Postman Pat and the Space Suit Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service

# Postman Pat, Postman Pat

# Postman Pat and his black-and-white cat

# Early in the morning

# Just as day is dawning

# He picks up all the postbags in his van

# Postman Pat, Postman Pat

# Postman Pat and his black-and-white cat

# All the birds are singing

# And the day is just beginning

# Pat feels he's a really happy man

# Everybody knows his bright red van

# All his friends will smile as he waves to greet them

# Maybe

# You can never be sure

# There'll be knock...

# Ring...

-# Parcels to your door... #

-Meow!

# Postman Pat, Postman Pat

# Postman Pat and his black-and-white cat

# All the birds are singing and the day is just beginning

# Pat feels he's a really happy man

# Pat feels he's a really happy man. #

PAT CHUCKLES JESS PURRS

Meow!

Jess, first cat on the moon!

Meow!

Meow!

Hi, Julian. Have you seen outside?

Wow! Snow!

Oh, do you think we'll be able to get to Ted Glenn's workshop OK?

Oh, yes, it's Ted's Space Day today, isn't it?

I'm sure it'll be fine.

Ted and Mrs Taylor said

there's a space expert from the TV coming to talk to us as well!

Do you think it will be an astronaut?

I don't know. I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a lad.

But then I discovered the Postal Service.

-Me-ow.

-PHONE

Oh, hold on.

Special Delivery Service. Pat Clifton speaking.

Pat, it's Ben. I've got an urgent delivery for you.

-How soon can you get here?

-We're on our way.

We've got a special delivery, Jess.

-What's it going to be today?

-Me-ow?

Time for me to boldly go, Julian.

Enjoy Space Day.

Thanks. Bye, Dad.

Meow.

-Hello?

-Hi, Pat.

Are you ready for this?

-Er...

-Meow.

-I think so.

Three, two, one...

Ta-da!

Is...is that...?

A spacesuit?

Yes, it is. Pencaster Museum is lending it to Ted and Lauren

for the kids' Space Day.

A real astronaut's spacesuit!

Yes. Just imagine, Pat, these boots have walked on the moon.

Wow!

Come on, Jess, prepare for lift-off.

Meow!

Miss, Miss, can we go out and play in the snow?

Hold on, Bill.

I'm just on the phone to Ted.

Oh...

Yes, don't worry.

We'll start without you.

-Hope you get the truck fixed soon. Bye.

-Hello.

-Yes?

-Ah, you must be Lauren Taylor.

Oh! You're Professor Farrow!

Oh, it's so nice to meet you.

You're so much smaller that you are on the telly.

I mean...

Don't worry. I get that a lot.

So, is Ted Glenn around?

I hear he's a big solar system fan.

Yes, he is. But he's late.

He's had a puncture. I mean, his van's had a puncture.

Oh... So, shall we start Space Day with out him, then?

Yes. Yes, of course.

Children, look!

It's Professor Farrow.

From the telly.

-Oh!

-Hello, Professor Farrow.

-Hello, everyone.

-And Pat's on his way with a special space surprise.

That's right.

So, whilst we wait, would anyone like to ask any questions

about our amazing solar system?

-Me!

-Me!

-Me!

I think I'd have made a pretty good astronaut, Jess.

Oh, yes. Up in my space rocket, I'd be all alone for weeks at a time.

No-one to talk to. Just me.

But I'd get used to it. I'm good at silence.

Oh, there's Ted! Morning, Ted.

JESS SIGHS

HONK-HONK!

Everything OK, Ted?

Oh, Pat. No.

I've got a flat tyre.

Oh, dear.

What's the biggest planet?

That's easy. It's the sun.

Actually, the biggest planet in our solar system is Jupiter.

Oh, that's cos the sun's not a planet, it's a star.

That's right. The Earth and all the other planets travel around it.

Yes. Mercury's closest to the sun, then Venus, then Earth, then Mars...

Then Jupiter, then Saturn, then Uranus, then Neptune.

Wow! Can you get all the way there in a rocket?

You can, but it would take you about 12 years.

12 years!

Oh, I'd be old!

Like you, Miss.

-Yes.

-Are there any animals on other planets?

Or googly-eyed space monsters? Ya-a-a-ah!

Well, there are billions of planets beyond our solar system

that we know very little about.

But no-one's ever seen space aliens.

At least, not yet.

Bet they don't have snow on other planets. Only we have that.

And we can't even play in it!

Shh, Bill.

We are very lucky to have Professor Farrow here today.

-Call me Ryan.

-Oh! OK...

Ryan.

This must be the nail that burst your tyre.

-Aye.

-We don't want that lying around.

Oh, I'm meant to be at my workshop for Space Day.

Oh, yes, of course. I'm on my way there with a special delivery.

