Thread:DavidBrennan99/@comment-1.143.152.2-20200503115541

I've watched A New Arrival and World of Tomorrow and I've been thinking about what if Thomas and the Jet Engine was done in the Mattel/BWBA Era part of Marvellous Machinery?

Thomas the Jet Engine, retitled Thomas and the Jet Engine in American releases, is the twenty-second episode of the sixth series.

Plot
Gordon is boasting about how fast he can go when Thomas has given the job of delivering a jet engine to Dryaw. He now wishes he could go faster than Gordon, Flying Scotsman, Spencer and Kenji.

Thomas is very excited when he arrives at the Docks and is soon ready to leave, but Cranky is taking his time. Thomas tells him to hurry up and Carly gets cross because she does not like to be told what to do by an engine. Suddenly, Carly carelessly turns the jet engine on with his hook. The jet engine is soon rocketing Thomas along the track. Thomas' driver tries to apply the brakes, but Thomas cannot stop. Signals are changed and points are switched for the runaway Thomas, who is very excited and soon flies by James, Henry, Stephen, Glynn, Rebecca and Percy, who are all very amazed. When Bertie sees Thomas, he asks him if he would like to have a race, but when Thomas whooshes past him, Bertie quickly reconsiders. Gordon, who is pulling the Express, does not know Thomas is racing on the main line. Soon Thomas whooshes past Gordon, who is very surprised.At last, the jet engine runs out of fuel and Thomas is back to his normal speed. Still on his way to the jet engine's destination, he steams gently into Knapford and teases Gordon by saying that he is the fastest engine. Henry and James agree, but Percy feels sorry for Gordon and tells the engines that he does not have to go as fast as a jet engine even though James says that Gordon is full of hot air and Gordon fumes away.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Flying Scotsman
 * Emily
 * Spencer
 * Rosie
 * Stephen
 * Connor
 * Porter
 * Glynn
 * Rebecca
 * Salty
 * Kenji
 * Toad
 * Bradford
 * Bertie
 * ​​​​​​Cranky
 * Carly
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Sir Robert Norramby
 * Ruth
 * Baz and Bernie
 * Professor Freidrich
 * Sonny (does not speak)
 * The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (do not speak)
 * Donald and Douglas (cameo)
 * Caitlin (cameo)
 * Samson (cameo)​​​​​​​
 * Nia (cameo)​​​​​​​
 * Dennis (cameo)
 * Philip (cameo)
 * Sir Handel (cameo)
 * Luke (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Troublesome Trucks (cameo)
 * Trevor (cameo)
 * Big Mickey (cameo)
 * Lady Hatt (cameo)
 * Stephen Hatt (cameo)
 * Bridget Hatt (cameo)
 * Mrs. Kyndley (cameo)
 * Jem Cole (cameo)
 * The Vicar of Wellsworth (cameo)
 * The Thin Clergyman (cameo)
 * The Fat Clergyman (cameo)
 * Dowager Hatt (cameo)
 * Cyril the Fogman (cameo)
 * Farmer Trotter (cameo)
 * Mr. Percival (cameo)
 * The Knapford Stationmaster (cameo)
 * The Bird Watcher (cameo)
 * Two Schoolchildren (cameo)
 * The Ginger-haired Boy (cameo)
 * The Lady in the Pink Shirt (cameo)
 * Albert's Wife (cameo)
 * One of Dowager Hatt's Friends (cameo)
 * The Welsh Bird Watcher (cameo)
 * Axel (stock footage cameo)
 * Etienne (stock footage cameo)
 * Allicia Botti (mentioned in poster)
 * Toby (mentioned)
 * Mallard (mentioned)
 * King Godred (mentioned)​​​​​​​
 * The Crown Thieves (mentioned)

Locations

 * Crosby Tunnel
 * Knapford
 * Brendam Docks
 * Sodor Shipping Company
 * Brendam Warehouse
 * Maron
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Kirk Ronan Junction
 * Henry's Tunnel
 * Crovan's Gate
 * Skarloey Engine Sheds
 * Vicarstown
 * Ulfstead Castle (mentioned)​​​​​​​

