Submarine Captain Let's Play

-# Let's play

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

-# Let's play

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

# Let's play!

-# Let's have an adventure, hooray!

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

# Let's play!

# Who could we be today?

# What could we do?

# I'd like to sail a pirate ship

# Or decorate a room

# I could be a film director

# Or I could walk your pet

# A clown or tennis player

# The best you've ever met

-# Let's play

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

-# Let's play

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

-# Let's have an adventure today

-Dooby do dooby dooby do

# Let's play! #

SID LAUGHS

My aunt Nancy, she always writes me a joke when she sends me a letter.

-Sid, I just...

-Rebecca, knock, knock.

-Come in!

-You're supposed to say, "Who's there?"

-Oh, OK.

-Knock, knock.

-Who's there?

-Boo.

-Boo who?

No need to cry, Rebecca, it's only a joke. Hee-hee.

-Eh?

-Boohoo, it's only a joke.

-No need to cry.

-Oh!

Very funny. Who told you that one?

-My aunt Nancy. She wrote it in a letter to me.

-Fancy paper.

She is very fancy. She wants to know about our adventures.

-I'll write back to her.

-In your best handwriting?

-Of course.

Oh. What's in that box?

My fancy pen. I'm going to use it to write back to Aunt Nancy.

Hold on, Sid. No time to write the letter now.

-It's time.

-Great!

-It's time to play.

-Whose turn is it today?

-Let it be me.

-Let it be me.

-Me!

-Me!

-Me!

-Let it be me.

-DISTORTED:

-Let, let, let it be me.

Let it be me.

Let it be me.

-BOTH:

-# Let it be me

# Let it be me

# I really, really, really, really

# Hope that it's me. #

-Let...

-Let, let, let...

Let, let, let it be me!

# Let it be me

# Let it be me

# I really, really, really, really

# Hope that it's me. #

Could it be me?

Could it be me?

It's me!

# Yes, it's me!

# Yes, it's me!

# I'm really, really, really, really happy

# It's me! #

Look, there's a dressing-up room.

This is really exciting.

So what do you think we're playing today?

So, what am I wearing?

A pair of skates?

A ballroom dancer's outfit?

And a parrot hat?

I don't think this can be right, do you? Let's try again.

So, this time, I've got on

a peaked cap,

a uniform,

and a badge with a picture of a submarine on the front.

What do you think we're playing today?

Of course! We're going to be submarine captains.

So, what do we need to know?

BOING!

A submarine is a special kind of boat

that can remain under the sea for a very long time.

The captain of the submarine is the person who is in charge.

Submarines dive under the sea by filling special tanks with water.

When a submarine is under the sea,

a periscope is used to see what is above the water.

And when people swim under the sea,

scuba diving equipment allows them to breathe underwater.

OK, so that's what we need to remember. Do we need anything else?

Mmm, a special-looking torch.

I wonder what this is for?

Oh, well, I'm sure we'll find out.

Come on, let's play!

Sid, you've broken your fancy pen!

No, it's not broken. I need to put some ink inside. Look!

It's empty. I haven't got any ink to write my letter.

We'll find you some ink. First, can you guess what we're playing today?

You're going to be a skier skiing down a snowy mountain.

No! I'm going to be a submarine captain.

-Wow! You're going to have an adventure under the sea.

-I hope so.

-I'm going to look for some ink for my pen.

-Good luck. See you later.

-Thanks. Have a good time.

-See ya!

Come on, let's play submarine captains.

Where am I?

It looks like I'm in the middle of the ocean.

Whoa!

I'm standing on top of a...

An island?

Or it could be...a huge whale.

Hang on a minute! I'm a submarine captain,

so I must be standing on top of a submarine.

I can't wait to see what it's like inside.

Come on, let's take a look.

Right. We're inside the submarine.

Look at all these lights and bleeps.

I wonder what they do.

I know - I'll ask a member of the crew.

-Midshipman Martin Shipman, reporting for duty.

-Midshipman Martin Shipman?

-Yes, but you can call me Marty for short.

-Pleased to meet you, Marty.

BOING! BOING!

BOING! BOING! BOING!

-I'm Rebecca.

-Ah! You must be the stand-in captain.

-Welcome aboard, Captain Rebecca.

-Ah, yes. Where's your other captain?

Off duty. Maintenance day.

Everything needs cleaning and checking,

so Captain Mac's taken a day off while we get it all shipshape.

-Well, submarine-shape.

-Good. Glad to hear it.

Well, stand-in Captain Rebecca, reporting for duty.

So, what's our first task, Marty?

-Don't ask me. Normally the Captain tells me what to do.

-Yes, of course.

Well, I am the stand-in Captain of this submarine.

And submarines go underwater.

We need to go underwater!

Oh. How do we do that, then?

Well, I don't know. I thought you might?

Don't ask me. Not my job. But I'm very good at cleaning.

Oh, no. How are we going to make this submarine dive underwater?

Hold on. I remember, do you?

That's it!

Submarines dive under the sea by filling special tanks with water.

We need to make the tanks fill with water.

