Christmas Delivery is the eighteenth episode of Season 3, and the thirty-sixth episode overall.
Plot
Oliver meets a woman called Susan, whose husband, Richard, hasn't come home for Christmas from sea. That evening, while waiting for the mail train to depart, Oliver notices the ship Susan mentioned Richard was on, and he was found in a Brendam pub. Oliver offered to take him to Susan in his brake van. On the way, Oliver encounters James stuck in a snow drift, and they set him free using salt.
Oliver makes the special delivery to Susan, and arrives back at the sheds, albeit a bit late, much to Duck's disappointment. The Fat Controller makes his announcement to the engines about the events of the previous year. He tells them he is retiring and that his son, Sir Stephen Topham Hatt, will be the new controller. The party begins and all the engines feel that it truly is a happy Christmas.
Characters
- Thomas
- James
- Percy
- Duck
- Douglas
- Oliver
- Sir Charles Topham Hatt
- Edward (does not speak)
- Henry (does not speak)
- Gordon (does not speak)
- Toby (does not speak)
- Donald (does not speak)
- Alice (does not speak)
- Diesel (does not speak)
- Daisy (does not speak)
- BoCo (does not speak)
- Duke (does not speak)
- Rusty (does not speak)
- Bill and Ben (cameo)
- Harold (cameo)
- Bertie (cameo)
- Stepney (stock footage, cameo)
- Sir Stephen Topham Hatt (mentioned)
- Emma Chesterton (mentioned)
Trivia
- Stock footage is used from both Search Engines and Bluebells & Batsmen.
- This is the first episode to air in May since Little Engines.
- References include Search Engines, Storm Report and Rescue Mission.
Goofs
- James' sad face is tilted in at least two scenes.
- The Fat Controller states the storm struck in the spring, but in Bluebells and Batsmen, Stepney says the storm is occurring in summer.
Voice Cast
- WildNorWester as Richard, Thomas, Douglas, Percy, Duck, James, Oliver and Sir Charles Topham Hatt
- ANB as Susan
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