The Monster Beneath The Workshop

**The Monster Beneath The Workshop** is the fifth episode of the fourth season.

## Plot

It is a dreary morning, and fog covered the railway lines making visibility difficult, thus morning trains were cancelled. Gordon and James were upset at this, however Stanley and Thomas teased them about them following signals and trees respectively. Gordon and James hate to be reminded of these, so they counter them back, only to led into them arguing with them. Sir Topham Hatt silences all of them, and requires them not to go on the Main Line alone and to stay at the sheds until the fog clears. Stanley and Thomas were worried about this, and ask whats out there. Gordon and James devised a plan of their trick: *They know that "demons" roam around when the fog appears looking for vulnerable engines, drags them to a workshop, to where a "monster" living in an underground railway that tears engines apart. Once they enter, they'll never come back.* The only way to get rid of the "demons", is to wait for the fog to lift. Before the big engines put their final phase of their plan, Thomas moves slowly forward, panicking for help. He slanked away into the fog and disappears. Stanley cries and the big engines were speechless. Next, they hear a scream from within the workshop. Stanley thinks that the "demons" and the "monster" caught Thomas (This was not part of the big engines' plan). Suddenly, a bright light came towards them, they begin to scream, only to find out it was Thomas! Once Thomas came into view and pauses, he and Stanley started laughing. It turns out that Thomas and Stanley also played a trick on the big engines as they were always one step ahead. Gordon smiles at this clever counter to their trick. Gordon asks to James, who was still scared, that their trick wasn't that scary, James stutterly disagrees. Thomas and Stanley both realize that the big engines were too big to admit they were scared.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Gordon
* James
* Stanley
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Edward *(mentioned)*
* Percy *(mentioned; role replaced with Stanley)*
* Henry *(role replaced with James)*

## Locations

The entirety of the episode takes place at Vicarstown Sheds and Workshop.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode since the original version of The Chuff-In Theatre in which Stanley appears, as well as his first speaking role in the series.
	+ It is also so far the only speaking role Stanley has in the entire series.
* Stock Footage from the original series' episode, James and the Trouble with Trees is used for the flashback mentioned from Thomas.
	+ It is also the second time stock footage is used from the original series, the other being the original version of The Chuff-In Theatre. Coincidentally, they both feature Stanley in the episodes.
* The story is based off *Beneath The Workshop* written by Richard Jordan, and very loosely based off *The Monster Underneath The Shed*.
	+ James and Stanley replace the roles of Percy and Henry respectively. Because of this, some of the rewriting from the original is misunderstood.
* References to the original series' episodes Gordon Takes A Shortcut, James and the Trouble with Trees, and Percy's Ghostly Trick are mentioned.