'Wallace & Gromit' Introduce Norbot in the First 'Vengeance Most Fowl' Teaser

It's the last days of August, so naturally, it's time to start thinking about Christmas, at least if you're in the TV business. However, no festive special this year will beat the return of Wallace & Gromit, the claymation duo famous for their 1990s-era shorts The Wrong Trousers, A Grand Day Out, and A Close Shave. For those who somehow aren't familiar with these two, Wallace is an inventor extraordinaire, and his pup Gromit is the brains of the operation. Nearly all of their adventures (including the feature-length outing Curse of the Were-Rabbit and the later additional short, A Matter of Loaf & Death) are due to Wallace's harebrained schemes. (Usually, they are solved by the ever-faithful Gromit fixing his master's mistakes.) The BBC and Netflix have teamed up for a new feature-length film, Vengeance Most Fowl, and once again, Wallace is creating utter chaos and destruction, errrr, new, useful inventions.

This year's brand new addition to the W&G extended universe is Norbot, a garden gnome who helps with gardening, or, as Wallace calls it, "Gnome Improvement." Voiced by Reece Shearsmith (Inside No. 9), Norbot has made his debut to delighted fans in the first teaser clip from the upcoming film.

Of course, Wallace created Norbot to make his and Gromit's life easier. (Doesn't he always?) As the series character description says: "A quick learner, efficient, incredibly polite and cheerful – Norbot quickly becomes popular with the locals to help with their gardening needs." Well, he may not be so popular with Gromit...