Doctor and make a new actor by becoming a doctor. That could make the audience excited because they could look forward to see how the new doctor is and if he is a very good actor and very excited to meet new aliens. There could also be an appearance from a very old actor the has played in Doctor Who in recent years that can get the so called 'Whovians' to become excited.
4) Write down three storylines (or narratives) from Doctor Who - note which season the storyline appeared in. They can be from the earlier episodes (such as 'Blink' above) or from the most recent series if you wish.
In series 10 in Doctor Who, we find out a new companion named 'Bill' take works as a dinner lady serving chips in a university. The Doctor and bill becomes friends and start to do adventures across time and space and they also do adventures back in time like the roman times or they do adventures out in space like a space ship. Bills as a character is very interesting in the sense that she asks a lot of questions to the doctor.
5) What audience pleasures are provided by Doctor Who?
The audience (some called the whovians) has something to look forward to every year including Christmas time. Trailers get released and it get the audience 'Hyped' for the new series release.
Waterloo Road meets the key conventions by introducing the school as an unloved, rough school that students take for granted. There is one specific setting in Waterloo Road that is in almost every episode and that setting is the school. They're are many plotwists and Cliffhangers in Waterloo Road such as a person dying of cancer towards the end of series 10 and that could make the audience feels very upset that a very good character has left and the audience could be very sad that a very successful TV show is close to its finale.
4) Write down three storylines (or narratives) from Waterloo Road - note which season the storyline appeared in. They can be from the first episode above or from another season if you wish.
The story line of Waterloo Road is about an unorganised school with students that take the school for granted. The deputy head teacher joins and tries to make a change to the school and try to get the students into learning so they can achieve better in the future. There was a student who seems to be very sassy that joins the school and her introduction is by her putting on lipstick, her father tells her to take it off and she does it by kissing a boy. That introduction shows the audience that the girl could be potentially trouble.
5) Why might audiences have enjoyed Waterloo Road?
The audience may have enjoyed Waterloo Road because the story line of the shows is quite interesting and there are a lot of cliffhangers from each episode and makes them want to know what would happen next so they would stay tunes for the next episode coming.
Doctor Who
1) Read the opening of this Wikipedia entry for Doctor Who and make notes on why the show is so popular.
Doctor Who is very popular because the Doctor and his companion has many adventures across time and space and meet aliens that try invading places etc... And that makes the audience into it (especially if they are into science fiction programmes or people who are into action or people who are into horror.
2) Now read this Wikipedia entry for the episode above - 'Blink'. Why is 'Blink' considered to be one of the best Doctor Who episodes ever?
The reason why 'Blink' happens to be the best episode on doctor who is because the Doctor seems to be powerless and seems to be stuck in the year '1969' and he relays on a person who has the 'TARDIS' key. It could be popular because it is a first appearance from a very powerful alien named 'The weeping angels' that is trying to use the TARDIS (The doctors time machine) to potentially take over the world and use the power to 'Switch of the sun'.
3) List the key conventions of TV Drama that you can find in Doctor Who
The one specific setting on Doctor Who is the Time machine named the TARDIS. The introduction to the episode 'Blink' is a girl named 'Sally Sparrow' that investigates an abandoned house and tears up wallpaper that has her name on it written by 'The Doctor'. The plotwists/ cliffhangers of Doctor Who is that he can regenerate (Change) faces and that usually is because its the actors time to stop being the Doctor and make a new actor by becoming a doctor. That could make the audience excited because they could look forward to see how the new doctor is and if he is a very good actor and very excited to meet new aliens. There could also be an appearance from a very old actor the has played in Doctor Who in recent years that can get the so called 'Whovians' to become excited.
4) Write down three storylines (or narratives) from Doctor Who - note which season the storyline appeared in. They can be from the earlier episodes (such as 'Blink' above) or from the most recent series if you wish.
In series 10 in Doctor Who, we find out a new companion named 'Bill' take works as a dinner lady serving chips in a university. The Doctor and bill becomes friends and start to do adventures across time and space and they also do adventures back in time like the roman times or they do adventures out in space like a space ship. Bills as a character is very interesting in the sense that she asks a lot of questions to the doctor.
5) What audience pleasures are provided by Doctor Who?
The audience (some called the whovians) has something to look forward to every year including Christmas time. Trailers get released and it get the audience 'Hyped' for the new series release.
