How is the Sci-fi drama conveyed through Dr. Who?

Camera shots and angles
All of the shots used in Doctor Who that show the sci-fi genre are all computer generated. These shots include the camera shot of the whole space boat and also the camera shot when the Doctor and Astrid look out of the window at the stars and planets. These computer generated shots all show camera shots that we would not normally be able to film. This helps show the sci-fi genre.

Sound and Editing
Doctor Who involves a lot of sci-fi styled diegetic sounds such as bangs, crashes and robotic noises. In the establishing shot when the Doctor is in the control room there are a lot of beeping noises of the control panels which make the controls seem very futuristic as opposed to the basic props that they really are. A very important sound in Doctor Who is the sound of his phone box when it is transporting, this is a key moment in Doctor Who history and is instantly reconised.
It is easy to guess that the party on the boat is a christmas party because of the music in the back ground, christmas carols are playing.

Mise en Scene
Mise en scene is an important factor when portraying the sci-fi aspect of Doctor Who. In the opening scene the doctor finds himself on a boat, this is shown with basic props such as a ring buoy, however with more shots and also computer generated graphics you can clearly see that it is a futuristic flying boat named the titanic. A flying boat in space is an idea that would only appear in a sci-fi as it is not very realistic.
The costumes and make up in Doctor Who is very important. At the christmas party different clothes are used to show the class and position of ther passengers. Workers on the boat wore very basic garments and a lot of them wore similiar clothes to any worker on a normal drama. The richer passengers on the boat wore luxurious dresses and expensive suits. One couple on the boat are displayed as lower class because they mention that they won their party tickets instead of paying, they are not wearing fancy dresses or tuxedos and instead are wearing a sparkly cow boy outfit after they were tricked by the other party goers into thinking the party was fancy dress. This also shows us that the upper class party goers are not very kind and are very stuck up.
The mise en scene at the Christmas party is actually very similiar to a normal Christmas party, however the use of robots giving out information and also one passenger who is brightly coloured red and covered in spikes, shows us that Doctor Who is clearly a sci-fi by showing us unrealistic things that we know could not happen in real life.
Even without the Christmas carols playing in the background you would still be able to tell that it was a christmas party on the boat, this is shown through decorations and also colours. Very Christmas like colours are used such as gold, green and red.
One of the main ways that the creators of Doctor Who show that it is a sci-fi, is by using computer generated graphics to create shots that would normally not be possible to do with a normal camera. By using this technology you can create some very futuristic shots.