WATERLOO ROAD
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 the 10th series of Waterloo Road would be the last. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006 and the final episode on BBC Three on 9 March 2015. Waterloo Road ran for 10 series, 200 episodes and exactly 9 years. Reruns air on CBS Drama in the UK.


season 1 ep8 BBC 1

season 2 ep12 BBC 1

season 3 ep20 BBC 1

season 4 ep20 BBC 1

season 5 ep20 BBC 1

season 6 ep20 BBC 1

season 7 ep30 BBC 1

season 8  ep30 BBC 1

season 9  ep20 BBC 1

season 10 ep20 BBC 1

3) How does Waterloo Road meet the key conventions of TV Drama?

Waterloo road meets the conventions of a storyline on  which a man is meant to be getting married but hes having second thoughts about it. Another one is that there's a plot twist on when he gets married he kisses his wife's mate. Which was left on a cliffhanger.


4) Write down three story lines (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.

These story lines came from season 1. A common theme throughout Series One was the threat of the school's closure by the governors owing to falling pupil numbers, bad pupil behaviour, and the bad publicity it had been receiving prior to Jack's appointment as headmaster. Rimmer, formerly deputy head, became headmaster when the previous head Brian Vasey had a nervous breakdown after 30 years at the school.


Other story lines included the death of pupil Adam Deardon in a car crash. Donte Charles, who had been driving the car involved, blamed himself for Deardon's death and was remanded into custody for three months. Donte's girlfriend Chlo Grainger also blamed herself for the death of Adam and putting her best friend Holly Tattersall in a deep coma, from which she later regained consciousness. Donte later receives a suspended sentence and Chlo is not charged with any crime, although her behaviour had contributed to Donte crashing the car.5) Why might audiences have enjoyed Waterloo Road?


Because the teenage audience liked the relatable cast.





DOCTOR WHO








2) Read the opening of this Wikipedia entry for Doctor Who and make notes on why the show is so popular.

Doctor who is a British sci-fi television programme produced by the BBC since 1963.

"The Doctor" is an extra-terrestrial being.

Its exterior appears as a blue British police box which was a common thing back in the 1960s.

It makes a clear point with being British as it has a blue police box.

The idea of regenerating the doctors first occurred in 1963 with the actor playing the first incarnation of the doctor became sick. But usually when that happens now the audience become excited.



3) Now read this Wikipedia entry for the episode above - 'Blink'. Why is 'Blink' considered to be one of the best Doctor Who episodes ever?


"Blink" received widespread critical acclaim, and is widely considered to be one of the best episodes of the show. Moffat won the BAFTA Craft and BAFTA Cymru awards for Best Writer, and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, while for her single performance in the series, Mulligan won the Constellation Award for Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode. In 2009 the episode was voted the second best Doctor Who story ever by readers of Doctor Who Magazine.






3) List the key conventions of TV Drama that you can find in Doctor Who.

Doctor who uses the conventions of tv drama as it has a dramatic irony and an ensemble cast.




4) Write down three story lines (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.

season1 ep1 (revival series)
 With Doctor Who returning for its first full series in 16 years, and back in its rightful place as a centrepiece of Saturday evening television, it was critical that Russell T Davies did not just provide a fix of nostalgia to those with fond memories of the original series but show that the programme could hold its own in the 21st century. Thankfully, Davies delivered. While giving generous nods to the original series, and plundering Spearhead from Space for the Autons’ attack via killer shop window dummies, Rose confidently strode forward on its own terms. It had emotional truth, convincing special effects, clever use of British landmarks (the London Eye as alien transmitter) and was like nothing else on television. Most importantly, the core of the story was the Doctor and his companion, the titular Rose; Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper more than delivered.

season4 ep2 (part 1/2)

David Tennant had proved to be such a great Doctor that he needed to bow out in style, and Russell T Davies, in his swansong as showrunner, provided a suitably epic story for him to do so. The seeds had been sown at the end of Last of the Time Lords for a return of the Master, and back he comes, in an initially more feral form due to his sabotaged resurrection. He soon finds his diabolical mojo, pulling Gallifrey back from the Time War and threatening to knock Earth out of its orbit.

The stakes are raised even higher by the sudden and surprising return of the Time Lords and their founder Rassilon (Timothy Dalton), and the fascinating revelation that the Master was a pawn in his plan to enable the aversion of Gallifrey’s destruction. Davies’s take on their founder lives up to the darker legends ascribed to him in The Five Doctors, but he just about manages to avoid the story disappearing up its own mythological backside in the process. When Tennant said “I don’t want to go” and did just that in apocalyptic fashion, there wasn’t a dry eye in the land.

season7 ep6

This episode from Matt Smith’s second series presents the Doctor as a mythical being whose impact is felt throughout the universe. Fittingly, then, he isn’t glimpsed until halfway through. Given the pyrotechnics of David Tennant-era Doctor Who finales, this is a surprisingly talkative affair with a series of conversations between the protagonists providing a lot of exposition. Fortunately the quality of Steven Moffat’s writing means that this never became dull and at times proves genuinely gripping, particularly as the Doctor has to confront the anguishing fact that he is a warrior. Matt Smith’s performance has never been as controlled and authoritative as it is here.

5) What audience pleasures are provided by Doctor Who?
The audience are provided pleasures from their favourite aliens and favourite cast members from the previous episodes.