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Peter Hartshorne is an English flight instructor and former music composer. He is the son of Robert Hartshorne. He started composing for Thomas & Friends with his father during Day of the Diesels and worked on the specials from 2011 to 2015.
Aug 19, 2022 · Original Music by Peter Hartshorne (from "Thomas' Classic Theme" by Mike O'Donnell & Junior Campbell). Arranged by ThomasSeby MG. Sooner or later it was going to happen that I was going to ...
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is a 2015 feature-length Thomas & Friends special. It is the tenth Thomas & Friends film overall and is an adaptation of the first two books of The Railway Series, which were previously adapted for the first series in 1984. It was made to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the franchise. The special was originally released as a Walmart exclusive in the US and Canada and later as an ASDA exclusive in the UK before becoming widely available in those three countries.
The Adventure Begins is a computer animated retelling of the first seven episodes of the first series of Thomas & Friends, which were based on the first two Railway Series books (The Three Railway Engines and Thomas the Tank Engine). It contains elements from both the original stories and their previous adaptations, along with three new characters ...
On the Island of Sodor, there was a little railway known as the North Western. The engines working there are Edward (who is the smallest engine, who shunts trains for the bigger engines) and Gordon (the biggest and proudest engine, who loves pulling the express); unfortunately, he sometimes has to pull trucks. One day, Gordon is pulling a goods train and informs Edward that a new engine will be arriving soon. Edward is very surprised and curious by this. Gordon goes on explaining how the last engine to arrive, who has wooden brake blocks, is too small. Suddenly, the engine, James, pulls in front of them, protesting that he is not small and that there is nothing wrong with his wooden brakes.
Gordon continues on with his goods train, but when he reaches the Main Line hill, the trucks hold him back and he refuses to try and make it to the top. His driver makes a phone call to the railway director of Sodor, the Fat Controller via Sir Topham Hatt who sends Edward to give Gordon a push. Together, they make it to the top of the hill, but Gordon just continues on his way without even saying thank you to Edward.
Later, Edward is shunting when he hears a voice he has never heard before. He finds James talking to a tank engine from the Mainland, who introduces himself as Thomas and the two tender engines welcome him to Sodor. But however, Gordon arrives and scoffs at Thomas' claim that he is really useful for anything more than shunting coaches. As Gordon leaves, Edward apologizes for Gordon's bullying by telling Thomas that he is often like that (even though that is a bit of an understatement). Edward and James introduce themselves to Thomas before the Fat Controller arrives and gives Thomas his orders to make himself useful and that Edward will show him what to do.
Thomas and Edward set to work shunting trains for the big engines. But all day long, Thomas unintentionally causes trouble by bumping trucks and going onto the wrong tracks. And even getting harshly bullied by Gordon. Later, Thomas spies Gordon sleeping on a siding and wakes him up with his whistle, leaving Gordon very cross.
That night, Thomas arrives at Tidmouth Sheds and pulls into the berth beside Edward. He is excited about pulling trains soon, but Edward knows that he has to learn how to shunt properly first. Then a nervous big green engine pulls into the sheds, wanting to get into his berth quickly before it rains. Edward tells Thomas about Henry and how much he does not like rain. Edward then tells the story of how a scared Henry refused to leave a tunnel in case the rain spoiled his paint. After the passengers and even James could not get him out, the Fat Controller gave up and left Henry there. He also had a wall built in front of the tunnel, as it was now rendered unusable to other engines now. Edward begins to explain how Henry finally came out of the tunnel after Gordon burst his safety valve outside the tunnel, but Gordon interrupts him, not wanting to be embarrassed in front of the new engine, but claims he wants to get to sleep.
The next day, Thomas is sent to the Sodor Steamworks to be painted into the colours the Fat Controller likes to see on his railway - blue with red stripes. Thomas shows Edward his paint, as well as his new number one. The other engines tell Thomas about the previous number one, who was a coffee pot engine. Edward has a train to pull, so Thomas goes to fetch Gordon's express coaches, but he accidentally couples to two small coaches named Annie and Clarabel, who belong to James. Thomas kindly apologizes, explaining how he is new. The coaches think he is a very sweet engine and Annie seems sure that he will go far one day.
