Tom Turbo
Tom Turbo Detective Club is the name of an Austrian children's TV series. It stars Tom Turbo, a fictional wonder bike with 111 tricks. The program was invented by children's author Thomas Brezina, who is also self- performer. Since zero hour there is also Peter Faerber, the spokesman of Tom Turbo.
TV Series
In 1993, the ORF interactive television crime series for children, The hot track. Viewers can even take on the role of the detective and " solve the case " the, by assembling the letter next to the correct solutions to a codeword. In the first episodes, the viewers had no letters, but write down numbers to call in the secret telephone number. Among the submitters of the codeword books and now also other prizes will be raffled. You also get a detective certificate.
On the cast list includes actress Lotte Ledl, Fritz Strobl, entertainers Mat shoe.
2001, the series was renamed Tom Turbo. It was also the detective office of Thomas, which was formerly in a high rise ( the Business Park Tower in the 10th district of Vienna ), laid in an underground room at the zoo. 2008, there were other innovations: the title was changed to Tom Turbo Detective Club, at the end of each episode there is detective tips to see and beyond archive material is shown from previous years.
In 2013, a movie is planned to mark the 20th anniversary. In ORF children's program okidoki special broadcasts were aired under the slogan " Toms turbo great birthday " on 9 and 10 November.
Production and broadcasting
The series is produced by the Viennese firm KidsTV GmbH on behalf of the ORF. By 2001, other juvenile actors were chosen for each sequence. In 2001 was the first casting for children's performers, who may play about 2 years, instead. From about 6 300 children were selected. The first performer, which were determined according to the new system were: Aurelia Berger, Olivia Rummel, Katharina Fröhlich, Helmut Sauer, Elijah and Stefan Kilgus Vettinger. Since then, new children every two years will be selected at a casting for the children's roles.
With over 400 episodes of Tom Turbo is one of the longest-lived series in Confetti TiVi. The 300th episode (Mozart episode ) was sent on 19 November 2005. From episode 301, there are again new child actor. In the years 2005 to 2007, the Austrian composer Hannes Bertolini for the soundtrack of the series was responsible.
2003 were repeated episodes from the years 1999 to 2001. In summer 2009, 60 old episodes under the title Tom were broadcast on a hot track again. These 60 episodes were shown again in summer 2010. NICKELODEON Germany (until March 30, 2010 NICK ) beamed this series of 2005-2007. Since September 2010, every Sunday now will be sent an old episode of The hot track due to the demand from fans under the title Tom on a hot track. The ten- year-old footage was converted for this purpose in today's conventional 16:9 aspect ratio.
The high TV consumption by children of primary school age affects the children and their socialization, quiz shows like Tom Turbo require the children to be aware of this.
Advertising integration
The Tiergarten Schönbrunn was regularly used as a film location and had the same product placement for the target group "children", inzugedessen came into the series the then zoo director Dr. Helmut Pechlaner in a father role. The zoo uses the series as part of its customer orientation for its customer experience management.
Other venues were Schönbrunn Palace, Grafenegg, the Styrassic Park ( Bad Gleichenberg ), Tiergarten Herbersteins, the Vienna Prater, the castle Laxenburg or Podersdorf on Lake Neusiedl.
Tricks
Selection of the most important of its 111 tricks.
Crook
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- Thomas Brezina and Tom Turbo took over in 2006 at the zoo to sponsor a tiger.
- Tom Turbo was seen from 2007 for a time in the children's channel Nickelodeon Germany.
- While new Tom Turbo episodes are produced, there is the " desire consequences Special". This is selected by phone by Voting, which is to be repeated the old episodes.
- 2002, Wolfgang Böck as Trautmann made a guest appearance in the episode " The UFO grandma ".
