Torchy the Battery Boy (Classic TV Series # 2) Traditional Cache
The Lambs @ 9: On a maintenance round today. We found the container quite quickly unfortunately it was split and leaking (although the log was still dry). Unfortunately this was a unique container (if you found it previously you'd realise why) despite trying to find a replacement we were out of luck - so with regret we've had to archive this cache.
Torchy the Battery Boy (Classic TV Series # 2)
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Torchy the Battery Boy was the second television series produced by AP Films and Gerry Anderson, running from 1958–1959.
It was another collaboration with author Roberta Leigh and was directed by Gerry Anderson, with music scored by Barry Gray, art direction from Reg Hill and special effects by Derek Meddings. The second series of 26 episodes was produced by Associated British Pathe, but Gerry Anderson and AP Films were not involved in their production.
The series followed adventures of the eponymous boy doll with a battery inside him and a lamp in his head, and his master Mr Bumbledrop, voiced by Kenneth Connor (who is probably best known for being a member of the Carry On cast) who also voiced a number of other characters. Puppetry was still fairly crude back then and their strings are easily visible unlike in the later Gerry Anderson show Thunderbirds.
Each show's titles started at night with a rocket outside a cottage and Torchy sitting inside it. It would take off with lots of sparks and then would begin the theme tune which would tell you about Torchy and his magic light as the rocket went through space.
In the first episode we are introduced to Mr Bumbledrop who had lots of toys and loved children and his dog, Pom Pom, a white French poodle with straight hair which needs curlers in every night. Also to Bossy Boots, a nasty little girl who likes pulling her toys to pieces but a trip to Topsy Turvy land reforms her.
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Ner lbh gbb tbbq sbe pyhrf? Jryy lbh qba'g ernyyl arrq bar urer!