Season 13

The **thirteenth season** of the television series
 aired in January and February 2010 in the UK and began airing in the US
 in September of 2010. From this season onwards, all footage was CGI-animated.

Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon narrated all twenty episodes, but, like Hero of the Rails, voice actors provided the voices for the characters. Mark Moraghan later re-narrated one episode specially for the Santa's Little Engine DVD in 2013.

## Songs

* Roll Along
* Thomas, You're the Leader (*CGI version; Stanley, The Pack, and the Skarloey Railway removed*)
* Sounds (*CGI version*)
* Determination (*CGI version*)
* Engine Roll Call (*CGI version*)

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Emily
* Spencer
* Rosie
* Hiro
* Diesel
* Mavis
* Victor
* Rocky
* Kevin
* Cranky
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Lady Hatt
* Dowager Hatt
* Stephen Hatt
* Bridget Hatt
* Farmer Trotter
* Farmer McColl
* Alicia Botti
* The Mayor of Sodor
* The Teacher
* The Maithwaite Stationmaster
* The Knapford Stationmaster
* Annie (*speaks only in Japanese dub*)
* Clarabel (*does not speak*)
* Henrietta (*does not speak*)
* Bertie (*does not speak*)
* The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (*do not speak*)
* The Dairy Manager (*does not speak*)
* The Ginger-haired Boy (*does not speak*)
* The Tree Specialists (*cameo*)
* The Little Engines in the Hills (*mentioned*)
* Mr. Percival (*not named; mentioned*)
* Billy (*role cut*)

### Characters introduced

* Charlie
* Sir Lowham Hatt
* Mr. Bubbles
* Bridget Hatt's friends
* The Schoolchildren
* The Bird Watcher
* The Dock Manager (*does not speak*)
* The Welsh Bird Watcher (*cameo*)
* The Mainland Engines (*mentioned*)
* The Mainland Controller (*mentioned*)

## Half hour format

When season 13 aired on PBS in the US and Nick Jr. in the UK, each broadcast airs two episodes, a song & a Down at the Station segments.

### Friends and Family

* Creaky Cranky
* Song: Go, Go Thomas
* Down at the Station: Steam Engines
* Double Trouble

### Slips and Trips!

* Tickled Pink
* Song: Go, Go Thomas
* Slippy Sodor

### Working Well

* Play Time
* Song: Sounds (*CGI version*)
* The Early Bird

### Marvelous Moments!

* Thomas and the Pigs
* Song: Sounds (*CGI version*)
* The Lion of Sodor

### Best Times

* Time for a Story
* Song: Thomas, You're the Leader (*CGI version*)
* Percy's Parcel

### Giving and Sharing

* Steamy Sodor
* Song: Thomas, You're the Leader (*CGI version*)
* The Biggest Present of All

### Wild Weather

* Splish, Splash, Splosh!
* Song: Determination (*CGI version*)
* Snow Tracks

### Good Deeds

* A Blooming Mess
* Song: Determination (*CGI Version*)
* Henry's Good Deeds

### Out and About

* Thomas and the Runaway Kite
* Song: Roll Along
* Buzzy Bees

### Helping Hands

* Toby's New Whistle
* Song: Roll Along
* Hiro Helps Out

## Cast

### UK and AUS

* Michael Angelis as the narrator
* Ben Small as Thomas and Toby
* Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, the Fat Controller, Dowager Hatt, Sir Lowham Hatt, the Mayor of Sodor, and Mr. Bubbles
* Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Rosie, Mavis, Lady Hatt, Bridget Hatt and her friends, and the teacher
* Togo Igawa as Hiro
* Matt Wilkinson

 as Spencer, Charlie, Victor, Rocky, Cranky, Kevin, Stephen Hatt, the
Knapford stationmaster, the Maithwaite stationmaster, Farmer Trotter,
the bird watcher, and Farmer McColl

* Jules de Jongh as Alicia Botti
* Kerry Shale as Diesel

### US and CAN

* Michael Brandon as the narrator, Diesel and Mr. Bubbles
* Mark Moraghan as the narrator (*Snow Tracks 2013 only*)
* Martin Sherman as Thomas, Percy and the bird watcher
* Kerry Shale as Sir Topham Hatt, Henry, Gordon, James, Kevin, Sir Lowham Hatt, Farmer Trotter and the Maithwaite Stationmaster
* William Hope as Edward, Toby, Rocky, Stephen Hatt, Farmer McColl, the Maithwaite Stationmaster (*Double Trouble only*) and the Knapford stationmaster
* Glenn Wrage as Spencer, Cranky and Charlie
* Jules de Jongh as Emily, Rosie, Mavis, Bridget Hatt and her friends, Alicia Botti, and the teacher
* Togo Igawa as Hiro
* David Bedella as Victor and the Mayor of Sodor
* Keith Wickham as Dowager Hatt

## Trivia

* This is the first season for numerous things:
	+ The first season to exclusively use CGI.
	+ The first season where all vehicles are rendered in full CGI, instead of models.
	+ The first season to use individual voice actors instead of solely a narrator.
	+ Bertie's first appearance in full CGI.
	+ Sharon Miller's first season as creative producer.
	+ Marion Edwards' first season as executive producer.
	+ Greg Tiernan's first season as director.
	+ Nicole Stinn's first season as producer.
	+ The first season in which Thomas appears and speaks in every episode.
	+ The first season to have all episodes be at an eight minutes and forty-five seconds time duration in the television series.
	+ The first and only season to date in which Salty does not appear since his introduction in the sixth season.
	+ The first and only season with Dave Peacock as voice director.
	+ The first and only season with Jo Jordan as creative executive.
	+ The first season in which the Sodor Island intro is not used at the start of individual UK broadcasts.
* This is the second season for a few things:
	+ The second season to date in which Harold does not appear since his introduction in the second season, the first being the eleventh season.
	+ The second season to date in which Bertie appears, but does not speak since his introduction in the first season, the first being the fourth season.
	+ The second season not to feature the Skarloey Railway since its introduction.
	+ The second season in which Thomas appears in every episode, the first being the ninth season.
* The episodes, "Splish, Splash, Splosh!" "Playtime," "Slippy

Sodor," and "Snow Tracks" were seen in select US theatres in November

* "Thomas and the Runaway Kite," "Buzzy Bees," "Toby's New

Whistle," and "The Biggest Present of All" were shown in select US
theatres in January 2010.

* "The Lion of Sodor," "Thomas and the Pigs," "Time for a

Story," and "Hiro Helps Out" were shown in select US theatres in October

* This season was going to air on broadcast in 2009, but it was pushed to 2010 after production of the season ended.
* This season did not air in Canada until 2016.
* Thomas' whistle now budges up and down every time he blows it.
* Despite being made in 2009, this season was not broadcast until 2010.
* Edward is the only Steam Team member not to get a starring role this season.
* Billy was originally going to be rendered in CGI, however he was replaced by Charlie in the final scripts