SEARCH FOR THE WONDERFUL WHOTSIT  
Written by Derek Shaw (1996)  
Programmed by Karen Tyers  
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Spectrum Version)

Scenario  
There are known to be five Wonderful Whotsits in existence and over 
many years you have managed to acquire four of them. You desperately 
want to locate the fifth to complete your collection. As it happens 
you've heard on the grapevine that the fifth one is somewhere in the 
vicinity of the local village, Leaky Bottom.  
 
Walk Through  
(Start in your lounge), INVENTORY (you have a cheque and are wearing 
clothes and shoes), EXAMINE CHEQUE (payable to Adventure Probe for a 
years subscription), LOOK UNDER SOFA (you see an object but cannot 
reach it), MOVE SOFA (you find a box of chocolates), EXAMINE 
CHOCOLATES (note "roses"), EXAMINE WHOTSITS, W (hallway), S 
(road outside your house), EXAMINE GATE (it's a toll-gate and you 
need a pound coin which you don't have), E, EXAMINE WALL, EXAMINE 
BRICKS (see a face staring back at you), EXAMINE FACE (a troll), TALK 
TO TROLL (has an itchy nose), SCRATCH NOSE (the wall swivels and you 
pass through to the other side, the SoSo Corral), EXAMINE HORSE, TALK 
TO HORSE (can't hear you because of the music), EXAMINE TROUGH (dry), 
LOOK UNDER TROUGH (find the source of the music, a ghettoblaster), 
GET GHETTOBLASTER (horse won't let you unless you help him), EXAMINE 
GHETTOBLASTER, LOOK UNDER GHETTOBLASTER (see label – note numbers 
735), TURN OFF GHETTOBLASTER (silence), TALK TO HORSE (want's a 
record by Roy Rogers).  
 
S (north end of pedestrian walkway), EXAMINE WALKWAY, SE (it's not 
safe to cross as the slabs are against you), EXAMINE SLABS (red), 
SEARCH WALKWAY (see numbered buttons), EXAMINE BUTTONS (numbered 1 – 
9), PRESS 735 (slabs are now amber), PRESS 735 (slabs are now green), 
SE (south end of walkway), SE (Letsbe Avenue where you meet a Balrog 
sitting on a wall), EXAMINE BALROG, TALK TO BALROG (wants help with a 
crossword), SAY OLDHAM (he leaves), LOOK BEHIND WALL (find a Goblin 
Gazette), READ GAZETTE, EXAMINE GAZETTE (note numbers 164), DROP 
GAZETTE, EXAMINE WALL (see an alleyway), W, S (waste of time 
location), SEARCH NOTHING (you pick up something), EXAMINE SOMETHING 
(a red herring?), N (outside Big Bertha's caravan), EXAMINE CARAVAN, 
LOOK UNDER CARAVAN (find a bucket), EXAMINE BUCKET (no hole and it's 
empty), LOOK THROUGH WINDOW (she is asleep), REMOVE SHOES (otherwise 
you wake her), W (inside caravan), LISTEN TO BERTHA (note word 
Flobalob), EXAMINE BED, LOOK UNDER BED (find a pair of stockings), 
EXAMINE STOCKINGS (note the ladder), EXAMINE TOILET, E (she wakes and 
chases you down the alley).  
 
E (outside church), EXAMINE DOOR (locked), N (cul-de-sac where you 
meet a worried-looking man), EXAMINE MAN, TALK TO MAN (wants 
something to fix an oil leak in his car), EXAMINE CAR, GIVE SOMETHING 
(just what he wanted – he gives you an object in return), INVENTORY 
(it was an album), EXAMINE ALBUM (Roy Rogers), S, W, NW (south end of 
walkway), SEARCH WALKWAY (see buttons), PUSH 164 (slabs are amber), 
PUSH 164 (slabs are green), NW (north end of walkway), N (to SoSo 
Corral), GIVE ALBUM TO HORSE, GET GHETTOBLASTER, S, SE, SE, E N, N 
(high fence with door set into it), EXAMINE DOOR, EXAMINE METAL (a 
door-knocker), KNOCK DOOR (say password), SAY FLOBALOB (door opens), 
N (atop a ravine), EXAMINE RAVINE (wide and deep – need heavenly 
intervention – this opens the church door), S, S, S, E (church), 
EXAMINE ALTAR, EXAMINE PEWS, PRAY (something has happened – a phone 
now stands on the altar), EXAMINE PHONE (a hotline to the man 
upstairs), PUSH BUTTON (you are told to leave a message), LEAVE 
MESSAGE, SEARCH CHURCH (see a hymnboard), EXAMINE HYMNBOARD (hymn of 
the week is number 528), W, N, N, N (a bridge now spans the ravine).  
 