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Henry, Gordon, Salty and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Bradford, Bernie and Professor Freidrich
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Rufus Jones as Flying Scotsman
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily
 * Matt Wilkinson as Spencer and Cranky
 * Bob Golding as Stephen and Baz
 * Jonathan Forbes as Connor
 * Steven Kynman as Porter
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca
 * Matt McCooey as Kenji
 * Joe Mills as Toad
 * Lucy Montgomery as Carly
 * Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby
 * Dominique Moore as Ruth

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * Kerry Shale as Henry and Gordon
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Bradford, Bernie and Professor Freidrich
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Rufus Jones as Flying Scotsman
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Glenn Wrage as Spencer and Cranky
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Bob Golding as Stephen and Baz
 * Jonathan Forbes as Connor
 * David Menkin as Porter
 * Keith Wickham as Glynn, Salty and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca
 * Matt McCooey as Kenji
 * Joe Mills as Toad
 * Lucy Montgomery as Carly
 * Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby
 * Dominique Moore as Ruth

Trivia

 * Inspiration for this episode could have come from the rocket-powered rail-sleds used by the United States Air Force.
 * This is the third episode to have a rendition of the William Tell Overture (Finale), the first being Busy Going Backwards and the second being Thomas the Jet Engine.
 * In the episode itself, Thomas is smiling when he races past Suddery, but in a promotional photo, he looks shocked.
 * The shot of the Jet Engine being lowered on to the tracks appears to be a reverse shot of it going up.
 * Some shots of Thomas with the Jet Engine are sped up.
 * Toad is pulled by Douglas rather than Oliver in this episode.
 * Three posters at Knapford read "Allicia Botti in Concert Tonight at the Castle."
 * The events of this episode were mentioned by Thomas in the eighteenth series episode Emily Saves the World.
 * References to The Great Race, A New Arrival, World of Tomorrow, the sixth series episode, Thomas the Jet Engine. and the twenty-third series episode, Heart of Gold were made by Thomas, Gordon, Flying Scotsman and Sir Robert Norramby. Stock footage from The Great Race is also used.
 * In a picture of Thomas passing Henry on Gordon's Hill, the former is on the left track instead of the middle.
 * Dowager Hatt, Sir Topham Hatt's mother, makes a cameo in the crowd of passengers watching Thomas speed by Lower Tidmouth.

Goofs

 * In Thomas' first close-up at Knapford, the track he is on simply ends behind him.
 * The Fat Controller tells Thomas to take the jet engine to the airfield, but at the end of the episode, he takes it back to Knapford.
 * When Gordon is talking at Knapford, some wires are visible in Percy's cab window.
 * When Carly knocks the switch, the chain holding the jet engine disappears.
 * The jet engine's switch is already on before Cranky hits it with his hook, so the engine would have been turned off.
 * When the jet engine starts, there are some barrels and crates beside it, but after Carly says "Uh-oh," they have moved.
 * When Thomas rushes through Lower Tidmouth, the people are huddled close together, but in the next shot, some have disappeared and the rest are spaced further apart.
 * In the shot of the girder bridge, the left-most track leads to the background shrubbery. This can be noticeable before Thomas overtakes Gordon.
 * Just after Bertie says "Want a race, Thomas?" the lines where Thomas came from lead to the bushes; when Thomas runs alongside Gordon, the tracks up ahead also lead to the bushes.
 * When Thomas passes Gordon, the Jet Engine does not appear to be switched on since no fumes are coming out of the back.
 * The jet engine is hollow, but in the close-up of it running out of fuel, the red tank is visible through the nozzle.
 * In the last close-up of Percy, his left buffer has excess rubber on the bottom and a girl in pink looks like she is boarding Percy's train of trucks.
 * Just before Thomas overtakes Gordon, in the wide shot of Thomas before the point of view shot, Gordon's brake coach is seen at the edge of the screen showing that the train isn't moving.
 * When James gets covered in the dust, his leading bogey disappears. 