The WotWots
| The WotWots | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Children's television series Comedy Live action Animation CGI |
| Created by |
Martin Baynton Richard Taylor |
| Written by | Terri Baynton Martin Baynton Theo Baynton John Carr Janice Marriott Peter Salmon |
| Directed by | Theo Baynton |
| Creative director(s) | James McKnight |
| Voices of | Nathalie Boltt Martin Baynton Janet Roddick |
| Narrated by |
Martin Baynton Nicholas Parsons (UK) |
| Theme music composer | David Long |
| Composer(s) | David Long |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Martin Baynton Richard Taylor Tania Rodger |
| Producer(s) | Andrew Smith Jan Haynes |
| Location(s) | New Zealand |
| Editor(s) |
Greg Daniels James McKnight |
| Running time | 10 minutes (television series) |
| Production company(s) | Pukeko Pictures Weta Workshop |
| Release | |
| Original network |
TVNZ Kidzone 24 |
| First shown in | New Zealand |
| Original release | 23 March 2009 – 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The WotWots is a New Zealand children's television show which debuted in 2009 and has since aired in several other countries worldwide. Created by Martin Baynton and Richard Taylor, the series uses a mix of live-action and computer animation to follow a pair of inquisitive, creative alien siblings as they learn about life on Earth. It currently consists of two series, produced from 2009-2011, and a total of 78 ten-minute episodes.
The show features a pair of tiny, young alien twin siblings who spend their days exploring the environment where their steam-powered spaceship has landed, in an effort both to learn more about Earth fauna and to try to determine what they themselves will grow up to look like. DottyWot, the smart and responsible ship's captain, spends most of her time supervising her more boisterous, fun-loving brother SpottyWot, the ship's engineer and a talented artist. Episodes are set in a zoo, at a farm, or on a beach and most often tie their discovery of an animal characteristic into their own adventures.
The WotWots was created and developed by children's author Martin Baynton in partnership with filmmaker Richard Taylor, who had previously collaborated on the TV series adaptation of Baynton's book Jane and the Dragon. WotWots is produced by Pukeko Pictures, a production company founded by Baynton, Taylor, and Tania Rodger. Baynton's son Theo is the series' director, and his daughter Terri is one of the writers.
The puppet-like WotWots characters are computer-animated over live-action footage by the Weta Workshop, the visual effects company founded by Taylor and Rodger, well known for its work on the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Episodes are filmed on location at Auckland Zoo, Wellington Zoo and Melbourne Zoo, as well as undisclosed beach and farm regions.
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