Children shout, B.O.T.!

[Gentle futuristic music plays, whirring]

A grey spaceship flies past stars in space. It has a red, yellow and green light on top.

Children shout, B.O.T.! B.O.T.!

[Slide whistle, clanking]

A silver robot with a blue circle between its two eyes assembles in the spaceship. The robot moves on three wheels. Green text above the robot reads, “B.O.T.”

Children shout, BEASTIE OBSERVATION TRANSMITTER!
B.O.T. AND THE BEASTIES!

Text reads, “B.O.T. and the Beasties.” Beasties run and knock the text over.

[Horns blare, boinging, energetic music plays]

Children shout, BEASTIES COME!
AND BEASTIES GO!
BEASTIES, BEASTIES!
BEASTIES, BEASTIES!
OH NO!

A small baby blue beastie walks on four legs. It stops and rears up on its back legs. The beastie drops back down on all four legs and scampers away.

A narrator asks, WHAT IS THIS BEASTY?

[Squeaking]

The narrator says, B.O.T., THIS IS
YOUR MISSION. DETECT BEASTIES.

[Whirring, clicking]

The narrator says, COLLECT SOUND DATA.
COLLECT PICTURE DATA. GO!

A round door opens on the floor of the spaceship and B.O.T. drops down.

Lights glow in craters on a barren brown planet. Distant stars and planets glow in the sky.

The narrator says, SPACEY GLOWY WORLD!

B.O.T. falls on the planet.

[Whirring, clattering, distant squeaking]

The narrator says, BEASTY DETECTED!

The blue beastie peeks out of a small crater. B.O.T. turns to look at the crater and the beastie disappears inside.

[Sniffing, squeaking, whirring, clanking, slide whistle]

A pink light glows in the crater. B.O.T. startles. The beastie peeks out of the crater.

[Whirring]

The narrator says SHINING!

The beastie disappears back into the crater. B.O.T. rolls to the crater and looks inside. The beastie pops up in another crater behind B.O.T..

[Slide whistles, whirring, clanking, squeaking]

The beastie drops down in the crater. A blue light glows.

The narrator says SHINING!

[Creaking, whirring]

B.O.T. looks down into the second crater. The beastie appears in the first crater behind B.O.T..

[Slide whistle, playful notes play, squeaking]

B.O.T. jumps and takes out a recorder. Pink light glows in the crater.

[Thud, clatter, whirring]

B.O.T. rolls back to the second crater and falls inside.

[Slide whistle, clatter]

The beastie pokes its nose out of the first crater.

[Sniffing, squeaking, slide whistle, beeping]

The beastie hops out of the crater and runs. Parts of B.O.T. fly out of the two craters and reassemble on the surface.

[Whirring, clanking, playful music plays]

B.O.T. takes out the recorder and follows the beastie.

[Quiet squeaking, creaking]

The beastie jumps into a crater. B.O.T. lowers the recorder into the crater. The beastie pops out of the crater.

[Squeaking, recording of squeaking plays]

[Whirring]

The narrator says SOUND DATA COLLECTED!

[Squeaking, blowing raspberry]

Pink light flashes in the crater and B.O.T. falls over backwards.

[Dramatic music plays]

The beastie jumps out of the crater and runs. B.O.T. blinks and stands. It chases the beastie.

[Squeaking, clicking]

The beastie pops out of different craters.

[Squeaking, slide whistles]

B.O.T. arrives at the line of four craters. B.O.T.’s head falls into a crater and bounces. B.O.T.’s head rises from each crater. When B.O.T.’s head flies up from the last crater, the beastie stands on it.

[Creaking, whirring, clanking slide whistles]

The beastie jumps into the crater. B.O.T.’s head returns to its body. The beastie peeks out of the last crater.

[Cymbals clash, slide whistle, sniffing, panicked squeaking]

B.O.T. startles. The beastie drops back into the crater. B.O.T. steps to the crater and looks down. Green light flashes.

[Slide whistle, creaking, flatulence releases]

B.O.T. falls over. The beastie hops out of the crater and runs away.

[Clanking, squeaking]

B.O.T. moves its pieces out of the crater.

[Squeaking, flatulence releases, slide whistles, thudding]

B.O.T. lands behind the beastie. Blue light flashes from the beastie’s bottom. The beastie panics and runs away.

[Beastie squeaks and pants, thud, flatulence releases]

B.O.T. stands and extends a device. It follows the beastie to a large crater.

[Upbeat music plays, creaking]

The beastie crawls into the large crater. B.O.T. leans over the edge of the crater and holds up the device. Pink light flashes.

[Squeaking, creaking, flatulence releases]

B.O.T. falls into the crater.

[Slide whistle, flatulence releases, whoosh]

B.O.T. follows the beastie in darkness.

[Energetic music plays, creaking, whirring, flatulence releases]

The beastie runs out of the crater. B.O.T hops out and follows it. The beastie tries to scamper up a steep incline but slips down.

[Squeaking, creaking, whirring, rustling, slide whistle]

B.O.T takes a photograph of the beastie.

[Whimpering, click, slide whistle, whirring]

B.O.T settles on the ground the beastie approaches it.

[Sniffing, scampering, clanking, purring]

B.O.T pets the beastie and takes a photograph.

[Camera clicks, squeaking]

Bright lights flash from the beastie’s bottom.

[Flatulence releases]

The narrator says SHINING!

[Camera clicks, whirring, beeping]

The circle between B.O.T’s eyes glows green.

[Whirring, clanking]

The narrator says PICTURE DATA COLLECTED!

[Whirring, futuristic music plays]

The narrator says ALL DATA COLLECTED FOR...
GLOWY SHINER! MISSION COMPLETE!

B.O.T returns to the spaceship.

[Clanking, whirring]

[Upbeat music plays, whirring, honking, boings, slide whistles]

End Credits:
“Narrated by Jack Hobson
and Children from the School of Theatre Excellence Birmingham.

Music: Andrew McCrorie-Shand.

Producer: Chris Wood.
Executive Producer for CBeebies: Sarah Legg-Barratt.

Executive Producer: Mark Hollingsworth.
Created, Written and Directed by: Anne Wood, Steven Roberts, Joel Stewart.

Logos: A Ragdoll Production for BBC.
CBeebies BBC.
CAKE.

Copyright Ragdoll Productions Limited. Twenty twenty-one.”