An Alien Called Freddy

Peter arrives on a remote Caribbean island to spend a vacation with his father who is exploring the wreck of Pirate ship. He is accompanied by his mother, a school-teacher with a low threshold of tolerance for Peter's flights of fancy especially where Aliens and UFOs are concerned. Peter's secret hopes that his parents might get back together are dashed when they start arguing on the way back from the airport. As he wanders along a deserted beach feeling despondent he finds a strange metallic disc the size of a Frisbee buried in the sand. He takes it back on board his father's dilapidated boat and hides it under the bed. Later that night Peter is woken by a strange noise. He peeks out from under the bed-covers and sees the disc hovering inches from his face. He discovers that the disc is in fact a miniature spacecraft complete with an alien pilot and an on-board "all-knowing" computer. He gives the name Freddy to the whimsical, thumb-sized pilot of this strange craft that has crash-landed on earth. With Freddy at the controls Peter is able to fly by placing one hand on the disc and soon they become embroiled in a series of hair-raising adventures much to the annoyance of the computer who is trying to arrange a rescue from this "hostile planet". But someone with a sinister plan of their own is lurking in the shadows, watching... Someone whose scheme involves the smuggling of exotic birds and who would stop at nothing to get hold of the disc. With the help of Andreas - a local paraplegic boy, and Scruffy - a disheveled Scarlet Macaw, they set out on a daring mission to save a bird sanctuary.