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“Oh, you don’t know what you just did...” said one of the moon-buggy drivers after the death of General Wheat. “Kill your leader?!” Thomas laughed. Dawn made some doggy-chuckle sound, which was more of a ‘woof-woof-woof’. With that, the drivers opened a secret hatch in their buggies. Out came a huge yellow laser, with various attachments on it. Tom tried to escape, but an invisible force held him back. “Finding yourself  stuck?!” chuckled the fusilli. The one carrying the laser pointed Thomas at a Martian cave, and it shot the man over there. Dawn was shot into another cave. Hopeless, Tom sat down. Suddenly, he heard a clang behind him. He turned round, only to see a Martian! “Doing what are you here?” said the suprised alien. “Cute! A little Yoda!” replied Thomas. “Yoda not I am.” said the Martian. “OK, then... I’ll call you Gunky!” said Tom. “Name like Gunky I!” “That’s good. But, I’m trapped in here. Can you help?” replied Thomas. “Gunky help I can. Me follow.” With that, the tw...

Film-makers have created a lot of cool films over the years, some with cool graphic effects or creepy alien invasions. But how would they work if they WERE real life? Read this article to raise your brain levels up and outsmart your parents... The classic Star Wars character C3P0 is not much different to any other humanoid robot. Instead of bones, robots have lots of moveable segments attached to one another. Each segment is fitted together with special metal ‘joints’, which can spin, turn, twist and much more when you program them to do so. All these special parts make the robot really flexible. In the American film Back To The Future, a professor invents a time-travelling car powered by plutonium. Based on this, the british chemist and inventor Professor Flux, PhD invented a time-travel machine. Powered by Ghlucoshianian Acid, a substance only found on Saturn, this incredible invention had to have cleaning machines to concentrate the acid, because it would horrible mutate humans if i...

The so-called ice-cream van got out of its parking space and drove off after Thomas and Dawn at high speed. In case you didn’t read last week’s story, Dawn is Tom’s newly adopted dog that helped him get out of a flaming pit. One of the spy pastas pulled a mini-megaphone out of the roof and called into it. “You can’t hide forever!” she said. Suddenly, Agent Dicker spotted something strange. “The rockets already left!” he exclaimed, but before he could close his mouth, the road in front of him started to give way. Steam poured out whilst a shiny machine flew upwards slowly. “The rocket!” Dicker shouted. “Launching in 3... 2... 1... BLAST OFF!” came the announcer, and the force of the boosters pushed the spy car backwards. Meanwhile, Thomas and Dawn were confused. “There’s no signs!” moaned Tom, and looked at Dawn for help. She barked in confusion, but ran off into the distance. “Dawn! Dawn! Dawn the Dog! Wait up!” Thomas almost caught up, but lost Dawn. “Great. Curse you, Martians!” he e...

This is the story of the greek soldier Hercules. In the first bit of this 12-part story, Hercules went mad, and to pay everyone back, he became a slave to King Eurestyus. Last time, he fought this huge lion thing and made its skin into an invincibility cloak. “Now, Hercules.” began King Eurestyus one sunny morning. “I now want you to kill the dreaded Hydra in the Argos Marshes. He has been  terrorising my people for too long now.” He pointed at a man in a toga running away from a sign reading ‘Argos Marshes’. “OK, sir.” replied Hercules. “But is it a snake or a dog? People have sent letters to me that say both. I’ve got mixed messages.” the King lowered one eye as if to say ‘really?!’. “What do you think, dumbo!?!?” said Eurestyus, starting to get a bit annoyed. Hercules shrugged his shoulders. “Oh, just go!” exclaimed the king. With that, Hercules ran off. The soldier was getting tired when he reached a sign that read ‘Argos Marshes - One Mile’. “Nearly - There.” panted Hercules. ...

