Bear to the Rescue

**Bear to the Rescue** is a story in the SeventyVerse and the first episode in *Series 5 Redux*. It is based on the episode *Rusty to the Rescue*.

## Plot

The trip to London has been a massive success, but some children had asked why there was a Steamworks but not a Dieselworks. Sir Topham Hatt decided to remedy that. He tells the engines at Tidmouth - Henry, Gordon, James, Diesel and Bear - that there was one to be built at Vicarstown. Diesel was pleased to hear it, and Bear was assigned to help with construction along with BoCo, and Donald and Douglas on occasion.

At the construction site, Bear meets the Pack for the first time, and it turns out they have recent additions, Max and Monty. BoCo thinks they make Bill and Ben seem like angels. Bear also thinks Buster should meet the Skarloey Railway to give a more positive opinion on steamrollers as George was a troublemaker. The hymek and BoCo then tell the pack about Bowler, who was such a big troublemaker he was sent away. The pack all laugh, but Bear is left thinking about how the railway is one engine short because of Bowler's failed trials.

Some days later, Bear and BoCo were talking about the possibility of another engine - a steam engine preferably - when Douglas rolled up. He expresses worry over the fact only diesels go to the mainland. Bear, determined, decides he'll go there to investigate. If Douglas and Oliver escaped, who's to say other steam engines won't be trying? Douglas and Bear arrange for the latter to take the Midnight Goods with Sir Topham Hatt, who agrees.

Bear slowly makes his way through the night, silently grateful that BoCo did not end up like most of his siblings. He's even more shocked to come across twisted remains of engines, and when he came across a line of diesels standing guard. He puts on a brave face and says he's a shed and sidings inspection diesel. No engines are in the shed, but there's one in the sidings.

The engine in the sidings is a 4-2-2 engine who was very rusted over, most of her parts such as her funnel, whistle and siderods were removed, and she lost her tender. Bear assures the engine that he is there to rescue her, and she tells him her name is Emily. After finding a non-sentient crane, Emily was loaded onto the flatbed. Bear towed Emily away, and his growls scared the diesels into submission. Emily was shunted into the steamworks, and she gratefully fell asleep.

The engines were called together by Bear in the morning to talk about Emily. They all fear about her condition and that she was left in a scrapyard for years. Sir Topham Hatt surprises the engines in the middle of the meeting, and says Bear did well in rescuing Emily. Her restoration was beginning now, and the others would have to keep up the workload as best they could for now. They quickly get back to work.

Emily's restoration would take a very long time, but she did get to know the engines on their visits to the Steamworks. Her time in steam would come eventually.

## Characters

* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Duck
* Douglas
* Oliver
* Emily
* BoCo
* Diesel
* Daisy
* Bear
* Nelson
* Alfie
* Oliver
* Max and Monty
* Kelly
* Byron
* Ned
* Nigel
* Isobella
* Patrick
* Buster
* Sir Bertram Topham Hatt
* Tempest (not named)
* Goyle (not named)
* Simone (not named)
* Thomas (does not speak)
* Edward (does not speak)
* Donald (does not speak)
* Julie (does not speak)
* Johnson (does not speak)
* Lauren (does not speak)
* Katie (does not speak)
* Nicole (does not speak)
* Rusty (mentioned)
* Flying Scotsman (mentioned)
* Stepney (mentioned)
* Mr. Packard (mentioned)
* Miss Jenny (mentioned)

## Voice Cast

### Official

* Keith Wickham as Henry, Gordon and Sir Bertram Topham Hatt
* Rob Rackstraw as James, Toby, Monty and Byron\*
* Nigel Pilkington as Percy
* Steven Kynman as Duck
* Joe Mills as Douglas and Oliver
* Teresa Gallagher as Emily
* Kerry Shale as Diesel and Max
* Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
* Tom Stourton as Alfie
* Tim Whitnall as Oliver
* Ardal O' Hanlon as Patrick\*

Note: Byron's voice is Big Mickey's voice from S21, and Ardal O' Hanlon almost became Patrick's voice actor in the CGI series.

### Fan chosen

* Kevin Frank as BoCo
* Bill Barretta as Bear
* Suzy Myers as Tempest
* Jack Black as Goyle
* Caren Manuel as Simone
* Rob Rackstraw as Nelson
* Steven Kynman as Kelly and Ned
* Alex Lowe as Nigel
* Grey Griffin as Isobella
* Vincent Tong as Buster

## Differences between the episode and the SeventyVerse

* Rusty and Stepney's roles are replaced by Bear and Emily.
	+ It would be impractical and impossible for Rusty to go to Barrow-in-Furness. Stepney is also a visitor from the Bluebell Railway.
	+ Emily wasn't introduced until series seven, while Bear didn't even appear in the TV show.
* A Dieselworks is being built, something which wasn't established to exist this early on in the series. Bear, BoCo, Donald and Douglas are assigned to help with construction.
* The Pack are shown much earlier on (barring Jack) and it's mentioned that Max and Monty are it's newest members. Nigel is also part of the pack. They are helping to build the Dieselworks.
* Mr. Packard is still in charge of the Pack, but runs it along with his daughter Jenny.
* The reason another engine is needed is because Bowler failed his trials and they need a new mainline engine.
* Percy isn't present when Douglas talks about diesels going to the 'other railway'.
* Bear takes Emily on a flatbed, while Stepney went under their own steam back to Sodor.
* Instead of being unknown diesels, the diesels were named Tempest, Simone and Goyle, three diesels from *Stepney the Bluebell Engine* and *Enterprising Engines*.
* Instead of Stepney being welcomed, Bear informs the others about Emily's condition, and Sir Topham Hatt informs them that Emily is being restored.
* Emily meets the engines at the Steamworks when they're in for maintenance and repairs, a few at a time.
* *Rusty to the Rescue* was part of season four, while *Bear to the Rescue* is the first story of the series 5 redux. This replaces *A Surprise for Percy*, which is mashed up with *Put Upon Percy* to form *Trouble at the Coal Mines* further along in the redux.

## Trivia

* This story was written to give Bear more screentime and to give Emily more of a backstory to being on Sodor.
	+ Her restoration taking a long time is a nod to the fact she debuted in series 7, not series 5.