Assistance Required

**Assistance Required** is the fourth episode of the *first season* of Stories from the Smelting Shed.

## Synopsis:

Thomas and Percy experience strange activity whilst at Ffarqhuar Station but what do these strange incidents have to do with the death of a Policeman from the 1920's?

## Plot:

### Intro:

The Fogman greets the Viewer and talks about the hardships undergone by Police Officers before inviting the Viewer to be seated and listen to the tale.

### Story:

The Fogman talks about the Sodor Island Constabulary, the Governmental body solely responsible for maintaining law and order on the Island, where we are informed the Constabulary employs Non Faceless Vehicles such as Inspector Joey. We cut to Tidmouth where Thomas and Percy are having a discussion; Thomas reckoning that he should become a Police Engine like Joey whereas Percy disagrees. Thomas is about to lay into Percy when they are suddenly interrupted by the sound of a Police whistle but no one is able to see an Officer in distress. Constable Stamp, the Tidmouth Policeman, arrives on his bicycle and explains to the two engines that he did not blow the whistle and, instead, assumed a fellow Officer was in need of assistance. After his enquires go unanswered, he returns to Tidmouth Police House and logs the incident as "Ongoing Enquires".

The next day, Daisy arrives at Tidmouth and is bidding her Passengers farewell when the Station seemingly comes under fire! They all shelter until the Police arrive who immediately search the area but find no sign of a Shooter and this, naturally, frustrates Joey, as they were literally on scene within minutes of hearing the shots.

The Police investigate but the trail goes cold until Bertie has a chance encounter with an odd looking Constable; he informs Joey who, after hearing Bertie's description immediately rushes back to Police HQ to do some research. Later, he slips into Tidmouth Yards where he encounters the Constable and talks to him. Joey shortly explains to Thomas, who happened to overhear their conversation, that the "Constable" is the ghost of a Sudrian Police Officer who was murdered in the line of duty. Thomas is pleased to hear that the Murderer was eventually arrested and hung and hopes the Constable can move on, to which Joey agrees.

Live around Tidmouth returns to normal, with the exception of Thomas being a lot kinder to the Overzealous Constable from Ffarqhuar.

## Outro:

The Fogman suggests to the Viewer that, the next time they (The Viewer) see a Police Officer out in Public, they should approach the Officer and thank them (the Officer) for keeping them (Viewer) safe . The clock then strikes the hour and the Fogman bids the Viewer farewell and vanishes into the night.

## Cast:

* The Fogman: Flashstudiosguy
* Inspector Joey: AgentLoLOfficial
* Thomas:RailFan\_1\_
* Percy: Jonathan Asiamah-Achempong
* Constable Stamp: Edward Thompson the A2/3
* Constable Carver: Mandedhawk
* Constable Quinnan: Carl\_Matthews\_8
* Constable Hollis: DamsonLodge Productions
* Bertie: ElsbridgeBlitz
* Daisy: Dana-Kenzie

## Trivia:

* Constables Stamp, Carver, Hollis and Quinnan are references to the characters of the same names and rank from the popular British Police Show 'The Bill' whilst Constable Dixon is a reference to the iconic fictional British Policeman 'Dixon of Dock Green'
* This is the first episode to feature the Fogman in his new attire.