Thomas and Friends - Season 13
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Season 13 of Thomas and Friends is being broadcast in 2010. From this season onwards, all footage was animated with CGI.[1][2] A HiT press release from 2007 (prior to Season 12) implied that this season would be narrated by Pierce Brosnan.[3] However, Michael Anglies, and Michael Brandon narrated this series.
This season is scheduled to air with 20 new episodes. The season opened with the feature length episode Hero of the Rails, which was the very first fully animated Thomas production.
One new character was introduced in this season: Charlie
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[edit] Episodes
| Episode Title | Writer |
|---|---|
| Playtime | Sharon Miller |
| Thomas meets Charlie, a new engine, who distracts him from his work. | |
| Splish Splash Splosh! | Sharon Miller |
| Thomas' new game that involves splashing engines causes trouble | |
| Slippy Sodor | Mark Robertson |
| A funny funnel causes Thomas to spill bubble liquid everywhere | |
| Snow Tracks | Alan Hescott |
| Gordon's pride sends a huge snowball racing towards Thomas. | |
| Thomas And The Runaway Kite | Louise Kramosky |
| Thomas chases a runaway kite instead of doing his work. | |
| Tickled Pink | Alan Plenderith |
| Whilst covered in a pink undercoat. James has to pick up Sir Topham Hatt's grandaughter. | |
| The Lion Of Sodor | |
| Thomas has to pick up a statue that he thinks is a lion. | |
| Creaky Cranky | Sharon Miller |
| Cranky teases Thomas that he is too small to pull haevy loads. | |
| Double Trouble | Sharon Miller |
| Thomas has to bring a mysterious Sir Topham Hatt to a birthday party. | |
| The Biggest Present Of All | |
| Hiro is returning, and Thomas tries to find him a present. | |
| Buzzy Bees | |
| Thomas steals Hiro's load while trying to find some bees. | |
| Toby's New Whistle | Louise Kramosky |
| Toby is given a new whistle to test while he is working hard. | |
| Henry's Good Deeds | |
| Henry tries to help out, but only suceeds in frighting away a bird. | |
| Hiro Helps Out | Sharon Miller |
| Hiro sees that Sir Topham Hatt is very busy, so he starts telling the others what to do. | |
| Percy's Parcel | Robyn Chatreis |
| Percy has to collect a present for Dowager Hatt | |
| Early Bird | David Richard Fox |
| Thomas has to pull the mail. | |
| Thomas And The Pigs | Alan Plenderith |
| Thomas tries to look for gifts to give to piglets who are soon to be born. | |
| Time For A Story | Miranda Larson |
| Thomas takes books to a library, but dosen't wait for the books to be tied down. | |
| Steamy Sodor | |
| Victor leaves The Steamworks for a day and Thomas is put in charge of it while he is away. | |
| A Blooming Mess | Miranda Larson |
| Emily tries to cheer Mavis up with some flowers. But diaster strikes |
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Region | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Brandon | US/CAN | Narrator, Mr. Bubbles |
| Martin Sherman | US/CAN | Thomas, Charlie |
| Kerry Shale | US/CAN | Sir Topham Hatt |
| William Hope | US/CAN | Percy, Edward, Toby, Henry, James, Kevin |
| David Bedella | US/CAN | Rocky, The Duke Of Boxford |
| Jules De Jhongh | US/CAN | Emily, Rosie, Mavis, The Duchess Of Boxford, |
| Glenn Wrage | US/CAN | Gordon, Spencer, Victor |
| Togo Igawa | UK/AUS/US/CAN | Hiro |
| Michael Anglies | UK/AUS | Narrator |
| Ben Small | UK/AUS | Thomas |
| Teresa Gallagher | UK/AUS | Emily, Rosie, Mavis, The Duchess Of Boxford |
| Jules De Jhongh | UK/US/AUS/CAN | Alica Botti, Bridget Hatt |
| Kerry Shale | UK/US/AUS/CAN | Diesel, Cranky, Bertie |
| Keith Wickham | UK/AUS | Percy, Edward, Gordon, Henry, James, Sir Topham Hatt, Rocky |
| Matt Wilkinson | UK/AUS | Toby, Spencer, Victor, The Duke Of Boxford, Kevin |
[edit] Trivia
- Thomas appeared in all 20 episodes with speaking roles.
- The Narrow Gauge Engines were not featured in this season.
- Thomas was the main character in 13 out of 20 episodes.
- Edward did not star in an episode this season
- Hiro appeared in three episodes, starring in one himself!
[edit] References
