The Woozle World Woozle World was Jim Henson ' s original concept and pitch for Fraggle Rock . Henson and the development team used the term " Woozle " to describe the characters and world because they needed to call them something ; the name was not meant to be permanent . From the start , the show was conceived as an international endeavor . As described in Henson ' s original concept notes , seventy - five to eighty - five percent of the show - - the Woozle segments - - would be the same in all versions , dubbed for each coproduction , while the remaining fifteen to twenty - five percent - - the outside world segments - - would be locally produced and edited into the master show . Options to subtitle , dub , or produce a location segment were also offered for each coproduction . One of Henson ' s ideas was for the show to be extremely variable from episode to episode , capable of ranging from a tightly scripted plot to a series of sketches with a central theme . More similar to Fraggle Rock were The Woozle World ' s two basic concepts : to be silly and entertaining , and to have an underlying message of understanding others and living in harmony . Henson also envisioned creating new Muppet characters for the show that would have the same kind of appeal as Kermit , Fozzie , and Gonzo . He added , " We will not create anybody with Miss Piggy ' s kind of appeal - - nobody should try . " The location for the international segments was termed Home Base and the English / American version is described as a tiny , cluttered room , populated by an " old codger " ( either a man or woman ) who spends their time puttering around and talking to their dog , a Muppet dog named George , but mostly referred to in Henson ' s notes as " the dog . " The dog , who would communicate with elaborate pantomime , would become Sprocket , while the " old codger " would evolve into the North American production ' s Doc . Along with Doc ' s occupation as an inventor would come a change in the Home Base setting into an inventor ' s workshop . Jim Henson describes the dog as " bright , warm , and lovable " and the human character as " warm and lovable , but you probably wouldn ' t call him bright . " He goes on to explain that the human is so pre - occupied with other things that they never notice the Woozles . The Woozles , the eponymous species of the show , would eventually evolve into the Fraggles . Their Woozle hole was located under a cabinet and had a door on it , unlike the Fraggle hole which was located in a bare wall and had no door . Just like the Fraggles , the Woozles were cute , fuzzy Muppet creatures who lived underground . However , there were some key differences . Woozles lived in burrows , and instead of Gobo , Red , Boober , Mokey , and Wembley , the show focused on a family of Woozles : " Ma and Pa Woozle , a couple of kid Woozles , one of which is probably our main character . Then there ' s Grandma Woozle and a few baby Woozles that are ever so cute and adorable . " Henson ' s describes Woozles as goofy , enthusiastic , fun - loving , musical , not too bright , but loving , like the Fraggles . He also suggests that there could be dozens or even hundreds of Woozles in existence , and they occasionally gather to listen to the Head Woozle , similar to the Fraggles ' custom of gathering at events where The World ' s Oldest Fraggle presides . The Woozles and the Fraggles also share a love of music and the philosophy that when a problem arises , you should sing about it . Woozle music is described as " rousing foot stomping , hand clapping type songs that make you want to join right in . " Philip Balsam and Dennis Lee would later be responsible for creating Fraggle Rock ' s signature music , including several songs that would fit this description . While there is no direct Woozle equivalent of Uncle Traveling Matt , one of the main ideas of the show was that of a brave Woozle who ventures out into our world and brings back a manmade object for the Woozles to misinterpret . The " back door " of the Woozle World leads to another outdoor world , in which live the Giant Wozles , predecessors to the Gorgs . Like the Gorgs , the Giant Wozles consist of a mother , father and son , and they were conceived as full - body Muppets . However , unlike the pompous , bullying Gorgs , the Giant Wozles were friendly , but dim - witted . The Wizzles were the prototype Doozers , living beneath the Woozles and coming out into the Woozles ' world through Wizzle holes , creating a concentric series of worlds . A concept of interest that never made it into Fraggle Rock was the idea that , to illustrate the relationship between Woozles and Wizzles being equivalent to the Giant Wozles and Woozles , scenes involving the Wizzles would employ full - body Woozle puppets and Muppet - size Wizzle puppets . The Woozle - Wizzle relationship also greatly differed from the Fraggles ' and Doozers ' peaceful symbiosis - - Woozles thought of Wizzles as pests and would try to exterminate any Wizzle they saw . The Wizzles ' own world was just as complex as the Woozles ' , and the Wizzles in turn were giants to a microscopic species called the Squeegles . Other inhabitants of the world include the Trash Heap , originally a male who was paid for his advice in rusty tin cans , and " fearsome creatures who live in the woods . " The concept notes , written on April 3 , 1981 ( on Concorde from London to New York ) , were reproduced as a " Replica of Jim Henson ' s original notepad " for the " " DVD set .