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Dr. Who and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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?The television shows ‘Dr Who’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ are world renowned for being significant in the development of the sci-fi genre in regard to television shows. Both of these television shows are aimed at certain audiences, although one tends to connect better with its individual audience. Each show uses form, language, purpose, and context to connect with their desired audience. ‘Dr Who’ is a television show based around a Time-lord who travels through time and space, with his companion Martha. ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ is based around a young girl named Buffy who becomes a “slayer” someone who must help rid the world of demons and vampires. ??Form is used in both ‘Dr Who’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ in different ways, but share some similar traits. The settings to both shows are very different, ‘Dr Who’ is set in London 1599 and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ is set in Sunnydale some time during the 90’s. Both shows are also very unrealistic, albeit ‘Dr Who’ is definitely the less realistic one which made it slightly less relatable. Each show included both male and female characters so that the audience could relate to the program, although ‘Dr Who’ had more of both genders than ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. The age of the characters tend to sway the age of the audience as well, ‘Dr Who’ has typically focuses on people aged between 20-30, whereas ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ tends to focus on teenagers.??The language used within both shows is quite similar due to the sci-fi nature of the show, although there are still some very distinct differences in the way each person is presented and how they talk throughout the show. The audience for ‘Dr Who’ is typically male nerds, which explains the more technical and intelligent language present. The language is definitely more sophisticated and tends to use literary allusions. Whereas ‘Buffy the Vampire slayer’ uses

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