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 Thomas the tank clothing t-shirts333-125 Sodor engine T shirt Choose from size 3T, 4, 5/6 or 7 12.99 |
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Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional engine. He is blue, and has an 0-6-0 wheel arrangement based on a LBSCR E2 Steam Engine. He lives on the fictional Island of Sodor, and is locomotive number 1 on the Sodor Railways. He is the star of his own television series . The blue engine first appeared in the 1940s, when stories about him were published in The Railway Series by Reverend W.V. Awdry. Now he is the most well known fictional locomotive in the world.
Television series trivia
Since 1984, the show has been filmed at West London's Shepperton Studios. The layouts are expansive and fit in a hangar-sized room. The train miniatures are set on remote control and filmed using a 35mm camera, in order to get quality shots from such small objects. [1]
From Season 5 onwards stories
were written especially for television. First by the then producers of
the show Britt Allcroft and David Mitton (series 5), and then by a much
larger team of hired writers (series 6 onwards).
Throughout series 6 and 7, David Mitton continued to provide storylines
and wrote his final script during the show's sixth run, "Edward the
Very Useful Engine".
The narrator provides the story and the character voices.
Season 7 was the last season
to use 35mm film and the original Thomas the Tank Engine theme tune.
Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell composed the show's original theme
song and music from the years 1984 to 2003. In 2004, Robert Hartshorne
took their place as composer, while Ed Welch wrote the new theme tune
and the songs.
David Mitton directed until he retired in 2003. Steve Asquith replaced
him from 2004.
In the Portuguese, Polish and Swedish versions, the narrator is a woman.
Thomas the Tank Engine was in The Guinness Book of World Records 2004
as the world's largest model railway.
Season 9 is the first and only season (to date) where Thomas appeared
in all 26 episodes.
Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Henrietta, Bertie,
Annie, Clarabel, The Fat Controller and The Troublesome Trucks are the
only characters to appear in every season of the show.
The Season 8 change from 35mm film (used in movies) to digital film is
somewhat obvious.
Three real engines have been featured on the show - Stepney has made a
number of appearances (Stepney is also a real engine from the Bluebell
Railway), and City of Truro and Flying Scotsman played minor roles in
two Season 3 episodes.
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