The Magical Windmill

The Magic Windmill is a well-known object in Teletubbyland. It is most notable for signifying TV Events, Magical Events, and Tubby Bye-Bye to the Teletubbies in every episode.

Purpose
Usually, the Magic Windmill is seen spinning slowly in the background in a counterclockwise direction. Whenever the wind picks up, the Magic Windmill will begin to spin faster, with magical pink sparkles appearing and surrounding the Magic Windmill.

It is used as a transition method for the Teletubbies. Once the Teletubbies hear the Magic Windmill spinning, they will stop any activity that they are doing, say "Uh-oh!", and immediately go where the Event takes place.

There are three types of Events that can happen when the Windmill spins. They are explained below. It's very rare that the Magic Windmill is mentioned by the narrator or the Teletubbies, the Narrator mentions it in Dad's Lorry, The Rockpool, Badgers and Oooh! along with Dipsy saying "Dipsy watch Windmill".

TV Event transition
Used once in every episode or 2-4 times in every volume VHS (5 times in Busy Day). The Windmill is spinning with a jolly, upbeat piece of music playing in the background. In See-Saw, the Magical Event tune was playing at the same time as the jolly tune. The Teletubbies have a Big Hug and fall to the ground, where each of their tummies and antennas begin to glow. They all run up to the top of a high hill to get a good signal. The Windmill picks a random Teletubby to show a video on their tummy. Once the Teletubby is picked, their tummy lights up and everyone cheers and gather up to watch the video clip.

Each video clip features real children asking the viewer to "come and see" what they are doing. The children will show viewers an activity that they are doing (e.g. playing in the rain, herding sheep, etc). After the activity is completed, the children will say goodbye and the clip will end. In most episodes (except the Funny Lady episodes) after the video ends, the Teletubbies will want to see the clip again, so the chosen Teletubby's tummy will light up again, showing the clip one more time. But in the VHS volumes, the clip is shown once.

A similar event occurs in the Teletubbies Everywhere segment of the show. One of the Teletubbies will be seen in front of a solid-coloured background. The wind can be heard and the pink sparkles can be seen, but not the Windmill itself, as the sequence does not take place in Teletubbyland. The Teletubby's tummy glows and shows a clip. The clips in Teletubbies Everywhere are educational videos of kids from all around the world, speaking languages other than English.

Sometimes, activities that follow with the TV receiver sequences follow the Tubby Bye-Bye sequence (some activities include the windmill if time allows at the end). If the windmill is shown at that time, the Tubby Bye-Bye event will occur.

In the current series, the windmill, which now looks like a typical farm windmil, spins as the camera slowly moves toward it and an orchestral tune starts to play softly, building up and then stopping for about a couple seconds. The Teletubbies say uh-oh and then run to the area where the Tummy Tales will take place. They run to the area, which happens to be just about a couple yards away from the Home Dome. They giggle, and just like the original series, they have a big hug and fall to the ground. Then the windmill's magic starts to come out, in the form of stars this time. Then, the Teletubbies' antennas and stomachs begin to glow, obviously tickling the Teletubbies as they squirm and giggle while they glow. Unlike the original series, instead of the screens turning blue with sparkles shining, they just simply illuminate a white glow. The order of which they glow is different from the original series, and it is as follows: In the original series, it was Tinky-Winky, then Laa-Laa, then Dipsy, then Po. A notable addition to this part of the sequence is that flowers can be seen sprouting out of the grass around the Teletubbies while they glow.
 * Tinky-Winky
 * Dipsy
 * Laa-Laa
 * Po

Then they will run to the top of a hill to get a better signal. Unlike the original series, the Teletubbies immediately say their names while glowing instead of waiting to say their names after glowing. And then the windmill's stars will turn a certain colour depending on which Teletubby is chosen. If Tinky-Winky is chosen, the stars turn purple. If Dipsy is chosen, the stars turn green. If Laa-Laa is chosen, the stars turn yellow. And if Po is chosen, the stars turn red. For the viewers watching, the stars help them know who will be chosen before they are chosen. Whichever Teletubby is chosen will keep glowing, as the other three's antennas and screens turn off. The Teletubby chosen will stand in the centre, as a play button icon (a reference to YouTube's iconic play button symbol), in the same colour as the Teletubby chosen, appears on their screen. Then one of the other Teletubbies touches the screen to start the video. And then the play button disappears as sparkles fly around on the screen, before the video fades in on the Teletubby's stomach and the camera zooms in as the video starts.

As with the original series, the video will be shown again. On Nick Jr.'s airings, however, it only plays once.