24x17 - Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop

[bunniefuu]

[whistle toots][children]

♪ James, Percy ♪♪ Nia and Gordon ♪♪ Rebecca and Emily ♪♪ And Thomas, number ♪[man]

♪ Let's go, go, go ♪♪ On a big-world adventure ♪♪ Let's go, go, go explore ♪♪ With Thomasand his friends ♪♪ Let's go, go, go ♪♪ And meetnew friendly faces ♪♪ The world'sjust a train ride away ♪[all]

♪ Big world,big, big adventures ♪♪ "Thomas & FriendsBig World! Big Adventures!" ♪[laughter][upbeat music]♪ ♪

- Whoo-hoo!

♪ ♪

Do you like building things?

When my friend Ruth,

the inventor, moved to Sodor,

I helped her build one of

the best inventions ever.

[whistle toots]

All aboard for a big adventure!

♪ ♪[Thomas]

Thomas and theInventor's Workshop.It was a sunny day on Sodor,and I was hurryingto Ulfstead Castle,where the earl hada special job for me.

[whistle toots]

- Hey, Thomas!

How are you doing?

- I'm good, thanks, Ruth.

Can't stop and chat,

though. Sorry.

The earl's got

an important job for me.

- [Earl]

Ho ho ho! Thomas.

Ruth

is

your important job.

I'd like you to show her

all around Sodor,

and help her find

a place to live.

- What do you say, Thomas?

- I'd love to help!

[whistle toots]

[upbeat music]

You know, Ruth, there are so

many brilliant places on Sodor,

I don't know how

you'll ever pick one.

- Ooh, Brendham.

Suddery!

Oh, what about--

- Norramby!

Norramby's lovely.

- They all sound great!

Where should we try first?

- Oh!

I know.

[foghorn blows,

whistle toots]

Welcome to Arlesburgh Harbor!

Lovely seaside location,

and a fully working dock.

Perfect for any shipments

of parts or tools

or other inventor-y things.

- And just take a breath

of that sea air!

- [seagulls crying]

- Best air on Sodor!

[foghorn blowing]

- It is lovely, but--

- [seagulls crying]

- It's a bit too noisy for me!

I'm looking for somewhere...

a little quieter?

- Quieter.

[gasps]

I know just the place!

[relaxing music]

[whistle toots]

Welcome to beautiful Harwick.

Quiet, peaceful--

- And marvelously chic.

You'll feel like you're

on holiday every day.

- Wow, it is lovely,

but it's a bit too

vacation-like for me.

I need somewhere I can work.

- Somewhere you can work?

Hmm.

Aha!

I've got it.

Ta-da!

Tidmouth's the place

to be for work.

[whistle toots]

Isn't that right, Percy?

- Oh, yes!

Tidmouth is terrific.

I've just delivered

the mail here myself.

- It's lovely.

- But?

- [children laughing]

- But it's a bit busy.

I'd like somewhere calmer.

- [dog barking]

- Oh, calmer.

Okay. Um...

- Where do you work, Thomas?

- I've got my very own

branch line!

- What's it like there?

- It's great!

- Great!

Let's go and look there,

then, shall we?

[upbeat music]- So, I took Ruthto show her places all alongmy branch line.♪ ♪

This gate always

gives me trouble!

Needs a little push, this one.

- Let me take a look.

Hmm.

We wouldn't have this problem

if it was a*t*matic.

[straining]

- Thanks, Ruth!

[whistle toots]

And the search continues!

♪ ♪

- [gasps]

Stop!

That's the place!

- Huh?

[puzzling music]

Really?

- Uh-huh.

- But its sails are all broken,

its roof's falling in,

and there's a tree

growing out of the wall!

- I know!

It's perfect.

- Perfect?

It's old and useless.

- Just you wait and see.

[upbeat music]

[wood straining]

Whoa!

I'm okay!

[screws squeaking]

[owl hooting]

♪ ♪

[tapping]

♪ ♪

[whistle toots]

- What do you think

she's up to?

- I don't really know.

- [gasps]

Maybe she's trying

to make the old barn fly!

- Let's find out!

Ruth, what's all this

going to be?

- You'll see very soon, Thomas.

You won't believe

what these sails can power!

- [gasps]

Sail power?

[steam whooshing]

[upbeat music]

[whistle blows]

- Thomas!

- [laughs]

[propellers whirring]

Whoo-hoo! Wow!

See ya, Gordon!

- Thomas!

- Wah-hoo!

[welder crackles]

Huh?

[dreamy musical flourish]

[mask squeaks]

- Ta-da!

- Cool!

Uh...

Does it fly?

- Fly? Ha ha!

No, Thomas.

It's an electromagnetic

generator.

It will convert energy from

the sails into electricity!

All we need now is a blast

of power to get it started,

like a bolt of lightning!

- But how are you going

to make that happen?

There's no storm in sight!

- Oh, you'll see.

[harp flourish][upbeat music]

So if you go fast enough,

then that metal

will connect with that cable

and make a spark

just like lightning,

which will power the generator,

but only if you go fast enough.

[laughs]

Got it?

- Got it!

[determined music]♪ ♪

Ready, Ruth!

- Go for it!

[whistle toots]

[train engine chugging]

Faster, Thomas, faster!

- [straining]

[pressure gauge squealing]

[straining]

♪ ♪

- [Ruth gasps]

It's working, Thomas!

You've powered the generator!

- You did it, Ruth!

- [laughs]

We did it, Thomas.

- The next day,I popped in to seehow Ruth was settlinginto her new home.

Oh, no.

The gate's stuck again.

Huh?

[upbeat music]

[whistle toots]

- Smooth drive through

the level crossing?

- That was you?

- Sure was!

My generator powers more

than just my workshop.

Your level crossing

is now fully a*t*matic,

thanks to the energy

all around us.

We can power almost anything!

- All thanks to you, Ruth,

Sodor's incredible,

imaginative inventor!

[cheerful music]♪ ♪

[whistle toots]

Have you ever thought

something was useless,

but then it turned out

to be very useful indeed?

[steam whooshing]

When I was in China,I thought I'd been givena useless old bit of woodto transport...but it turned out it wasa really important wheelthat delivered waterto the rice fields![calm music]When Ruth wanted to livein the old barnnext to the windmill,I thought that wasa silly idea!But, with a bit of workand creativity,she transformed the placeinto something really useful!

[steam whooshing]

I learned that some things

might look old, broken,

or useless to start with,

but they can be made into

something useful and amazing.

- [Annie] Come on, Thomas!

- It's time to go!

- See ya next time!

[whistle toots]

[upbeat music][man singing][upbeat music][man]

♪ Let's go, go, go ♪♪ On a big-world adventure ♪♪ The world'sjust a train ride away ♪[all]

♪ Big world,big, big adventures ♪♪ "Thomas & FriendsBig World! Big Adventures!" ♪[laughter][whistle toots]