Main Feature
•Thomas •Edward •Henry •Gordon •James •Troublesome Trucks •Annie and Clarabel •Sir Topham Hatt •Green Express Coaches (do not speak) •Red Branchline Coaches (do not speak) •Sir Topham Hatt's Assistants (do not speak) •Salty (cameo) •Charlie Sand (cameo) •Sidney Hever (cameo) •Jem Cole (cameo) •Farmer McColl (cameo) •The Teacher (cameo) •The Ginger-haired Boy (cameo) •The Blond-haired Boy (cameo) •The Great Composer (cameo) •Dowager Hatt's Friends (cameos) •The Welsh Bird Watcher (cameo) •The Lady with the Big Hat (cameo) •The Tidmouth Stationmaster (cameo) •Ferdinand (portrait cameo) •Dowager Hatt (portrait cameo) •Toby (music video cameo) •Diesel (music video cameo) •Mavis (music video cameo) •Henrietta (music video cameo) •Percy (indirectly mentioned)
Credits
•Thomas •Edward •Henry •Gordon •James •Troublesome Trucks •Sir Topham Hatt I
Main Feature
•Island of Sodor •The Fishing Village •The Sodor Inn •The Watermill •Tidmouth Tunnel •Kellsthorpe Road •Gordon's Hill •Knapford •Annie and Clarabel's Shed •Sir Topham Hatt's Office •Knapford Iron Bridge Junction •Tidmouth Sheds •Tidmouth Engine Works •Henry's Tunnel •Sodor Steamworks •Victor's Shed •Wellsworth •Wellsworth Yards •The Woodland Runby •Three-Track Bend and Signalbox •Sodor Suspension Bridge •Maron •The Cow Field •Rail Under Road Bridge and Signalbox •Ffarquhar •Vicarstown (mentioned) •Tidmouth Town Square (Poster only) •The Mainland (mentioned) •Brighton (mentioned)
Credits
•Wellsworth •Wellsworth Yards •Gordon's Hill •Vicarstown •Vicarstown Yards •Knapford •Henry's Tunnel •The Cow Field
UK
•John Hasler as Thomas •Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James (Rob Rackstraw voices him when he shouts "Thomas, get out of the way!"), Glynn, the Fat Controller and the Other Human Characters •Teresa Gallagher as Annie, Clarabel, Judy and Some Children •Tim Whitnall as Jerome •Christopher Ragland as the Troublesome Trucks
US
•Joseph May as Thomas •William Hope as Edward •Kerry Shale as Henry and Gordon •Rob Rackstraw as James •Teresa Gallagher as Annie, Clarabel, Judy and Some Children •Tim Whitnall as Jerome •Keith Wickham as Glynn, Sir Topham Hatt and the Other Human Characters •Christopher Ragland as the Troublesome Trucks
DVD Release Online
•Amazon Prime: View on Amazon Prime •Official Thomas & Friends YouTube Channel: •UK: (YouTube) •US: (YouTube) •YouTube Movies: (YouTube)
•This special was made to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the franchise. Sodor Island Fansite hinted on Twitter that, if the special sold well, a follow-up would be possible. The special was also hoped to be the start of a new 'mini special' series. These plans, if any, were ultimately cancelled.
•This is also the second special to celebrate the franchise's anniversary, the first being Calling All Engines! for the 60th anniversary in 2005. Unlike Calling All Engines!, this special pertains directly to the anniversary of The Railway Series.
•The events of the first series episodes Edward and Gordon, The Sad Story of Henry, Thomas and Gordon, Thomas' Train, Thomas and the Trucks and Thomas and the Breakdown Train are featured and remade. The events of Edward, Gordon and Henry are also briefly mentioned. The events are also shown in the exact order they come in The Railway Series books. Edward's Day Out was not retold in this special as it was combined with Edward and Gordon into one episode. Also, the special elements are similar to the book, Thomas Gets His Own Branch Line.
•The Fat Controller says that the big engines "would have to fetch their own coaches until he can get another small engine," which foreshadows both Percy's arrival and the events of the first series episode, Trouble in the Shed.
•Starting from this special onwards, James has obtained a habit of declaring "Here's James!" whenever he appears in certain scenes, similar to the 1980 film, The Shining.
•When James had his black livery, his tender had back lining, but was removed when he was painted back to red. This lining was later regained when James imagines himself in different liveries in the twenty-second series episode, An Engine of Many Colours. He gained the lining permanently in his red livery when his model was updated for the twenty-third series.
•Due to the nature of the film's production, several continuity errors are created by the inclusion of several things:
•Tidmouth Sheds has seven berths, despite the seventh not being built until the events of Calling All Engines!.
•Henry is in his new shape.
•The Sodor Steamworks appears, despite it not being introduced in Thomas & Friends until Hero of the Rails.
•Kellsthorpe Road appears, despite the fact that the station was not built in the television series until the eighth series.
•Jem Cole and Farmer McColl appear, despite them not being introduced at the time.
Peter Hartshorne is known for Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures: The Rise of Spamcan (2023), Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures: Railway Clone Invasion (2022) and Tracks to Big Adventures (2021).
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