Thomas the Tank Engine Series 3

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The **3rd Season** of the Television Series 1st aired between 1991 and 1992 in the UK and the US. All 26 Episodes were narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK, and by George Carlin in the US, and New Zealand.

## Production

Before production of the 3rd Season, Clearwater Features closed down, with the Britt Allcroft Company becoming the sole producer. Producer Robert D. Cardona left before series 3, and Britt Allcroft took his place as co-producer alongside David Mitton. According to Robert Gauld-Galliers, "Gordon Goes Foreign" was originally planned to be filmed into an episode, but it wasn't because of high budgets.

The Series was a combination of episodes derived from the Railway Series, Magazines Stories (written by the Series' current head writer, Andrew Brenner), and a couple of original stories by Allcroft and Mitton. 1 of the Primary Reasons for diverging from the Original Books was that many of the Stories not yet used featured large numbers of new characters, which would be expensive to produce. Another was that the Producers wanted more stories about Thomas, the Nominal Main Character. The Reverend Wilbert Awdry disapproved of the New Stories citing they were unrealistic.

## Songs

* Thomas We Love You (*with footage from season 3 only*)

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Duck
* Donald and Douglas
* Bill and Ben
* Diesel
* BoCo
* Annie and Clarabel
* Troublesome Trucks
* Terence
* Bertie
* Trevor
* Harold
* Sir Topham Hatt
* The Vicar of Wellsworth
* Lady Hatt (*not named*)
* Stephen Hatt (*not named*)
* Mrs. Kyndley (*not named*)
* Jeremiah Jobling (*not named*)
* Jem Cole (*not named*)
* Henrietta (*does not speak*)
* Bridget Hatt (*cameo*)
* Percy's Ghost Engine (*mentioned*)
* British Railways Diesels (*mentioned*)
* The Mainland Diesels (*mentioned*)
* Father Christmas (*mentioned in the UK version*)
* Daisy (*mentioned in music video*)

### Characters Introduced

* Oliver
* Mavis
* Bulgy
* Farmer Trotter (*not named*)
* Flying Scotsman (*not named; tender, water tanker and cab only; does not speak*)
* Toad (*does not speak*)
* City of Truro (*does not speak*)
* Big Mickey (*faceless; cameo*)
* Bulgy's Friend (*mentioned*)

## Notes

* This is the 1st season of several things:
	+ The 1st season to have original material written by Britt Allcroft and David Mitton.
	+ Britt Allcroft's 1st season as producer.
	+ Michael Angelis' first season as the narrator in the UK.
	+ Angus Wright's 1st season as executive producer.
	+ The 1st season to feature TUGS models.
	+ The 1st season to use the EMU Proteus 2 Orchestral to create the Music. However, Some of the Music made with the Roland Jupiter 6 synthesizer for the 1st and 2nd Season was used.
* The biggest space of time between 2 seasons airing is between Season 2 and Season 3. Season 2 1st aired back in 1986, and Season 3 from 1991 to 1992.
* This is the only season that has George Carlin's Narration on VHS in New Zealand and US.
* Model maker John Holmes didn't receive credit for working on this season until 1991.
* This is the last season to be shown on ITV until 2003 when Season 6 was shown.
* At the End of all the Episodes, There is a message saying 'A Britt Allcroft Production in association with Fuji Television Network Inc.
* Stock Footage Theme Music From Season 1-2.

## Behind the Scenes

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