Now, there must be a button or a lever around here

that makes that happen. Maybe it's this one.

ALARM BLARES

It's not that one.

Marty, any ideas?

Yes, Captain Rebecca. How about a game of I Spy?

No, I mean any ideas to make the submarine dive underwater.

Maybe it's this lever.

Nope, it's not that lever.

WATER GUSHES

-Cup of tea, Captain Rebecca.

-Oh. Thanks, Marty.

Oh!

Look at this lever.

It's got a picture of a submarine pointing downwards.

-It must be that one.

-Oh.

It is! We're starting to dive!

Whoa!

Oh, look, fish!

-They seem to be swimming faster than us.

-Yes. They would be.

-Why is that?

-Because we're not moving, Captain Rebecca.

Oh, yes. Of course. I knew that.

But what I don't know is how we can make the submarine move forward.

-Don't suppose that's your job, is it?

-That's the engineer's job.

Oily Olly's your man.

-Oily Olly?

-Oily Olly fixes the engine and other whirry things.

-OK. Where can I find him?

-He's in the engine room

making final maintenance checks.

BANGING

That sounds like him. I'll head there now.

Oily Olly, are you there?

Aye-aye! You must be the stand-in captain.

Oily Olly at your service.

If you're peckish, I'm sizzling some snorkers.

I beg your pardon?

-Snorkers is what we submariners call sausages.

-Oh, sausages.

And they'll be sizzling in a sandwich soon.

No time for that, I'm afraid. We need to move this submarine.

-How are the checks going?

-All finished.

I've oiled and tiled every inch of this old tin can.

There are no leaks to be found.

-POP!

-Well, except that one.

-You must fix that leak immediately.

-Aye-aye, Captain.

POP!

-Oh!

-Nothing a snorker won't fix.

Oh, well, in that case, full speed ahead!

We can't go just yet. Captain Mac's not back on board.

We've already dived underwater. When was he supposed to be back?

He's normally back by now. He's never late.

ALARM BLARES Sounds like I'm needed.

I expect that's Marty with news of Captain Mac's return.

-Better go and see him.

-Aye-aye.

ALARM SOUNDS

-Marty, who sounded the alarm?

-I did, Captain.

-Is there an emergency?

-Yes.

-Oh, dear.

-Have you heard from Captain Mac?

-No. Captain Mac IS the emergency.

-He's not back, he's never late.

-Marty, stay calm.

I'm sure Captain Mac is fine.

ALARM STOPS Ah, that's better.

-When did you last see Captain Mac?

-After breakfast.

OK. And what happened then?

-He did what he usually does on his day off.

-Which is?

-He took off on his little boat.

-Ah-ha! Now we're getting somewhere.

Captain Mac went out in his little boat,

-so we just need to find the boat and tell him to come back.

-Exactly.

But the submarine is underwater and the boat is on top of the water.

We need a way to look on top of the water for Captain Mac's boat -

how are we going to do that?

Hold on. I remember, do you? That's it!

When a submarine is under the sea,

a periscope is used to see what is above the water.

We need to use a periscope.

-Marty, where's the periscope?

-Oh, I don't know. Er...

-I think it's around here somewhere.

-OK. What does it look like?

Well, erm, it looks...

-It looks like this.

-Well, maybe this is it.

-Maybe it is.

-OK. Great. Let's take a look.

I can see a boat.

Look, Marty!

That's Captain Mac's boat!

But no Captain Mac.

Oh, no! Where is he? We've got to find him!

Stay calm. OK, don't panic.

I know, we could take a look in Captain Mac's cabin

to see if we can find clues to what he's up to.

Great idea, Captain Rebecca.

Right. Does anything in here give you a clue?

The captain's socks!

ELEPHANT TRUMPETS

This is definitely his cabin and he's definitely taken his socks off.

We know. But we're looking for clues to where he is. Ah! What's this?

Oh, that's nothing. That's just the captain's wallchart.

And look, his calendar!

And on today's date, there's a picture of a scuba diver.

You know what that means, don't you?

-No.

-It means Captain Mac has gone scuba diving today.

Of course. He loves going scuba diving.

-I hope he hasn't got into trouble.

-So do I.

We need to look for him immediately. But how? And where?

Someone will have to leave the submarine to look for him.

Who's going to do that?

-BOTH:

-Oily Olly!

-Ahoy, Captain Rebecca! Any news on Captain Mac?

-No, Olly.

-I need you to do an important job for me.

-Aye-aye.

Captain Mac went scuba diving. He might be in trouble.

-But we don't know where.

-Bubbling barnacles!

He's a great explorer.

My guess is he's gone to Neptune's Caves.

We'll go there, too.

-Full speed ahead to Neptune's Caves, Olly.

-Aye-aye, Captain Rebecca.

LEVERS CREAK

-We're on our way.

-Good work, Olly.

-Neptune's Caves - that sounds exciting!

-Sounds exciting,

but scuba divers can get themselves into a right pickle in them caves.

Down there be shipwrecks and sharks aplenty.

-Sharks?

-Aye, Captain Rebecca.