N (west side of stone circle), E (inside circle), EXAMINE STONES 
(numbered 1 – 9), PUSH 5 (hear a click), PUSH 2, PUSH 8 (you are 
transported to Leaky Bottom village green), S (by statue), SEARCH 
STATUE (find a poster), EXAMINE POSTER (picture of Jon Pertwee in his 
guise of Dr. Who), N, W, SW (dingy alleyway), OPEN DUSTBIN, EXAMINE 
DUSTBIN (a disguised dalek), EXAMINE DALEK, TALK TO DALEK, SHOW 
POSTER (dalek recognises the doctor and self-destructs), EXAMINE 
WRECKAGE, SEARCH WRECKAGE (find some chicken drumsticks), EXAMINE 
DRUMSTICKS, SEARCH WRECKAGE (again – this time you find the body of 
the dalek), EXAMINE DEAD DALEK, NE, E, N (outside nightclub), EXAMINE 
BEETLE (actually Ringo Starr), EXAMINE RINGO, TALK TO RINGO (he has 
lost his drumsticks), GIVE DRUMSTICKS (he gives you a scrubbing brush 
in return).  
 
S (back to Leaky Bottom village green), EXAMINE GREEN (see seats), 
EXAMINE SEATS, SIT SEAT, LOOK UNDER SEAT (you locate a bottle), 
EXAMINE BOTTLE (detergent), READ LABEL (dilute in water), S, EXAMINE 
STATUE (Grand Old Duke of York), READ GRAFFITI (too dirty), N, N, NE, 
NE (river bank), GET WATER (in the bucket), SW, SW, S, S (back to 
statue), TIP MUKKET INTO BUCKET, WASH STATUE (need a ladder), GET 
LADDER FROM STOCKING, EXAMINE LADDER, LEAN LADDER (against the 
statue), CLIMB LADDER, WASH STATUE (using bucket of mukket and 
scrubbing brush), READ GRAFFITI (note the clue about the lining), D, 
DROP BRUSH, DROP BUCKET, LOOK BEHIND STATUE (someone has painted 
Fergie's face on it's bum), KISS BUM (it falls off), GET BUM, N, W, 
SW, S (by bridge), EXAMINE WEEDS, SCARE WEEDS (how?), SHOW BUM (they 
recoil in horror), SE (street), EXAMINE WOMAN, TALK TO WOMAN (she has 
lost her cat – note that it likes country music), E (outside 
undertakers), EXAMINE HEARSE (contains a coffin – note there's no 
flowers), EXAMINE COFFIN (lid is securely fastened), PUT BOX ON LID 
(Cadbury Roses chocolates - lid opens), LOOK IN COFFIN (unoccupied – 
note don't climb in as the lid closes and you suffocate), FEEL LINING 
(you feel a bulge), RIP LINING (locate a key), E.  
 
S (music shop), EXAMINE SHOPKEEPER, TALK TO SHOPKEEPER (says you are 
free to look around), EXAMINE TRUMPETS (you pick one up that looks 
out of place), EXAMINE TRUMPET (it could aid your hearing), EXAMINE 
GUITARS (you pick up a steel one), EXAMINE STEEL GUITAR, PLAY GUITAR 
(you don't know how), DROP GUITAR, N, NE (open ground), E (library), 
E, LOOK AROUND (you spot an archway between the bookshelves), S 
(music section), EXAMINE BOOKS, SEARCH BOOKS (you pull out the one 
you need), EXAMINE BOOK (how to play a steel guitar), READ BOOK, 
REPLACE BOOK (you leave), W, SW, S (back to music shop), GET GUITAR, 
PLAY GUITAR (a crowd gathers around), EXAMINE CROWD, SEARCH CROWD 
(you spot a cat but don't try to get it yet or it will run off), PLAY 
GUITAR (the cat is captivated and jumps into your lap), EXAMINE CAT, 
DROP GUITAR, N, W, W (to where the woman is), GIVE CAT TO WOMAN (she 
unties the yellow ribbon and gives it to you), E, E.  
 
SE (outside cemetery), EXAMINE GATE (locked), UNLOCK GATE (using key 
from coffin), S (inside cemetery), EXAMINE GRAVES (note the do not 
disturb sign), TURN ON GHETTOBLASTER (a skeleton throws a bone at 
you), EXAMINE BONE, N, NW, NE, E, E, E (library yard), EXAMINE DOG 
(lying on a net), THROW BONE (dog chases it), GET NET, EXAMINE NET 
(note it is screwed onto a long pole), W, W, W, SW, W, W, NW, N, NE, 
E (back to village green), N, NE, NE (river bank), EXAMINE GOLFER 
(waving at you), WAVE TO GOLFER, TALK TO GOLFER (can't hear you from 
this distance), LISTEN TRUMPET (he asks you to retrieve his golf ball 
from the river), EXAMINE RIVER, SEARCH RIVER, GET BALL (using net), 
DROP TRUMPET, THROW BALL (the man tells you to search the books 
carefully in the library), SW, SW, S (village green).  
 
