The WotWots

The WotWots
Created by	Martin Baynton Richard Taylor
Written by	Terri Baynton Martin Baynton Theo Baynton John Carr Janice Marriott Peter Salmon
Directed by	Theo Baynton
Voices of	Nathalie Boltt Martin Baynton Janet Roddick
Narrated by	Martin Baynton Nicholas Parsons (UK)
Composer	David Long
Country of origin	New Zealand
Production
Executive producers	Martin Baynton Richard Taylor Tania Rodger
Producers	Andrew Smith Jan Haynes
Production companies	Pukeko Pictures Weta Workshop
Original release
Network	TV2
Release	23 March 2009 – Present

The WotWots is a New Zealand children's television show which debuted in 2009.

The show features two aliens, named SpottyWot and DottyWot, who spend their days exploring a zoo where their steam-powered spaceship has landed.This show also plays on Canada's Treehouse TV which played in early 2010.

Production

The WotWots is produced by Pukeko Pictures, a production company founded by filmmaker Richard Taylor and children's author Martin Baynton. The puppet-like WotWots characters are computer-animated over live-action footage by Weta Workshop, the visual effects company founded by Taylor, and well-known for its work on the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

The series is filmed on location at several zoos: Auckland Zoo, Wellington Zoo (in New Zealand) and Melbourne Zoo (in Australia).

Co-creator Martin Baynton also narrates the series, interacting with the WotWots by asking them questions and translating their speech for the viewer. In the UK, the narration is performed by Nicholas Parsons. Baynton also provides the voice for SpottyWot, while South African actress Nathalie Boltt voices DottyWot. Janet Roddick voices the WotWot's computer, but her voice is replaced by that of Fiona Lewis in the UK version.

Broadcast details

The WotWots made its debut in New Zealand on 23 March 2009 on the TV2 channel of the TVNZ network.

In Australia, the series debuted on ABC1 and ABC2, two channels of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, on 16 April 2009.

In the United Kingdom, the series began on 8 June on Five.

In Poland, the series began on 1 December 2009 on MiniMini, as Kitka i Pompon.

In Canada, the series began airing on Treehouse TV on 22 February 2010.

In the US, the series aired on the new channel The Hub, a replacement for Discovery Kids.

The show also now screens in Taiwan, Indonesia, Korea, India, South Africa and Ireland.

Merchandise

Playskool, a toy brand of Hasbro, is licensed to produce the WotWots toy range, and the toys were launched on 2 September 2009.

