According to Chris Caban's Slant Magazine review "Wallace and Gromit are practitioners of pure invention, while in themselves being animated monuments to the endurance of man's obsession with invention. A freelance creator of gizmos, gadgets, and irreverent gobbledygook, Wallace, a paunchy Englishman with a bald scalp, is forever being saved from imminent pain or death by his wise, silent, floppy-eared pup, Gromit, more unknowingly than knowingly."
The claymation characters Wallace and Gromit originated in a series of short films produced for a BBC One science show that combined real world footage of inventions and inventors with the loveable animated characters.The series aimed to inspire a whole new generation of innovative minds by showing them real, but mind-boggling, machines and inventions from around the world. You can now buy the entire series in one DVD that includes a large section of DIY projects for all ages. Or depending on your wallets just watch a clip of the series on YouTube.