Thomas & Friends series 11

*Thomas & Friends*
Thomas & Friends
Series 11
	UK DVD cover art
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	Nick Jr.
Original release	3 September 2007 –; 15 January 2008
Series chronology
	← Previous; Series 10 Next →; Series 12
	List of episodes

Last updated September 16, 2024

Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.^[1]^[2]

Production

Series 11 was the first in the Series to be filmed in high-definition television format. It was also the last series to be filmed entirely with models and to utilize the resin faces in the closeup shots, as well as human figurines; Series 12 utilized a mix of CGI and models prior to the switch to full CGI animation in series 13.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in series	UK title (top) Main title (middle) US title (bottom)	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	TV Order
263	1	"Thomas and the Storyteller"	Steve Asquith	Abi Grant	3 September 2007 (2007-09-03)	401a
Thomas has to take a famous storyteller around the Island of Sodor so she can write a story and get her to the opening of the new library on time, but on his way to different sites of Sodor, he figures that he needs to help his friends, James, Emily, and Percy. And that is what makes the storyteller to make a story; of Thomas and his friends on the Island of Sodor and their way of working together and helping each other.
264	2	"Emily's Rubbish" "Emily and the Garbage"	Steve Asquith	Wayne Jackman	3 September 2007 (2007-09-03)	401b
Emily is sent to work with a cheerful but smelly new tank engine called Whiff. When the other engines tease her, Emily decides to run away from Whiff, which doesn't prove to work well when a line of rubbish trucks is blocking the line for Spencer. Emily realizes her mistake, and gets Whiff to help, which proves that there is no reason to fear for someone like Whiff.
265	3	"Dream On"	Steve Asquith	Neil Richards	4 September 2007 (2007-09-04)	402a
Spencer once again boasts about being faster, shinier and stronger than Thomas. Thomas vows to prove him wrong, but all his efforts, from going fast to pulling heavy stone trucks, it only makes him look worse. However, his chance comes when Spencer is slow at starting up. Thomas takes the Duke and Duchess of Boxford to the Sodor Airport, and watches from a distance as Jeremy flies them away.
266	4	"Dirty Work"	Steve Asquith	Wayne Jackman	4 September 2007 (2007-09-04)	402b
James has the job of picking up the Mayor of Sodor for a festival, but Thomas, Percy and Emily have other jobs to do first, with rock loads and the troublesome trucks and James go to wash instead of helping them. But when he realises that none of them has made it to the festival, he decides to help them after all, and doesn't care if he gets dirty. But the Fat Controller reassures him that a dirty engine always proves to finish a lot of work to be very useful engine.
267	5	"Hector the Horrid!"	Steve Asquith	Simon Spencer	5 September 2007 (2007-09-05)	403a
A new truck (nicknamed Hector "the Horrid" by Bill and Ben) has arrived to help with the heavy workload, and is unwilling to co-operate, much to the Troublesome Trucks being delighted by his attitude. When Rosie is called to help, Hector scares her away by shouting "Keep away!" Thomas has had enough, and bumps Hector, making him fall over. It turns out that Hector is afraid of being loaded with coal, but Thomas proves him the end that coal isn't that much dangerous, and later couples him up to the back of James' train.
268	6	"Gordon and the Engineer" "Gordon and the Mechanic"	Steve Asquith	Paul Larson	5 September 2007 (2007-09-05)	403b
The points are broken one day and Gordon must collect an engineer urgently. Unfortunately, Gordon rushes and his passenger turns out not to be who was expected. So Gordon has an idea, and works together with Donald and Douglas to get the engineer to the points that's broken. By the end, the points are fixed, and the engines can now continue their work as usual.
269	7	"Thomas and the Spaceship"	Steve Asquith	Sharon Miller	6 September 2007 (2007-09-06)	404a
Percy sees strange lights in the sky, and Thomas tries to follow them to discover the source, instead of delivering the mail. In the end he asks Gordon for help, which proves successful. And it turns out that what Percy saw, was actually Jeremy the Jet Plane. Percy states at Tidmouth, that Jeremy is as much a happy site then a spaceship.
270	8	"Henry's Lucky Day"	Steve Asquith	Paul Larson	6 September 2007 (2007-09-06)	404b
Henry is the only engine not held up by snow, because of supposed 'lucky trucks', however the next day his luck runs out when his 'lucky trucks' are taken by Edward. When he finally finds them, he crashes into them, breaking them apart. But he gets more confidence, and continues his job, which was to deliver presents for the children at the Sodor Airport.
271	9	"Thomas and the Lighthouse"	Steve Asquith	Abi Grant	7 September 2007 (2007-09-07)	405a
Thomas wants to get to the harvest festival for the fireworks show, but first he has to deliver a new and very fragile light bulb to the lighthouse. However, after seeing his friends on their way to the festival, Thomas gets impatient and speeds up, but accidentally breaks the bulb when he comes across some tracks under repair. He collects a new bulb and goes very slowly, knowing he will miss the festival. After delivering the light bulb, Thomas sees the lighthouse, the lights from the ships at sea, and the reflections of the moon and the stars in the sea from the top of Gordon's Hill, and he thinks they are as wonderful as the fireworks.
272	10	"Thomas and the Big Bang"	Steve Asquith	Abi Grant	7 September 2007 (2007-09-07)	405b
Thomas likes to play jokes, and one day at the wharf, he gets the small narrow gauge engines to join him. So they trick one each other, and one by one every single narrow gauge engine is with Thomas (except for Peter Sam), who has an accident; and Mr. Percival arrives. He orders Thomas to sort out all his goods first. At the end, Mr. Percival asks where his trucks are, and Thomas puffs forwards with them, right behind him. Then Mr. Percival tells Thomas that; that was a good joke.
273	11	"Smoke and Mirrors"	Steve Asquith	Neil Richards	8 September 2007 (2007-09-08)	406a
A famous magician is coming to perform on Sodor and Thomas is so excited about his grand finale that he rushes his work and does things wrong because he did not listen.
