Chapter 26: The Wonkavision Room

Author's Note: I bet you didn't expect to see a update so soon, eh? But now that it's here, I hope that you all will have fun reading it! But first, let me respond to your reviews. :)

Avimo, nice observation! You'll...potentially find out whether you're right or not soon. :)

ABBAbethTheHamster, I 100% agree! While I find the final movie's Wonkamobile scene hilarious, I find the way Wonka drove around the factory like a maniac more like his book counterpart compared to the straight line in the final film. And yes, I did catch Wonka's hint. I love when he does that.

Sonny April, I was surprised as you when I read through this part of the script and saw the Wonkamobile in it. The final movie's Wonkamobile just looks...I don't know, clunky?...and I'm just not a fan of it driving slowly compared to this script, where it drove like a madman down the corridors.

JOHNHAMMOND1993, I never actually thought what Double Bubble Burp-A-Cola could possibly taste like. Maybe it could be like frobscottle, but instead of causing farts, it causes extreme burping? Who knows.

emeraldphan, for your response, refer to my response to Beth.

And now, it's finally time to enter the Wonkavision Room, everyone! :D

The group found themselves in a vast room that was totally white. They looked around and saw arc lamps everywhere. At one end of the room was an enormous, strange-looking television camera approximately twenty feet tall, and Oompa-Loompas were climbing all over it. Unlike the other rooms, they didn't laugh. They didn't shout. They didn't joke around. There was a very serious atmosphere surrounding this room, and the Oompa-Loompas knew it. They were completely absorbed in their work. All of the Oompa-Loompas in this room were wearing heavy protective suits that looked like astronaut suits, as well as the goggles that the group had on. There were electronic cables connecting all over to various places in the Wonkavision Room, and at the other end of it was a television receiver, also strange-looking, but with the normal 16-inch screen. Like back in the Inventing Room at the beginning of the tour, this room caused Mr. Wonka to become tremendously animated. He was dancing about, issuing orders to the Oompa-Loompas, and making comments.

"This is Wonkavision, my very latest and greatest invention!" Mr. Wonka proclaimed. "I don't like ordinary television at all…"

"I do!" interrupted Mike Teevee.

"Shut up!" said Mrs. Teevee sternly.

"Thank you," said Mr. Wonka. "I don't like it one bit. But Wonkavision is another thing altogether! Now I expect you all know how ordinary television works…"

"How?" Charlie Bucket asked.

"It's very simple," Mr. Wonka responded. "You have a camera. You photograph something. Then the photograph is split up into millions of tiny pieces which go whizzing through the air...until they hit the antenna on your roof. Then they go down into your T.V. set where all those millions of pieces are put together in the right order, like a jigsaw puzzle, and presto! The photograph appears on the screen!"

"That isn't how it works at all," Mike Teevee said.

"You are speaking into my deaf ear," remarked Mr. Wonka.

"I said that isn't how it works!" shouted Mike.

"You're a nice boy, but you talk too much…" Mr. Wonka remarked. "So I said to myself, if they can do it with a photograph- sending it whizzing through the air and putting it together again- then why can't I do it with a bar of chocolate? A real one!"

"Impossible!" Mike Teevee exclaimed.

"Thus Wonkavision was born!...I shall now send a bar of my finest chocolate from one end of this room to the other- by television!" Mr. Wonka proclaimed. "Bring in the chocolate!"

On command, six Oompa-Loompas marched in carrying an enormous Wonka Bar that was approximately six feet long. They placed it in front of the camera.

"It has to be big because whenever you send something by television it always comes out much smaller than when it went in," explained Mr. Wonka. "You know that. Here we go then! Get ready! No no! STOP! Hold everything! You there! Mike Teevee! Stand back! There are dangerous rays coming out of that camera! They could break you into a million tiny pieces!...All right. That's better! Action!"

As soon as Mr. Wonka said, "Action!", an Oompa-Loompa pulled an enormous switch, and a light flashed. Then it went back to normal.

"It's gone!" cried Grandpa Joe. "The chocolate's gone!"

"It's on its way!" said Mr. Wonka excitedly, waving towards the ceiling. "It's flying above our heads in a million tiny pieces! Quick! Come over here!"

Mr. Wonka rushed over to the television screen at the other end of the room, and the rest of the group followed.

"Watch the screen!..." exclaimed Mr. Wonka excitedly, playing around with a couple knobs on the television set. "Here it comes! Look! Look! Look!"

The screen flickered, then an ordinary-sized Wonka Bar appeared on the screen.

"Take it!" said Mr. Wonka excitedly, looking at Mike Teevee.

"How can you take it, you old goat?" Mike remarked. "It's just a picture!"

"Charlie, you take it!" said Mr. Wonka, now turning to his favorite group member. "Reach out and grab it!"

Charlie reached into the television and did so. Astoundingly, the bar came away in his fingers.

"It's real!" the boy exclaimed.

"Eat it!" said Mr. Wonka excitedly. "Go on! It'll be delicious! It's gotten smaller on the journey, that's all!"

"It's perfect!" Charlie cried.

"It's unbelievable!" exclaimed Mrs. Teevee.

"It's crazy!" exclaimed Mike Teevee.

"It's a miracle!" exclaimed Grandpa Joe.

"It's Wonkavision!" beamed Mr. Wonka.

"It's an absolute stunner!" exclaimed Charlie Bucket.

"Just imagine!..." said Mr. Wonka, working himself up, "clear across the country!...across the world!...There they sit in their own living-rooms watching their favourite programme and suddenly!...on comes the commercial and it says, "WONKA'S CHOCOLATES ARE DELICIOUS! TRY ONE NOW! And they simply reach out and take one! How about that, eh!"

"It'll change the world!" exclaimed Grandpa Joe.

Author's Note: And there's the (first part of) the Wonkavision Room! While it wasn't much different from the book (with much of the dialogue just copied over), I still enjoyed writing it nonetheless. Did any of you catch Wonka's third hint about Charlie? I really love how Mr. Wonka's been giving out hints throughout this story. It's one of the parts I really love, as in pretty much any other adaption, as emeraldphan pointed out, Charlie was nothing more than a background character, but not here. A little sneak peek to the next chapter- you all obviously know what happens next, but do you know what happens in the sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator? Feel free to review and leave your thoughts about this chapter, and you can expect Chapter 27 to be published in a few days, since I need to begin writing Chapter 28 soon in order to keep my schedule, and therefore the writing machine, nicely oiled. Stay tuned, everyone!

Until then,

Gabe S. :)