Hop in, I'll give you a lift.

Thanks, Pat. But I need to fix my tyre first.

And I've only gone and left me jack in the garage!

Don't worry, Ted. You can borrow mine.

By 'eck!

Is that the spacesuit?

Oh, yes, from the museum.

-Here's the jack.

-Oh, thanks, Pat.

I'll see you later.

Come on, Jess. Let's get this special delivery back on track.

What's it like on the moon?

Is it made of cheese?

No. The surface is quite soft, so you make footprints when you walk.

And it's covered in giant craters, from where meteors have landed.

Are there giant space mice inside, with big, long noses?

Probably not, Meera.

But you can jump six times further on the moon than you can on Earth.

Wow! Oh!

-I wish we could go to the moon.

-Well, maybe we can.

Is it all right if we go outside for a while, Lauren?

Outside? Oh, yes.

As long as everyone wraps up warm.

Yeah! At last!

Snow, here I come!

RATTLING

Uh-oh! That doesn't sound good.

Meow!

Oh, no. The radiator's leaking.

What about our special delivery, Jess?

-Hmm.

-PHONE RINGS

Oh!

-Hello?

-Pat, you've stopped.

Is everything OK?

Pencaster, we have a problem.

Our radiator's leaking, and I've nothing to mend it with.

Oh, dear. Hang on, Pat.

-I'll try and find a way to fix it.

-Thanks, Ben.

This is just Ted's yard.

How's this like the moon?

You'll see. We're going to turn it into our very own moonscape.

How are we going to do that?

Remember I told you have the surface of the moon was soft?

And you make footprints when you walk?

Well, we can do the same with snow.

Oh, yeah! And we can use the snow to make craters, like on the moon.

-Exactly.

-What a great idea!

Right, let's get building, everyone.

CHILDREN: Great!

-I love snow.

-Me too.

Woohoo!

Oh! Hey!

Oh, sorry, Lauren.

That's OK, Ryan.

-Any luck, Mission Control?

-Yes, bit of a strange one, though, Pat.

I don't suppose you have an egg?

An egg? No. Why?

It says here an egg can fix a leaky radiator.

Oh. Alf and Dorothy might have eggs at the farm.

They aren't too far away.

Come on, Jess. To Thompson Ground...and beyond!

Meow...

This is amazing.

Look, Professor Farrow.

We've made meteors.

And now you've made a crater.

That's just how craters are made on the real moon.

Wow!

OK, Ben. Yes, speak to you later.

Sorry, everyone.

Pat's having a few problems with his van.

But I'm sure he'll be here soon.

KIDS: Oh...

There goes the egg, Jess.

Meow.

Now for the water.

It isn't leaking. Hurray!

Starting main engine.

ENGINE RATTLES

Ignition...

ENGINE STARTS

Yes! We did it.

WHOOSH What was that?

Oh, no! A flat tyre.

Ah, well. Astronauts always have to fix things.

I'll just get the jack.

Which I lent to Ted. Oh!

Meow.

How are we going to get the spacesuit to the Space Day?

Me-e-e-ow.

Yes, Jess. It is freezing.

-Me-e-e-e-ow!

-I wonder how astronauts keep warm?

Hey, wait a minute.

Meow?

-How do, kids?

-How do, Ted?

Ah, Ted Glenn, I presume?

That it is. How do, Professor Farrow?

I've been looking forward to meeting you.

Ryan's been telling us all about outer space.

He is so interesting.

Ryan? Who's he when he's at home?

-That's me, Ted.

-Oh, really?

I thought your first name was Professor.

No.

Oh, is Pat not here?

No. Not yet.

We've been waiting all afternoon.

Oh, but I saw him earlier and he was on his way.

Oh, I hope nothing's happened. I'd better go and look for him.

-It's...

-Look!

-THEY GASP

An astronaut!

Wow!

Who's inside it?

By 'eck!

Hello, everyone!

It's Pat.

Meow!

And Jess.

ALL: Hurray!

Kids, this is a real astronaut's spacesuit.

It's been to the moon and back.

-Wicked!

-Brilliant.

And now it's been to Pencaster and Greendale.

Great to meet you, Pat.

You too, Professor.

You know, when I was a boy, I always fancied being a postman.

-Really?

-Oh, yes.

Travelling through our beautiful universe, making new discoveries.

And special deliveries.

Where no-one's delivered before.

THEY LAUGH

Now we've got our own moon and our own astronaut to go with it.

Yes. It was one small step for a postman,

but one giant leap for Greendale Space Day.

ALL: Hurray!

Special Delivery Service - mission accomplished!

# Special Delivery Service

# And he's on his way

-# Special Delivery Service... #

-SDS!

# What's it going to be today?

# Postman Pat! SDS!

# We all know he's the best! #

Mission accomplished!