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01x05 - T.O.M. Gets Lost

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Bertha". Aired: 1 April 1985 – 18 June 1986.*
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Series is set in an industrial estate occupied by the Spottiswood & Company factory, a small manufacturing plant producing a wide range of goods ranging from cuckoo clocks to windmill money boxes.

01x05 - T.O.M. Gets Lost

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always turn

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and i think that's very

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goods out always turn the goods out we

can depend

upon you

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this week at spotty's wooden company

bertha is making building blocks of

different shapes

tom the little robot is helping to sort

out the shapes for nell to put into a

box

tom's getting very clever at sorting out

these bricks into sets

yes he's learning all the time he won't

be long before he takes over ted's job

it'll be a while before he does that oh

yeah

all he needs is a few more wires and

circuits speed up bertha

and let's see how quickly tom can sort

out the shapes

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[Applause]

ted i'm running out of boxes to pack the

bricks

said tom dad a panda in the dispatch

department with a note

say we want some more boxes

tom take this note to panzer in the

dispatch department

[Applause]

hmm

just a moment tom let me finish stacking

this box

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oh

all right all right stop getting excited

everyone is most anxious to get

everything done at once

now what do you want more boxes for

better

they're in the big shed outside i'll

have to go and get some

i see you back at bertha

poor tom the magnet he's picked up has

upset

all his circuits he doesn't know which

way to go

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ah hello tom

do you want me ah oh a note

oh you're a clever little robot aren't

you here

uh more boxes for better

run out of boxes down there have you

haha well the only boxes that i have are

these i'll collect as many as i can and

take them to bertha

off you go tom

mrs tub is getting her tea trolley ready

to take around the factory

soon it will be time for a tea break she

is so busy

she doesn't see tom arrive oh

my word you startled me i didn't hear

you come in

what can i do for you oh

i see you found one of my teaspoons

thank you tom

and a note from me

more boxes for bertha well i don't know

what sort of boxes does bertha need the

only boxes i have here are old cake

boxes

i'll put as many of them as i can on my

trolley and take them down to bertha

there you are tom you take this where

did i put all those

you'll have to stop bertha ted that was

the last box

i can't pack any more bricks

[Applause]

tom's been gone a long time i wonder

where he's got to

he's probably helping panget with the

boxes

here comes panjit now

i'm sorry i was so long bringing you the

boxes ted i had to fetch them from the

shed outside

thank you paget where's tom isn't he

with you

no i sent him back here well surely he

can't have got lost between here and the

dispatch department

is tom lost

what's wrong with bertha i think she

must be worried about tom

all right bertha don't get upset we'll

soon find tom

he can't be far i'll go to the dispatch

department and see if i can find him

if i see tom around the factory i'll

send him back to you

thank you pages

i got your note ted i brought as many

boxes i can find

that a bit greasy inside will they do

that's funny how did you get mad out mr

duncan

the little robert brought it to me you

see

tom did yes with a note scene you needed

some more boxes

oh i'm sorry mr duncan the note wasn't

for you

obviously tom's got himself lost

well you better send someone to find him

can't have a lost robot roaming around

the factory

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so

hello tom what are you doing here

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a note for me

more boxes for bertha i'm afraid i don't

know anything about boxes for bertha

the only boxes i have here are boxes of

envelopes i better have a word with the

manager

the note must mean that bertha has used

up all the packing boxes

you'd better get on the phone to the

manufacturers and order a lot more mr

clappity

yes sir here you are tom

thank you for bringing the note now off

you go back to bertha

wonderful things these mobile robots

i think the factory should have a lot

more of them

now come on bertha stop salkid tom will

be here soon

nell and roy are both looking for him

what should i do with all these boxes

mr duncan has brought ted stack up over

there flo

hello ted i got your note the only boxes

i could find are these old cake boxes

they're made of very thin cardboard and

some of them still have jam stuck to

them

i hope they all do thank you for

bringing the boxes mrs tap but the note

wasn't meant for you

tom says who got himself lost little tom

lost

oh dear well he can't be far he came

into my kitchen a few minutes ago

i'll go back and see if he's still there

thank you mrs tap

i hope tommy's still in mrs tap's

kitchen

so do i if he isn't i can't think where

he'll be

in the design office mr sprott has

invented some new building bricks

he and tracy are trying to make them

into a house

ah it has fallen down again

i wish i could think of a way to make

the bricks stick together

then i could build them into a high wall

the bricks could be made with a hole in

one side and a peg on the other

then they'd slot together yes that's

very true tracy

but they wouldn't look like building

bricks bricks should be smooth all over

there must be some way to make them

stick together

what's that peeping sound

is it your watch mr sprott

no it isn't my watch

is it your computer

it's not my computer the sound seems to

be coming from the door

what are you doing here well i never

it's your mechanical friend come

visiting i think there's something wrong

with him

no he's all right look he's bought a

note

it says here the person needs some more

boxes we don't have any boxes

and i wonder why ted sent him here he's

only programmed to go to the dispatch

department and back

something must have happened to make him

get lost

what have you got there tom

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it's a magnet he must have picked it up

somewhere

why would a magnet make him get lost

because it would upset all the

electronic circuitry inside him

and he wouldn't know which way to go hmm

most interesting

look at all those things he's collected

on his magnet you can tell where he's

been

a screwdriver from the dispatch

department a teaspoon from mrs top's

kitchen

and these paper clips must be from miss

mcclackety's office

you seem to have had a very busy morning

tom come on

i'd better take you back to bertha

magnet now this gives me an idea

i looked everywhere for tom there's no

sign of him

i couldn't find him either ted well we

must keep looking until we find him

bertha refuses to work i got your load

ted

i've ordered a lot more boxes from the

manufacturers

they should be here tomorrow i'm sorry

miss mcclackady but we don't need any

more boxes

it seems that tom's taking that now

around the whole factory

i wonder how he got up to the offices i

don't know

i don't know what i'm going to do about

all those new boxes i've ordered

here comes tom

where did he find him tracy he came to

the design office with a note for more

boxes

oh now he's been everywhere in the

factory with that note

everybody's been bringing his boxes what

made him get lost tracy

he picked up a magnet from somewhere and

it made him go wrong

is he all right now he'll be fine if you

keep him away from magnets

ted how many sets of building blocks has

bertha left to make

uh another 60. good

and when you finish making those i want

you to start on some new ones i've just

invented

building blocks with magnets in them so

they'll stick together

and you can build as high as you like

that's a wonderful invention mr sprott

mr willmate will be pleased tom gave me

the idea when he came to the office with

that magnet

oh glad he's done something right today

okay everybody

the excitement is over tom is back safe

and sound

let's start work again as soon as we

finish these we'll start on your new

building blocks mr sprott

it's a good thing miss mclachley ordered

all those extra boxes

ted when you start making the new blocks

with the magnets in them

don't let tom touch them will you all

right tracy

i won't

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sometimes i think you're a dream but

when we work out what you

have to do you can always turn the goods

out always turn the goods out

we can depend upon you

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you