Tom Turbo The Movie - From 0 to 111
Karo and Klaro are alert twins. Since the death of her mother tries Father Klaus clickers (Manuel Witting ) as much as possible to be ready for these two. To pay off the arrears of rent, he works hard in his own bicycle shop. Meanwhile, his sister Dagmar ( Maria Köstlinger ), the director of the zoo to check and Klaro care. There the twins meet for the first time on Thomas ( Thomas C. Brezina ) and are immediately impressed by him. He has a secret, underground writing hiding in the zoo and want to write a new book there. Karo and Klaro are immediately hooked and want to help Thomas with their creativity here. Karo loves to draw sketches and comics, while Klaro the technical inventor part is played. Together they create the idea of a super -bikes. It should be a bicycle, can speak and solve detective cases. Immediately make the two to work. Your joy is but marred by Emma Gold Finger ( Spörk Sigrid ), a former school friend of Klaus. It seems that it sparks between Emma and Klaus, what diamonds and Klaro do not like.
As Klaro accidentally discovered a flea market, the twins out of sheer curiosity are hard to stop. In a booth, they discover a glowing ball. Due to its inventor spirit, Klaro is immediately taken, and the family bought the clicker ball. But as it turns out quickly, this ball is not just any bullet. It is the mysterious " Tom Tempo" and there goes the " turbolente " adventure really begins.
Because the crooks Rudi Rat ( Michael Pink) and Fritz Fantom (Simon Schober ), bullied by Aunt Freda Fantom (Andrea Eckert ) are also on the hunt for the " Tom Tempo". Only by " Tom Tempo" can awaken the ultimate robbery and plunder robots to life the crooks. But the " Tom Tempo" to get is not so easy!
Who has the edge in the hunt for the mysterious " Tom tempo " front? Is it the crooks who finish their robbery and loot robot or diamonds, but Klaro that use the ball for their invention, the wonder bike? Breaks the family here or welded it still more closely together?
The code word for the solution is " TOM TURBO - From 0 to 111 ", from December 2013, all Austrian cinema.
Basis of the TV series is the eponymous book series by Thomas Brezina, which was launched in 1993. Tom Turbo here supports two children, Karo ( Karolin clicker ) and Klaro ( Konstantin clickers ) in the fight against the " eternal evil" Fritz Fantom. There is in the books a kind of gimmick that fits thematically to content. Karo and Klaro use this gimmick always in content. The Tom Turbo individual volumes are no longer available from publisher's website, an anthology of the best adventures was re-laid in the summer of 2005.
Properties and origin
In the book is assembled Tom Turbo from the sibling pair Karo and Klaro. The material for the construction they received from their parents, who always wanted the latest technology at his home and threw away the outdated equipment. Karo and Klaro built from this " garbage" Tom Turbo. In the TV series the wonder bike from the ideas of Thomas arises.
Tom Turbo " 111 turbo great tricks " can make for example, very small, transform into an animal, make ice, baking pizza, reach with its gripper things, flying and more. Karo and Klaro are by a type of bicycle bell clock in contact with him. In the series, Tom is connected to Thomas Brezina by a video - radio contact. He talks to the children and Thomas with " Boss " and uses that you form. Its battery can be recharged from the detective office ( with the turbo - power beam ). Prefer drinking Tom Turbo Oil and hates water ( rust hazard) and stairs rise. A common scene of the stories is the junkyard to the Tom Turbo is lured by his opponents for cancellation. Another danger for him is that his battery becomes exhausted quickly. He can not stand it when he is called the " bikes ".
Tom Turbo Commemorative Stamp
According to other heroes in Confetti TiVi ( Confetti, Rolf Rüdiger, Mimi and the Punch and Judy ) also got Tom Turbo 2004 his own Confetti TiVi stamp. In addition there was a contest in the previous year. The stamp was issued in an edition of 600,000 copies and was presented on 3 September 2003 at the Abbey Duke Castle in the Lower Austrian children's summer games.
Tom Turbo Adventure in Carinthia
Three regional associations of the Tourism Association Carinthia ( Rosental, Southern Carinthia 's Lavant Valley ) market their regions with the Tom - Turbo logo. There is an adventure guide for families with puzzles and travel diary in which 23 peaks can be recommended. Everywhere you can get stamps, Pickerl or small gifts. On the playground " Neverland " by the Drau cycle path is even a double of the original faithful wonder bicycle.
Awards
- New York Festival in 1996
- Finalist Award 1999