W, SW, S, SE, E, E, NE, E, E, S (music section of library), SEARCH 
BOOKS (you find a piece of card wedged between two books), EXAMINE 
CARD ("Get out of jail free"), W, W, SW, W, W, NW, N, NE, E (village 
green), E, READ SIGN (one-way street), E (outside jail), LOOK THROUGH 
WINDOW (see policeman at his desk and a cell), E (inside jail), 
EXAMINE POLICEMAN, TALK TO POLICEMAN, EXAMINE CELL, EXAMINE DESK 
(policeman takes exception to your examining his desk and locks you 
in the cell), GIVE CARD TO GUARD (he pushes a button, you fall down a 
chute and land in a large field).  
 
E (by old oak tree), READ TELEGRAM, EXAMINE TREE (top branches are 
laden with acorns), TIE RIBBON AROUND TREE (it shakes to the music 
and the acorns fall), SEARCH ACORNS (find a parachute), EXAMINE 
PARACHUTE (opens automatically), SW (country lane where you meet 
Barbara), EXAMINE BARBARA, TALK TO BARBARA (your magazine 
subscription is overdue), GIVE CHEQUE TO BARBARA (before you can a 
gust of wind blows it away and you must get it back), W (cottage), 
EXAMINE COTTAGE (a strong wind could blow it down), SEARCH COTTAGE 
(see a drainpipe), CLIMB DRAINPIPE (roof), GET CHEQUE (it falls down 
the chimney), D, TALK TO BARBARA (you ask her for help and she gives 
you some bellows), SQUEEZE BELLOWS (cottage collapses), SEARCH RUINS 
(you pick up the cheque), GIVE CHEQUE TO BARBARA, E.  
 
SE (Upson Downs where you meet Jon Pertwee), EXAMINE JON, TALK TO JON 
(he's worried about a scout dalek), GIVE DALEK TO JON (he gives you a 
key and leaves), EXAMINE KEY (square shaped), NE, E (bottom of hill 
with a metal door set into the hillside), EXAMINE DOOR (has a square 
hole), INSERT KEY (you enter a square room and the door slams shut 
behind you), EXAMINE DOOR (has no keyhole and you'll have to find 
another way out), EXAMINE OTTOMAN (note it has a spring-loaded lid 
and don't stand on it or the lid breaks), SIT ON OTTOMAN, SIT ON 
OTTOMAN, EXAMINE DARTBOARD (note bull), UNSCREW POLE (from the net), 
WEAR PARACHUTE, PUSH BULL WITH POLE (must be sitting on the ottoman 
and wearing the parachute – the lid springs open ejecting you through 
the hole..... you are in the remains of an Indian camp).  
 
EXAMINE POLE (totem), GET SCALP, EXAMINE SCALP, EXAMINE FACES (note 
baby is holding a rattle), FEEL RATTLE (it emerges from a hole in the 
top of the pole), EXAMINE RATTLE, EXAMINE WIGWAMS, N (copse), N 
(clearing where you meet an unhappy snake), EXAMINE SNAKE, TALK TO 
SNAKE (too distraught about his tail), EXAMINE TAIL (rattleless), 
GIVE RATTLE TO SNAKE (snake leaves), W (path by bottomless pit), 
EXAMINE PIT, DROP BUM INTO PIT (no longer bottomless), JUMP PIT (must 
be wearing parachute – to passage where you meet Gollo), EXAMINE 
GOLLO (sad and morose), TALK TO GOLLO (he's sad because it's his 
birthday and no-one cares), SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY (he vanishes 
revealing a passage east), E, E (see wheelie bin), EXAMINE BIN, OPEN 
BIN (can't), MOVE BIN (can't), TALK TO BIN (oh well, it was worth a 
try!), KICK BIN (hear an ouch and it moves west), W (bin's in the 
way), SE (hear bin), S, SE (dead end – the bin is coming for you), 
LOOK UP (see an iron bar in the wall above you – bin is getting 
nearer), GRAB BAR (bin smashes into the wall leaving a pile of 
rubbish and a hole), EXAMINE RUBBISH, SEARCH RUBBISH (you find the 
fifth wonderful whotsit).  
 
SE (peaceful valley), SEARCH VEGETATION (find a carnation), N (pass 
where you meet a bird with an envelope in it's beak), EXAMINE BIRD 
(bald eagle), GET ENVELOPE (can't), TALK TO EAGLE, GIVE SCALP TO 
EAGLE (drops the envelope at your feet and you pick it up), OPEN 
ENVELOPE (find a one pound coin), NW (northwest side of valley), W 
(long country road where you meet a man standing by his Land Rover), 
EXAMINE MAN, TALK TO MAN (needs a flower for his lapel), GIVE 
CARNATION TO MAN (he gives you a lift back to Leaky Bottom village), 
SW (toll gate), INSERT COIN (you go through to the road outside your 
home), N, E (lounge), PUT WHOTSIT IN CABINET. 
CONGRATULATIONS  
     
You now have a complete collection of Wonderful Whotsits.  
     
SCORE 100% 


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