Poor Robot boy is outdated and lonely. He drifts around his world alone and unloved. Until a cry for help goads him into action.
Type:
Short
Status:
Available for Free
Page Count:
3pp
Genre:
Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
Everyone
Synopsis/Details
A short tale of an outdated Robot boy. Built to be a surrogate friend for the rich. Now he has been surpassed by bigger and better machines. Someone forgot to turn him off or crush him so he wanders the city of the future looking for someone to play with and be his friend. As he wanders, he is ridiculed by the citizens of the day as completely useless and not fit for scrap. Thinking about finally pressing his auto-destruct button he is startled by the cries of a young boy. The boy has lost his ball down a hole and Robot boy comes over and uses his extendable arm to rescue it. In the act of helping the crying boy, Robot boy makes a friend and his reason for being is once again fulfilled.

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Submitted: 2018-Jun-07
Last Updated: 2018-Jun-07
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The Writer: Thomas S Murphy

I'd like to say I don't like talking about myself. I'd like to say that but... I live in the UK, have been acting (under a different name) and taking part time jobs for most of my adult life. Occasionally the big time calls...then it shuts up for a while and I get back to writing.. I held down a fairly steady job at one time as books and films reviewer for a British teen magazine before it bit the dust as magazines are wont to do these days.I was shortlisted (or long-listed, I'm not quite sure) for playwright of the year on BBC local radio which was promising. More recently one of my radio plays was chosen for broadcast by Ocean City Radio and Chesil Theatre shortlisted one of my plays for… Go to bio
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