List of The WotWots Episodes

Epidose No.	Episode Title	Summary	Animal	Zoo
SERIES ONE (2009)
01	Scary Sucky Noise	In the first episode, the Wotwots learn about elephants.	Elephant	Auckland
02	Fruity Loopies	The Wotwots have fruity loopies for breaking and learn how giraffes use the necks as drinking straws.	Giraffe	Wellington
03	Lanky Landing Legs	The Wotwots find a pair of pink legs in the zoo and learn how beautiful and fascinating flamingoes are.	Flamingo	Auckland
04	Spot a Dottywot	Spottywot plays hide and seek with his sister but finds a human wearing a hat with something looking like tufty flufties and also hears a growling sound of another animal with something that seems like a big tufty flufty. It eventually turns out to be a lion's tail and the Wotwots learn how lions are good hiders.	Lion	Wellington
05	Stripe a Lotty Wotty	The Wotwots looks at shadows and find a zebra with fascinating stripes. Spottywot gets out extraordinarily long crayons to paint himself with shadowed stripes.	Zebra	Wellington
06	Plodda Lotty	Spottywot is in a speedy mood and his sister isn't and learns about how tortoises do everything slowly.	Tortoise
07	Drowsy DottyWot	It is a hot day and all the animals are snoozing about and the Wotwots intend to do the same and they learn about pelicans.	Pelican
08	Top and Tail	Spottywot's chair runs out of fruity juice and leaves him hanging on the ship's railings but Dottywot manages to put in apple fuel and while out finding an animal Dottywot's chair runs out of fruity juice as well. The Wotwot's learn how monkeys hang about the place with its long monkey tail.	Monkey
09	Fluffy Puffies	The Wotwot's look at the different cloud shapes drifting in the sky and see a polar bear who has white fluffy fur like a cloud.	Polar Bear
10	Coughy Wot	Spottywot's chair coughs and sneezes giving him a hard ride and making it hard for him to draw. The Wotwots eventually learn how Seals bark like coughing and sneezing.	Seal	Auckland
11	Stretch and Grow	Dottywot and Spottywot do stretching exercises and learn that are the same size. They even learn how Meerkats stretch and grow.	Meerkat
12	Sneaky Squawky	The Wotwots hear a Magpie call outside and find it's nest near their ship. Spottywot even finds that his crayons are all gone and Magpies use crayons to decorate their nest but he does get new ones luckily to decorate his bed rather than tidying up.	Magpie
13	Twisty Sticks	One of SpottyWot's Tufty Flufties goes straight and spiky after sleeping on it and DottyWot tries to do the same. The Wotwots learn about how porcupines have straight and spiky quills (or tufty flufties in their case).	Porcupine	Wellington
14	Skip-a-Lotty Wotty	Spottywot loves skipping and bouncing and got to the zoo to see who else bounces like a boy on a bouncy ball and a lady on a pogo stick and even learn that animals like kangaroos like to bounce around as well. They even see how Kangaroos have pouches for their babies and Spottywot pretends to be a mother kangaroo with his teddy bear.	Kangaroo
15	Bubblywots	The Wotwots drinks up their fruity loopies really fast and then hiccup up bubbles. They learn how good hippos are at blowing bubbles.	Hippopotamus	Auckland
16	Egg Sighting	The Wotwots see signs about things that are not allowed in the zoo. They find a chicken that lays eggs and learn that they're ship looks like an egg and Spottywot thinks a chicken he sit on it and puts up a sign to keep giant chickens away from their ship.	Bantam hen	Wellington
17	HicHoppity Wot	Spottywot has a terrible case of the hiccups and Dottywot tries to help cure them as it is hard with no noses and six digits on each hand. They find a frog that croaks like it would be hiccuping. At the end of the episode Dottywot starts to Hiccup as well.	Frog
18	Creepalongy Wot	Spottywot tries to pounce up on his sister but Dottywot's tufty flufty sensed him. The Wotwots see how good a big cat called a serval is good at hiding and pouncing because of how they camouflage. When going back to the ship the Wotwots learn how other animals camouflage..	Serval
19	Blinky Winky	The Wotwots have a staring contest. Dottywot did a good staring job. They see an owl and try to do the staring game with it. When back at the ship they learn how owls use their eyes.	Owl
20	Topsy Turvy Wotty	Spottywot attempts to stunt at the zoo and it looked like he was upside down. Spottywot learns how bats are good at hanging upside down.	Bat
21	Go the Greens	Spottywot refuses to eat broccoli soup and Dottywot shows how important it is to eat greens and learn how other animals eat greens. They look at pictures of Rhinos and see how they love to eat greens.	Rhinoceros	Auckland
22	Tickle Toes	Spottywot has an itchy spot on his foot but can't reach it in his hover chair. Dottywot tries to help and learn how chimpanzees scratch each other and how clever they both are.	Chimpanzee
23	HotWots	It is a cold day and the WotWot's try to warm up. They go around the zoo to see animals that don't like the cold. The Wotwots come back to see they left the heater on and it melted Spottywot's crayons. The Wotwot's then notice a sheep and see how it's coat keeps it warm in the cold.	Sheep	Auckland
24	Copy Copy Wotty	The Wotwots make animal sounds and hear something copy their Wotty speeches thinking it's another Wotwot and it eventually turns out to be a colourful parrot called a macaw that can copy sounds.	Macaw