After twelve minutes of banging, Thomas opened the boot door, only to find Lieutenant Larry standing in front. “Well, well, well!” he said. “What have we got here?” Tom attempted to escape, but was blocked by 3 pasta pieces. “Throw ‘im in the pile.” said Larry. With that, the two bulks picked up Thomas and took him to a flaming pit full of something Tom didn’t know. When he was pulled forward and then heaved back, an icy finger ran down his spine. Humans! “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!” exclaimed Thomas as he was thrown into the hole. “Have a nice trip!” laughed one of the bulks as soon as they walked away. “Grrrrr...” stormed Tom as he walked to the edge, feeling the wall. “Tar!” he exclaimed. “People!” Thomas began. “Do you have any matchsticks? Anyone?” he scanned the area to see if anyone was still alive. “Woof! Woof!” barked a cute sausage dog and leaped forward, a box of matchsticks in his mouth. “Who’s a good boy?! You are! You are!” Thomas stroked the pet and toook the matches out of his...

As all of the fusilli pieces turned round s  l  o  w  l  y, Thomas saw his chance to get out of there. He picked up a plank of wood from what used to be his coffee table and surfed his way to safety, only to be blocked by Sergeant Wheat. “Going somewhere?” he questioned sarcastically, but before he could finish his sentence, Tom was outside. “Cheerio!” he said and ran off. “Aaaatteeeeeention!” he shouted. “Team A, track down our friend here. Teams B, C and D, continue to rampage across this place. Teams E and F, kill allof the humans you can. Finally, Team G, be on the lookout for any homo-sapien rebels, then kill them and eat their livers. I’m on Team A.” As the general marched down the road at high speed, Thomas risked a look from behind his hiding place, a bush. He had heard all of the conversation about which teams were going to do what, and had decided to spy on Team G. He wondered if they would actually eat their livers. Probably not if you ask me. Tom saw...

It was the night of Valentines Day. Sutton-in-Ashfield Hall ‘s romantic music was dying out as lights turned off around the town. The cold wind swept through the misty air as a man wearing a top-hat strolled through Burton Street. When he turned round to look at a shop selling shoes, his umbrella was mysteriously whisked away. “Creepy” he whispered to himself, wiping a raindrop off his glasses. As he continued his evening stroll, more of his items disappeared; his cloak, his top-hat, his glasses, everything, gone. “Is it Sherry wanting her pasta maker back?” he questioned and walked towards a telephone box. “Hello police?” he said, but before they could answer back, the telephone vanished. With that, he ran back to his little cottage in Hucknall, trying to spot the mysterious burglar. Meanwhile, on top of Berry Hill, Mansfield, an army was being formed. All the leftover pasta scraps had been dumped into the nearby Power Plant,  causing them to come alive. “We all know Bobbo has gon...

By David Walliams, Illustrated by Tony Ross It’s about Prince Alfred, a sickly boy of twelve, who lives in the year 2120. His mum, the Queen, gets taken away in the night by their royal guards, and when young Alfred realises, he embarks on an epic quest to save her, only to be captured as well! When he escapes, he meets his long-lost grandma’s team, called the revolutionaries. They sneak into the House of Commons to indicate it’s time for revolution, but royal guards chase them back to Buckingham Palace where they get stuck in the London Underground. The queen, who also escaped, fires a torpedo to free the others, unwittingly dying in the end. They get back into the crypt, where Alfred’s nanny is waiting. She turns out evil, but Grandma stabs her in the back. Meanwhile, the Lord Protector, the king’s loyal subject, had killed the king, using his blood to try and turn a statue into a real griffin. Only royal blood can turn it back, but as the king’s dead he need’s Alfred’s blood. In the...

When you go to the cinemas to see a Pixar film, there are two things to be sure of: you’ll probably laugh and you’ll probably cry. But now Pixar marches onward with their new film, Onward. It’s about to brothers  - Ian and Barley - who live in a magical world spoiled with technology. On Ian’s 16th birthday, they are given a magical staff to save their father’s life for 24 hours. The spell goes wrong and the siblings only manage to conjure up their dad’s legs, sparking a race against time to bring the rest of him back.