Thomas and Friends - Season 12
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Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, later renamed Thomas and Friends is a children's television series, based on the Railway Series of children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry, and which was first broadcast in 1984. Season 12 is due to premiere in 2008. It will be the first season to feature Pierce Brosnan,[1] who will narrate both UK and US Versions.
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[edit] Characters introduced
So far, three new characters[2] have been confirmed as appearing in Season 12:
- Flora (a steam tram)
- Hank (a Big American engine)
- Colin (a crane)
In addition, Stanley from The Great Discovery DVD special will also appear.[2]
[edit] Featured Characters
- Flora
- Hank
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Thomas and the Billboard
Knapford Station is celebrating it's birthday, and to mark the occasion, the Fat Controller has commissioned a special photograph of his engines to stand as a billboard at the station. The photographer, having trouble fitting all the engines in, asks Diesel to draw forward, and he unintentionally obscures Thomas. When Thomas sees he's not in the picture, he lapses concentration and loses the new billboard. The photographer agrees to take another - but Thomas is determined to keep Diesel out of it, thinking he shut him out on purpose. The engines abandon their jobs repeatedly throughout the day to attend the photography, much to the annoyance of the Fat Controller - who has to send Diesel to cover them, and finds everyone at Tidmouth waiting to be photographed. But when Thomas finds out Diesel didn't shut him out deliberately, the engines allow him into the picture, and Thomas agrees to do all Diesel's work to make up for all the time lost - so they can all enjoy the party later that evening!
- Featured Characters Thomas, Gordon, James, Emily, Diesel, and The Fat Controller
- Cameos By Edward, Henry, Percy, Toby, and Annie and Clarabel
- This is the first episode to be animated in CGI.
[edit] Steady Eddie
Edward is asked to take a brand new water wheel to Great Waterton. Feeling the pride of the job, Edward decides to show off to his friends and chooses not to take the Express line as he has been designated to do, and instead chooses to go a longer route where more people and engines will see him. However, when he takes a bumpier line, the ropes holding the waterwheel start to cut through the brass covering of the waterwheel - which eventually cut loose on Gordon's Hill, and sends the wheel bouncing down the line to land on Gordon's truck of scrap iron heading for the Smelter's. Edward gives chase and reaches the Smelter's before Gordon, saving the water wheel from being melted down and gets it to Great Waterton for display after all.
- Featuring Thomas, Edward, Gordon, Emily, and The Fat Controller
- Cameos by Oliver, and Arthur
- First appearance of Oliver since season 7.
[edit] Rosie's Funfair Special
Rosie is disappointed when she is only asked to be Emily's back engine when delivering the Funfair Special from the Docks to Maithwaite. Enroute, Rosie decides to help Emily by taking half of the train herself, and does this by breaking the couplings in the middle of the train - not knowing Emily is already at the other end. On the way, more couplings break and send their loads all over the line, one of which derails Emily, until Rosie arrives with only two trucks - much to the annoyance of the Fat Controller. However, she goes back and makes ammends by putting everything right, and then agrees to be Emily's back engine, as intended originally.
- Featuring Emily, Rosie, and The Fat Controller
- Cameos by Bertie, Stepney, and Rocky
- First appearance of Stepney since season 7.
[edit] Mountain Marvel
Peter Sam rushes to get to the Showground so he could see Miss Marvel, A famous storyteller, Who will tell stories about Proteus, But bumps into a Statue of Proteus!
- Featuring Characters: Peter Sam, Duncan, Freddie and Mighty Mac
- Cameos By: Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Rusty, Thomas and Proteus
[edit] References
- ↑ Pierce Brosnan Announced As New Narrator For Thomas & Friends. (Press Release). HIT Entertainmnent (19 July 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas picks up steam for 65th anniversary. (Emily Claire Afan). KidScreen Magazine (01 January 2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