-SHE GULPS LOUDLY

OK. Well, when we get there, Olly,

you'll have to swim down to Neptune's Caves and find Captain Mac.

Hold your seahorses.

No point in going until we see what's out there, underwater.

I would if I could. How can I see underwater from inside a submarine?

-Sonar, Captain. Sonar.

-What's that?

Sonar is a special device

used to detect what's under the water by using sound and echoes.

-Where can I find that?

-In the control room.

-Oh, right.

-Good work. Thank you, Olly.

-Aye-aye, Captain Rebecca.

-Isn't sonar amazing, Marty?

-It certainly is, Captain Rebecca.

What is sonar, exactly?

I have no idea.

And I wonder what all those weird noises mean.

I think those sounds are used to form shapes of objects under the water.

What do you think that shape is?

Well, if I'm not mistaken - which often I am -

that could very well be...Captain Mac.

You know what, Marty? I think THIS time, you might be right.

So, if that's Captain Mac,

what's that really big shape next to him?

Oh, er, I don't know,

but it's very big and very scary.

-I think I have to lie down.

-Martin!

-Hello, Captain Rebecca.

-Olly, look, we found Captain Mac.

-And something else. What's that?

-Something very big, Captain.

We need to find out what it is, Olly. We need someone to swim out

-and take a closer look.

-Aye, Captain.

-Good luck.

-Me? But I'm the stand-in captain.

-If I go, there'll be no captain on-board at all.

-I can't go.

I'm the only one who knows how to work the submarine.

-What about Marty?

-He can't go. He's never left the submarine.

And he can't swim.

-And he's allergic to seafood.

-Well, I guess it has to be me, then.

That's fine. I'm not scared. I'm a good swimmer.

-I came third in my junior school water gala.

-Good on you, Captain.

If I'm swimming underwater, how will I breathe?

Hold on. I remember, do you? That's it!

Scuba diving equipment allows divers to breathe underwater.

This lot will help you breathe underwater fine. Let me help you.

I'm ready. Won't it be dark down there under the sea?

-Aye, captain, it'll be dark down there.

-Oh.

But how will I see anything?

What do we need?

Oh, hold on. I know what we need, do you?

The torch. I knew this would come in handy.

Good luck to you, Captain Rebecca.

Thanks, Olly. Look after the submarine while I'm gone.

Will do, Captain.

SPLASH!

MUFFLED WORDS

'The big shape we saw on the sonar is a giant octopus!

'It's tangled up with Captain Mac.

'It's OK, Mr Octopus. Don't be nervous.'

MUFFLED WORDS

'Uh-oh. It's OK.

'What's that?

'It looks as if the octopus has squirted something.

'Oh...' SHE GIGGLES

'It's moving away.

'Bye, Mr Octopus. Come on, Captain Mac.'

Are you all right, Captain Mac? HE LAUGHS

-Never better. Thanks for finding me.

-My pleasure.

-What was all that black stuff?

-Ink.

-Ink?

-Octopus ink. I collect it.

BANG!

I think the octopus has come back.

Or it's a giant whale.

Or it's my submarine.

Want a lift, captains? I've got snorkers a-sizzlin'.

THEY LAUGH

Well, after tangling with a giant octopus,

nothing warms you up like hot tea and snorkers, eh?

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

Oily Olly and Marty told me you did a grand job

of being submarine captain today. Jolly well done.

-Thank you, Captain Mac.

-No, thank you.

You deserve a reward.

This, my dear, is very rare. Very rare, indeed.

-And I'd like you to have it as a souvenir.

-What is it?

That, Rebecca, is giant octopus ink.

Oh, wow! Giant octopus ink?

Indeed. And it's all yours.

-Thanks, Captain Mac.

-You're welcome.

Well, we did it. It was great being a submarine captain,

but we'd never have done it without remembering what we needed to know.

A submarine dives under the sea by filling special tanks with water.

And when it's under the sea,

a periscope is used to see what is above the water.

And scuba diving equipment allows people to breathe underwater.

I think it's time we went home.

-Bye, Captain Mac.

-Bye, Captain Rebecca.

The submarine took us underwater, where we found Captain Mac

tangled in the tentacles of a giant octopus.

But it was OK, because I saved him

-and then we went back to the submarine for snorkers.

-You hero.

-For whaters? What are snorkers?

-They're sausages.

-Oh.

-So we're going to be having snorkers and mash.

-Yes, we are.

-So, how've you been getting on?

-Not very well.

I couldn't find any ink anywhere,

so I can't write a letter to Aunt Nancy.

-I have a joke. Want to hear it?

-Please.

-Knock, knock.

-Who's there?

-Hatch.

-Hatch who?

-Bless you.

-THEY LAUGH

Well, you might still be able to write that letter to Aunt Nancy,

because I brought you back some special ink.

-It's octopus ink.

-Oh, wow! Octopus ink!

Thanks, Rebecca!

Playing submarine captains was great fun.

What do you like to play?

Playing dinosaurs is fun, I get to stomp like this.

I love playing superheroes and being very strong.

I like being a waiter and pouring drinks like this.

-It's fun to play.

-Start playing today.

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