274	12	"Thomas Sets Sail"	Steve Asquith	Sharon Miller	8 September 2007 (2007-09-08)	406b
The Mayor of Sodor is having a new sailboat launched, and Thomas is assigned to deliver it to the ceremony. However, he ignores Cranky's advice to wait for the engineer to lower the mast, and soon pays the price when the strong wind makes Thomas go too fast and he finds himself unable to stop. Realizing his mistake, Thomas returns to the docks to collect the engineer and have the mast lowered. Afterwards, Thomas delivers the boat safely, and the ceremony is a big success.
275	13	"Don't Be Silly, Billy"	Steve Asquith	Sharon Miller	9 September 2007 (2007-09-09)	407a
Thomas must help a new orange saddle tank engine called Billy deliver chickens, oil, and coal, but Billy doesn't want to listen and calls Thomas 'bossy.' Billy eventually breaks down when he also refuses to listen to a warning about taking on coal and water.
276	14	"Edward and the Mail"	Steve Asquith	Paul Larson	9 September 2007 (2007-09-09)	407b
While Percy is at the Works, Edward is asked to take the mail instead of him. Every other engine thinks Edward is a wise engine who knows everything. In reality, Edward doesn't even know how to deliver the mail. He doesn't ask anyone for help to not make himself look silly. He ends up delivering the wrong parcels to the wrong places. He then visits Percy at the works, who tells him the way he does it. Edward then delivers the right parcels and the people are happy. After this, even though he is vice; Edward feels a way bit wiser.
277	15	"Hide and Peep"	Steve Asquith	Simon Spencer	10 September 2007 (2007-09-10)	408a
While Thomas and Percy wait for an important cargo ship at the docks, Thomas suggests a game of Hide and Peep. Cranky wants to play but Thomas tells him that he would be no good at hiding. Thomas turns out to find Percy in any spot that Percy tries. Percy is later upset that Thomas is so good at finding him. When Thomas finds it hard to find Percy, he receives help from Cranky, who spots Percy being helped by Rocky to hide.
278	16	"Toby's Triumph"	Steve Asquith	Abi Grant	10 September 2007 (2007-09-10)	408b
Toby is given a special job – to take Allicia Botti the famous opera singer to a special concert. Toby worries about making a mistake and does by accident. Toby goes back to the wash down, gets cleaned and washed, and this time he takes Allicia Botti to her destination without messing up.
279	17	"Thomas and the Runaway Car"	Steve Asquith	Sharon Miller	11 September 2007 (2007-09-11)	409a
Thomas is chosen to deliver the Fat Controller's brand new car to the Sodor Show. When Gordon challenges him to a race, Thomas is so determined to win that he does not wait for the workmen to couple up the car's flatbed truck properly. He races to the top of Gordon's Hill only for the truck – and the car – to race down the other side without Thomas.
280	18	"Thomas in Trouble"	Steve Asquith	Wayne Jackman	11 September 2007 (2007-09-11)	409b
James must help bring a choir of children to a concert after Thomas breaks down on a siding.
281	19	"Thomas and the Stinky Cheese"	Steve Asquith	Paul Larson	12 September 2007 (2007-09-12)	410a
Thomas is indignant when Diesel, 'Arry and Bert call him a "stinky steamie". But his determination to prove them wrong gets him into trouble when he is asked to make a delivery of cheese to the docks.
282	20	"Percy and the Left Luggage" "Percy and the Baggage"	Steve Asquith	Abi Grant	12 September 2007 (2007-09-12)	410b
Percy has a busy day ahead – but leaves a very important job till it is almost too late. Percy must work hard to prevent certain disaster.
283	21	"Skarloey Storms Through"	Steve Asquith	Neil Richards	9 January 2008 (2008-01-09)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	411a
During a storm, the Farmer needs his sheep brought into his barn. Rheneas and Peter Sam set out into the rains to carry the sheep home safely, but Skarloey fears the loud thunder and lightning. He hides and watches until Rheneas and Peter Sam run out of coal. Being the last hope, Skarloey realises that he must conquer his fears for the sheep.
284	22	"Cool Truckings"	Steve Asquith	Paul Larson	10 January 2008 (2008-01-10)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	411b
Madge has to carry Duncan across the mountain when his line gets snowed over. Duncan teases her for being slow while carrying him, so she shows him how much fun she can be, by going faster and skidding down the snow. But at an icy part, Madge loses control, and hangs dangerously over the mountain's cliff!
285	23	"Wash Behind Your Buffers"	Steve Asquith	Paul Larson	11 January 2008 (2008-01-11)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	412a
Madge is put in charge of making sure the engines are spic and span for a road show. She makes sure Rheneas gets a good washdown, but she gets very dirty herself on her way to make sure Skarloey gets cleaned. Soon, Skarloey and Rheneas are sparkling, but Madge is covered in mud, and the road show will start soon.
286	24	"Duncan Does it All"	Steve Asquith	Wayne Jackman	13 January 2008 (2008-01-13)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	412b
Duncan is tired of delivering straw, and wants an exciting job. Luckily, Rusty doesn't want his job of taking passengers, so Duncan offers to do it. But he soon gets bored with that duty, and he takes on one of Skarloey's loads. But Duncan keeps taking on more jobs, and ends up getting none of them done, and his friends are to blame.
287	25	"Sir Handel in Charge"	Steve Asquith	Simon Spencer	14 January 2008 (2008-01-14)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	413a
Mr. Percival is running late and places Sir Handel in charge of a special. He has to find engines to carry the logs up to Thomas. But Sir Handel feels too self-important, and tries searching for the best engines, rather than picking the first engines he sees like the Thin Controller said. Soon, no work is done and Thomas' load is late.
288	26	"Ding-a-Ling"	Steve Asquith	Sharon Miller	15 January 2008 (2008-01-15)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	413b
The Thin Controller has ordered a new bike, but it has no bell. Freddie (learning from James that a bell is extremely important) wants to go off and find a new one to prove to James, Peter Sam and Mighty Mac that he is smart enough to know where to look. He finds several bells, but none of them are loud enough, and all together they tip the bike.

