Torchy the Battery Boy
Torchy the Battery Boy was the second television series produced by AP Films and Gerry Anderson, running from 1960 to 1961. It was another collaboration with author Roberta Leigh and was directed by 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-Pathé without the involvement of Anderson and AP Films. Both series have been released on DVD. 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 also voiced a number of other characters.
Episodes
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Flopsy insists on picnicking alone, so Torchy and Squish decide to pull a prank on her.
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Flopsy is lonely but doesn't want to return to earth with Bossy Boots, so Torchy brings Pom-Pom back to play with her. Also, the king gives Torchy a bicycle.
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Torchy retrieves Daffy the donkey from the caves to help move a banana, which they hope to use as a bridge over the river.
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Daffy the donkey feels useless, so Torchy brings him to the king to pull his coach.
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A mysterious illness sweeps through Topsy Turvy Land.
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Bogey fills Flopsy with nuts and bolts, so the king punishes him by making the brat wear a suit of armor. Meanwhile, Pongo the pirate tries to steal Whirly's treasure chest.
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Pongo tries to get his hands on the royal jewels by kidnapping Polliken.
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Torchy creates a tin whistle to summon Pom-Pom, but he accidentally swallows it and loses the ability to speak.
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When Whirly gets a stiff neck, he turns to Sparky the dragon for help. Meanwhile, Pom-Pom gets chocolate paw prints all over Torchy's house and is in a snit when she has to clean up.
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Bogey thinks he's above Torchy's reproach on earth, but the battery boy spies on him from Topsy Turvy Land, and decides to drag him away to teach him a lesson.
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Pilliwig the clown is unintentionally rude at Torchy's house, so he attempts to pay for his sins by sweeping the king's chimney.
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Pongo wants someone to cook for him, so he decides to kidnap one of the toys, and guesses that Flopsy will put up the least resistance.
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Pongo steals all of Clinker's money, and then he returns to empty to gold mine.
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King Dithers throws a birthday party for himself and invites all of the toys to attend.
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A freak orange juice rainstorm saturates all of the laundries that the toys hung out to dry.
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Whirly and Sparky discover a fairy in the woods, as well as sticky gluebell flowers.
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After his pistol runs out of water, Squish rides the bucket down a wishing well to refill it, but he gets stuck.
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The Ting-a-Ling bird pulls out all of Flopsy's stuffing, mistaking it for a worm.
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A hurricane blows through Topsy Turvy Land. As the toys head to the cave for safety, the winds grab Torchy and blow him back to earth.
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On his birthday, Daffy grows weary of working for the king, so he runs away to the beach, where he's kidnapped and put to work by Pongo the pirate.
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Flopsy accidentally bakes Clinker into the king's Christmas pudding.
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Gillygolly comes to Frutown in search of a hair straightener. Pom-Pom is jealous of his natural curls, so she steals his hair as he naps.
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During Mr. Bumble-Drop's first visit to Topsy Turvy Land, King Dithers becomes power-mad, so the toys revolt and name Bumble-Drop the new king.
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Pilliwig is in a tizzy when Torchy slops paint on his suit, and Ena washes it with too much starch.
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When Pongo's boat springs a leak, he swipes Daffy's umbrella to use as a sloop.
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When Pom-Pom gets the hiccups, Torchy tries to find a remedy. Meanwhile, Bossy Boots tries to cheer up Mr. Bumble-Drop by behaving like a dog.