25	WetWots	It is raining and the Wotwots can't go anywhere after seeing a dinosaur. Spottywot draws his own monster out of many animals. They learn about the Tuatara which was around longer than the dinosaurs and learn that there's even one in the zoo and see it and eventually change the moose antlers in Spottywot's drawing to Tuatara scales.	Tuatara	Auckland
26	Slurpy Lurpy Lips	It is a hot day and everyone in the zoo is asleep except Spottywot who wants to play ball with someone and gets frustrated that Dottywot wouldn't play. He Then decides play by himself but tosses it too far and losses it but then it gets thrown back meaning that someone wants to play with him but it later doesn't get thown back. The Wotwots eventually learn that it is an Orangutan that throws stuff around and out of its exhibit.	Orangutan	Auckland
27	Spring Wotty	DottyWot is disappointed to lose a jumping competition. She goes around the zoo looking for a bouncing animal that can help her jumping technique.	Springbok	Auckland
28	Socket Sprocket Pocket	DottyWot’s chair needs fixing but her brother keeps losing his spanner. One of the zoo's cutest residents shows how to keep important things close by them.	Koala
29	Sir SpottyWot	DottyWot reads a book about knights and dragons. SpottyWot decides he will be a knight and he sets off on a quest to find his very own dragon in the zoo.	Komodo Dragon
30	Floppy Flufties	The WotWots are playing a guessing game with their fluffy antenna, will they be up or will they be down? They decide to find an animal who might like to join in.	Rabbit	Auckland
31	Peak-a-Beak	The WotWots play at drawing pictures in the dark. It’s very hard to do and they are surprised to learn there are animals that can see well in the dark.	Kiwi	Auckland
32	The Digger They Are	The Wotwots find a Digger outside their ship and learn that Wombat's and all sorts of animals are good diggers as well.	Wombat
33	Laugh a Lotty	The Wotwot's pull faces and learn how good the laughing Kookaburra's are.	Kookaburra
34	Double Bumpies	Spottywot thinks he saw an animal with 2 heads but it turns out to be a human with her baby. The Wotwot's learn how animals take care of their babies.	Humans
35	Ready to Roar	SpottyWot's attempt to scare his sister with a loud roar isn’t very scary. So the WotWots head out to find an animal with a terrifying roar that SpottyWot can copy.	Tiger	Melbourne
36	Fill Bill	DottyWot spots a duck bill on the zoo pond. When the whole animal is revealed the WotWots are surprised to find the bill doesn’t really belong to a duck after all.	Platypus
37	Stingy Thingy	The WotWots are out smelling flowers when SpottyWot starts to play with a bee only to get stung. He learns that some creatures have a painful way of telling you they don’t want to play like how Snakes bite.	Bee / Snake
38	Looky Looky	SpottyWot spots a creature with hundreds of eyes and hurries to tell his sister. DottyWot is very surprised and they set out to find the mythical multi eyed monster.	Peacock
39	Wot a Ploppy	SpottyWot is learning to track animals by recognizing their droppings. He sets out to track down the animal that has made an impressively big pile of droppings.	Moose	Wellington
40	Prickly Prints	The WotWots spot some interesting footprints and track down who made them. SpottyWot decides he can make some interesting paw prints of his own.	Echidna	Melbourne
41	True Blue	The Wotwots find a blue animal in the zoo that they find out to be a fascinating colour and learn about penguins that would normally be black.	Penguin
42	Beat-Boppy Wots	The Wotwots do some dance steps and learn that Ostriches are good dancers like the flamingoes from earlier on.	Ostrich	Wellington
43	Picture Puzzle	Spottywot plays a puzzle game for his sister to find 3 animals. One that lives in water, one with stripes and one that has a pocket for its babies. Dottywot also learns that there are animals besides kangaroos like possums that have pouches.	Possum
44	Colour Conundrums	The Wotwots learn about colours and learn about how Chameleon's change colours.	Chameleon
45	Lumpy Bumpies	Spottywot does a lumpy bumpy sketching on a tree and the Wotwots then find an animal in the water an animal with lumpy bumpy scales which is a crocodile.	Crocodile
46	Over the Rainbow	The Wotwots see a rainbow and see the great big smile on a Sun Bear's fur.	Sun Bear	Wellington
47	Trail Tail	The Wotwots find a slimy trail in the Zoo and find it was made by a snail.	Snail
48	Ready to Rumble	The Wotwots learn how Dingoes make their own den and Spottywot decides to make himself a den.	Dingo	Wellington
49	Wotter Otter	Spottywot develops a remote control for his chair and uses it to find his spanner in an animal's exhibit belonging to an otter.	Otter
50	Tufty Tops	The Wotwots are fascinated by their Tufty Flufties and search for fascinating horns, crests and hair of animals and find a fascinating Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.	Cockatoo
51	Speedy Spots	Spottywot and Dottywot have a race with their chairs around the Zoo. Spottywot learns how cheetahs run really fast and thinks it's the spots that make it fast.	Cheetah
52	Ready or Notty	The Wotwots discover that lots of animals have bright red feathers, scales and fur like Red Pandas.	Red Panda
SERIES TWO (2011)
