0:00:40 > 0:00:44Planet Earth, our home.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46A place we know and love.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48But there are mysteries, too.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Things that make us wonder and puzzle.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55And out in space, there are also mysteries,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58curious sights and sounds to ponder upon,
0:00:58 > 0:01:03such as an iron chicken singing to the stars from her nest
0:01:03 > 0:01:07hovering above the planet of the Clangers.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Ah, the Iron Chicken is in a musical mood.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14SHE CLUCKS A SONG
0:01:19 > 0:01:24What a curious thing. It looks like a sort of metal stick.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Now what could that be for?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Maybe the Clangers will know.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37SHE PLAYS TUNE
0:01:51 > 0:01:55But no, Tiny and Small don't know what it's for.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Still, it was kind of the Iron Chicken to give it to them.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Major Clanger will probably be able to find a use for it.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33But no, Major hasn't a clue what it's for either.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44It doesn't seem to do anything. Could it be part of something else?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Ah, maybe it is.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Major decides to search amongst all the old
0:02:55 > 0:02:57things in the back of his workshop.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59CLATTERING
0:03:01 > 0:03:02HORN HONKS
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Well, well, well.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21It looks like the thing the Iron Chicken brought might be
0:03:21 > 0:03:23part of this strange thing.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Major needs more room. He wants to take a proper look at it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Mother's wondering what this strange new object does...
0:03:50 > 0:03:53..and Major intends to find out.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57CRANKING
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Ah! The thing is a perfect fit.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03MACHINE MAKES HIGH-PITCHED NOISE
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Oh, dear! What a noise.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Granny's gone to get her ear plugs.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13MACHINE BUZZES
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Interesting... It makes a noise when Tiny gets near to it.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27MACHINE'S SOUND WAVERS
0:04:27 > 0:04:31And now she's changing the noise without even touching it.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Remarkable!
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Fascinating. It seems to be a mysterious noise making machine.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Now, what's the point of that?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47MACHINE MAKES HIGH-PITCHED NOISES
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Oh, dear. The noise is still too much for Granny.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01She wants Major to turn it off.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04NOISES CONTINUE
0:05:04 > 0:05:07But the thing the Iron Chicken found is stuck in.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Oh, dear. Granny's poor ears!
0:05:19 > 0:05:22But Small and Tiny want to play with it some more,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24and find out what it really is.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Ah, good idea, Mother.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Small and Tiny can take the thing to the soup wells,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36where no-one else has to listen to it.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Down and down they go.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Ah! Now for some fun.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Hello! These Froglets have come to see what all the noise is.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Wow! The Froglets seem to know just what to do.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Small and Tiny think this is very funny.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08MACHINE EMITS SHORT, SHARP SQUEAKS
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Oh, but it looks like the Soup Dragon doesn't think it's
0:06:14 > 0:06:15funny at all.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I don't think the Soup Dragon likes this mysterious noise machine.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Although Baby Soup Dragon seems to like it very much.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31MACHINE BUZZES REPEATEDLY
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Major's enjoying the quiet.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39MACHINE BUZZES
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Oh, no!
0:06:53 > 0:06:57It looks like the Soup Dragon didn't want Tiny and Small
0:06:57 > 0:07:01to play with that noisy thing in the soup wells.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Major doesn't seem very surprised at the news.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10MACHINE SQUEAKS
0:07:13 > 0:07:18There's only one thing to do. He's going to take the thing outside.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22But it looks like Tiny has had an idea.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Tiny is calling the Iron Chicken.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36She must come down and see what they've done with the thing
0:07:36 > 0:07:37she found.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Ah. The Iron Chicken has spotted the thing
0:08:03 > 0:08:06she found sticking out of another thing.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09She wants to know what it does.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Major says it's just a silly thing that makes noises.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21MACHINE EMITS STEADY HUM
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Ooh! That's actually quite pleasant.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Not so harsh on the ears.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Maybe there's a knack to this.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34MACHINE EMITS STEADY HUM
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Major is surprised. That sounds rather nice.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45MACHINE PRODUCES TUNE
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Everyone else agrees.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Tiny is right.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04The mysterious noise machine could be a musical instrument. Well!
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Who would have thought it?
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Major, Mother and Granny want to hear some more.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23MACHINE PRODUCES TUNE
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Tiny wants to join in.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39And now the Hoot planet has arrived.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Oh, look. Major and Mother Clanger are dancing.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Glow Buzzers, too!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Ah, what beautiful music.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Even Granny likes the sound of the machine
0:10:08 > 0:10:10when the Iron Chicken plays it.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18What a good idea. The Iron Chicken wants to take it home with her.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21And the Iron Chicken's very pleased that all
0:10:21 > 0:10:24the Clangers are happy for her to have it.
0:10:24 > 0:10:30There she goes, back to her nest with the mysterious noise machine.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33And what a curious machine it turned out to be.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36It just needed the right player to play it,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39and turn the noise into music.