Characters

Introduced

Whiff
Billy
Hector
Madge

Recurring cast

Thomas
Edward
Henry
Gordon
James
Percy
Toby
Donald and Douglas
Emily
Bill and Ben
Arthur
Spencer
Molly
Rosie
Diesel
Mavis
'Arry and Bert
Salty
Skarloey
Rheneas
Sir Handel
Peter Sam
Duncan
Mighty Mac
Freddie
Rusty
Troublesome Trucks
Annie and Clarabel
The Chinese Dragon
Rocky
Bertie
Elizabeth
Cranky
The Fat Controller
Cyril the Fogman
Farmer McColl
Allicia Botti
The Duke of Boxford
Mr. Percival
Dowager Hatt (not named in US narration)
Harvey (does not speak)
Henrietta (does not speak)
Jeremy (does not speak)
Lady Hatt (does not speak)
The Refreshment Lady (does not speak)
Sodor Brass Band (do not speak)
The Duchess of Boxford (does not speak)
The Mayor of Sodor (does not speak)
Murdoch (not named; does not speak)
Neville (not named; does not speak)
Jem Cole (not named; does not speak)
Butch (cameo)
Stephen Hatt (cameo)
Bridget Hatt (cameo)
Farmer Trotter (cameo)
Lord Callan (cameo)

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 This episode was first released on the Engines & Escapades DVD on 22 October 2007.

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