53	Wotties of Steel	DottyWot is fascinated to discover a colony of ants on the farm. SpottyWot is completely unimpressed by such tiny creatures - until he finds out just how strong they can be.	Ant
54	Nibble Notty	SpottyWot is enjoying a loopy-fruity breakfast in the ship when someone eats his picture he was painting outside. The WotWots go in search of the culprit.	Goat
55	Wot Plants	After witnessing a farmer planting seeds in the ground, the WotWots learn how seeds can grow. Then SpottyWot decides to plant himself and try to grow a SpottyWot tree.	Seeds
56	Wot's New Pussycat	The WotWots get up one morning to find some favourite toys have been nibbled in the night. SpottyWot goes off in search of the farm cat to see if it can help them with their problem.	Cat / Mouse
57	The TrottyWot	DottyWot is exploring the farm when she sees a girl grooming and riding a beautiful pony. DottyWot thinks it would be wonderful to have her very own pony to ride – if she could just find someone to be that pony.	Pony
58	Swan Lake	The WotWots are sailing paper boats when SpottyWot’s boat lets in water and sinks. He catches a glimpse of the sea monster responsible and sets out to unmask it.	Swan
59	Wheelie Wots	SpottyWot decides the spaceship needs a new set of wheels and he sets off to find some replacements. He comes across the perfect wheels, but what will the ship think of them?	Donkey
60	Wormy Tale	The WotWots spot an unusual creature through the Sneak-a-Peak Periscope. SpottyWot thinks it might be a tail that has fallen off another animal. Maybe it’s a WotWot tail?	Worm
61	Milky Moo	The WotWots can’t decide what to mix for their breakfast loopy drinks. Through the Sneak-a-Peak Periscope they see a cow being milked. Maybe milk would make a tasty breakfast drink?	Cow
62	Alpaca Sad	The WotWots draw imaginary animals with mixed up heads, bodies and legs. They are very excited to discover that one of their make-believe creature might really exist.	Alpaca
63	Whistle Wots	The WotWots watch as a sheepdog rounds up a group of sheep. SpottyWot is inspired, but is he inspired enough to herd up the huge mess he made a little earlier?	Sheep Dog
64	Tough Crowd	DottyWot is having a great day on the farm impersonating animals. But then she find a scarecrow who doesn’t get her jokes. Will the WotWots be able to make him laugh?	Scarecrow
65	Sleepless in the Cattle	The WotWots can’t sleep. The animals on the farm keep them awake at night. SpottyWot tries to quieten the animals down but he can’t. Maybe it’s time to leave the farm?	Turkey
66	Fronds Like These	While SpottyWot sleeps on the beach, DottyWot explores a nearby rock pool. She finds some sea anemones and wants to learn all about these amazing creatures.	Anemone
67	Moons & Moats	When the WotWots build a sandcastle on the beach, a tide comes and washes it away. So the WotWots build a second castle and learn how to protect it from the next tide.	Sandcastle / Tides
68	Crabby WotWot	To SpottyWot’s horror, the spaceship has run out of bananas for his loopy fruity drink. He goes in search of a giant yellow banana and discovers something altogether more exciting.	Paddle Crab
69	Footprints in the Sand	The WotWots come across some mysterious foot prints on the beach. They track them across the sand and come to a bird’s nest in the long grass. And the nest has eggs in it!	Pukeko (Moorhen)
70	Wot a Racket	The WotWots discover a large shell on the beach which sounds like it has a very large ocean inside it. SpottyWot doesn’t want his sister to bring it into the ship in case they get flooded.	Conch Shell
71	Gnome Sweet Gnome	The WotWots find pictures of mythical mermaids and other creatures on the ship’s computer. They are convinced these creatures are real and go out in search for them on the beach.	Gnomes
72	Wind Wotty	The WotWots see a kite flying in the wind. They are fascinated and try to find out what else can be pushed and pulled by the wind. Perhaps the wind can even pull them along.	Wind
73	Tinkle Winkle	The WotWots are exploring the beach and find a starfish washed up on the sand. They want to send it home but first they have to find out where it come from.	Starfish
74	Wot Wot Bottle Wot	SpottyWot is building a beach sculpture out of driftwood when he comes across a message in a bottle. The WotWots decide to send their very own message in a bottle.	Message in a bottle
75	Wot a Grommet	The WotWots spy some surfers riding the waves. SpottyWot is enthralled but a little worried by the size of the waves. If only there was a way to ride a surf board without the surf.	Surfing
76	Wotty Hermit	DottyWot makes a picture out of shells on the beach. When she goes to show it to her brother she finds that some of the shells have moved! Can the shells be moving themselves?	Hermit Crab
77	Shiver Me WotWots	SpottyWot draws a pirate’s treasure map and goes out digging on the beach in search of his treasure. He doesn’t have much luck until DottyWot helps by making a small addition to the map.	Pirates
78	Gulls Gulls Gulls	The WotWots spot a seagull diving down into the sea in search of fish. SpottyWot thinks this is a wonderful idea and wants to take their spaceship on an underwater adventure.	Seagull

External links

• The WotWots official website
• "The WotWots" announced on Weta Workshop's website
• The WotWots at IMDb
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