Charles Hatt

**CHARLES TOPHAM HATT** is the current controller of the NWR and the second son of the previous controller, Sir Topham Archibald Hatt. He is the brother to Richard Edward Hatt and Stephanie Timothy Hatt. He was born on July 7th of 2000.

## Biography

He was born to Topham Archibald Hatt and Jane Simon Graham Hatt in 2000. He met Daniel Anderson at the age of seven when he came to visit the railway and in 2018 he became acquainted with Peregrine Percival, who was 37 at the time. With Charles being 18, Topham became concerned. He wasn't concerned for much longer though, when Peregrine was killed in April of 2020.

## Charles Hatt

### Relatives

Topham Hatt (father), Jane Hatt (mother), Richard Hatt (brother), Stephanie Hatt (sister)

## Physical description

### Gender

Male

After the funeral, which he attended, Charles consulted his father on who should become the new deputy, assisting him in picking Daniel Anderson. During a conversation with Jenny Packard, Den arrives at the docks. He asks his father if he's allowed to bring Den onto the railway, a question which is answered with a yes. During the Sodor Steamworks Siege, he was talking with his brother when the first victim was killed by Johan Straus. He rescued his father with the help of his grandfather, Topham Hatt III. After his father was killed by P. T. Boomer, he helped hunt him down and kill him. He held his father's funeral where he announced Richard as his deputy and Daniel Anderson as the controller of the new Skarloey Railway, named after the number 1.

When Henrietta is damaged in a crash, he helps fix her up by getting some supplies from the Bigg City port during an epidemic in the city. He then gives Daniel advice on the engines on the SKR. He also assists Lawyers in the trial of Emily. He then falls head over heels for Daniel's daughter, Alice. He confides in the family butler, Gerald, before becoming aware of a break in at the Earl's estate. He promises Earl Robert Norramby of a swift recovery of the stolen property before Thomas does it for him. After Henry and Gordon have a mysterious crash with a high number of casualties, Charles summons Daniel Anderson to the scene of the disaster. He learns from Gordon that the guard videoed the entire crash. On the video, it shows an engine crashing the train and murdering some people inside. He learns that Gordon has remembered who the engine was and it turns out to be an engine called Alfred, who died trying to kill Henry and Gordon and that he's back haunting the rails. He then takes Daniel, Henry and Gordon down the mainline at midnight to look for Alfred. Upon finding him, they use a device given to them by one of Daniel's old friends to capture the spectre. While in a graveyard, standing over the grave of the dead guard, Charles and Alice share a kiss, beginning a lifelong romance.

A year and two months after Alfred's capture, Charles has to host a Christmas Gala and once the gala is over, he plans to propose to Alice. He is given some words of encouragement by Gerald from the proposal and some other words from Stephen and Stephanie Hatt about the gala. At the gala, he encounters, John Silverstone and his brother, Gregory. They propose to expand their dynamite company onto Sodor, as the Clay pits doesn't accomplish many sales and John has noticed this. He makes the deal and they begin to talk. Once the gala is over, Charles proposes to Alice, she says yes, and they kiss in the street.

## Appearances

* Episode 1: The Beginning
* Episode 3: Discoveries
* Episode 4: Siege
* Episode 10: Back on Topham
* S2 E1: Connection Through Separation
* S2 E2: One of a Kind
* S2 E3: Moving On Pt 1
* S2 E4: Moving On Pt 2 (cameo)
* S2 E5: Cat and Mouse
* S2 E6: The Great Train Robbery
* S2 E8: Faces From My Past
* S2 E9: Alfred
* S3 E1: Bells of Christmas