Thomas & Friends series 10

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, later renamed Thomas and Friends is a children's television series, based on the Railway Series, and which was first broadcast in 1984. Season 10 is due to premiere on Labor Day (September) 2006 comprising 14 new episodes. It is not as yet known whether these "episodes" are meant as in actual stories, or episodes as currently shown.

Episodes

1. Follow That Flour

Thomas arrives at the wharf, where the standard-gauge and narrow-gauge lines meet. He met James there, and was supposed to collect James' truck of flour. But Thomas bumps the flour truck hard, causing the door of the truck to break! Thomas tries to play hide-and-seek with it, but James kept finding him because the flour created a path along the track. Eventually, Thomas realized this, and must collect more flour - if there is any at the flour mill...

• Introducing Dusty Dave.
• Featuring Thomas, James, Troublesome Trucks, and Dusty Dave.
• Cameos by Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Rusty, and Duncan.
• First appearance of the wharf.

2. A Smooth Ride

Sir Handel returns to the narrow-gauge railway after being at the stone quarry all summer. He is taking some apples and he must be careful not to bruise them. But Sir Handel has a problem. He can't make it up the hill, being an old engine, and asks Peter Sam to help him. Hiding the fact that he isn't feeling well, he claims that he delivered the apples on his own. The same happens when he needs Duncan's help while taking some sheep. Sir Handel is doing a good job of keeping his secret - until he has to take Mr. and Mrs. Percival!

• Introducing Mrs. Percival, Mr. Percival's wife.
• Featuring Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Duncan (Non-speaking role), Mighty Mac (Non-speaking role), Mr. Percival, Mrs. Percival (Non-speaking role), and Thomas.

3. Thomas & The Jet Plane

As Thomas is on his way to collect the children for their picnic, he meets Jeremy, a new jet plane, at his hangar. Jeremy believes that being a jet plane is the best; even better than being a steam engine! Thomas worries that jet planes are generally better, and that being a steam engine is no good at all! But when Jeremy spots a storm on the way, they must relocate the picnic! Hopefully, Thomas will discover that being a steam engine has its benefits, too!

• Introducting Jeremy the Jet Plane.
• Featuring Thomas, Jeremy, The Fat Controller, Harold the Helicopter

4. Percy & The Carnival

The carnival was back on Sodor, and all of the engines, especially Percy, want to help out with it. Percy is disappointed when he has to deliver coal instead. He wanted an important job at the carnival, in comparison to just delivering coal! But then, the other engines run out of coal! Maybe coal delivery is an important job after all!

• Featuring Thomas, Percy, Edward, Henry, James, Gordon, Toby, Emily and The Fat Controller.

5. The Green Controller

Sir Topham Hatt has lost his voice so Lady Hatt gives Percy the job of handing out his instructions for the day. Percy has lots of things to remember. Thomas offers to help, but Percy is determined to do it on his own. Percy goes to see James, Gordon and Toby but gets things muddled up, giving his friends some very silly jobs! Disaster strikes when James, Gordon and Toby crash into each other – all thanks to Percy. Percy is very sorry and asks Thomas if he’ll help after all. Thomas is only too pleased to help his friend and together they retrace Percy’s tracks. Percy finally remembers the jobs that Lady Hatt has told him and Percy puts everything right. Sir Topham Hatt is very please with Percy. He has been really useful!

• Featuring Thomas, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Emily, The Fat Controller and Lady Hatt.

6. Duncan Drops a Clanger

It’s the country fair in the hills and Duncan is to take the bell from the clock tower to be specially polished. Duncan enjoys the sound the bell makes going over the bumpy tracks. He enjoys it so much that he doesn’t listen to the foreman’s instructions to go slowly. He doesn’t listen to anyone telling him to slow down, until disaster strikes and Duncan hits a dip in the track - the bell bounces off his flat-bed and down the hill. Duncan is horrified. In the quiet, he hears the bell chiming – it’s stuck in a tree. Duncan races to it, just in time for it to fall back on his flatbed. Slowly and carefully Duncan takes the bell to the polishers. At the fair, the shiny bell rings and Duncan thinks it’s the best sound in the whole world!

• Featuring Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Rusty, Duncan and Mighty Mac

Trivia

• Rosie is Sodor's third female steam engine, after Emily and Molly from earlier series.
• Jeremy is the first new named aircraft since Tiger Moth of Season 5. He is also the third talking chracter without the non-traditional clay face-mask (after Harold and Caroline), and the first aircraft with moving eyes.
• Rocky is the fourth named crane in the series, after Cranky, Kelly from the Pack and Butch from earlier series. He is, however, the first breakdown crane that actually interacts with other characters
• Sir Handel appears for the first time since Season 4.
• Spencer appears for the first time since Season 8.
• The Chinese Dragon appears for the first time since Season 3. It can now also move its body.
• This season is the first to include Places around Sodor, a new inter-story segment that features stock footage from Seasons 8 and 9.

Featured Characters

• Thomas
• Edward
• Henry
• Gordon
• James
• Percy
• Toby
• Emily
• Diesel
• Sir Topham Hatt
• Bertie
• Harvey
• Skarloey
• Rheneas
• Sir Handel
• Peter Sam
• Rusty
• Duncan
• Mighty Mac
• Spencer
• Troublesome Trucks
• Lady Hatt
• Mr. Percival
• The Chinese Dragon
• Mrs. Percival
• Farmer McColl
• Annie and Clarabel
• Harold

Characters Introduced

According to a press release from a Hit Entertainment press site, the following are characters to be introduced in the upcoming series:

• Jeremy (a small Jet Plane who holds an inflated view of himself, which concerns Thomas)
• Fearless Freddie (a warhorse narrow-gauge engine, who as a younger engine in years gone by was the daredevil of the hills)
• Rosie (a new purple tank engine who idolizes Thomas)
• Rocky (a railway breakdown crane who tries to be everyone's friend)

External links

• HIT Entertainment Digital Pressroom

• Press Release

• Picture of New Characters
• Partial Episode Summaries