Emily and the Thin Clergyman

**Emily and the Thin Clergyman** is the twenty-fifth episode of the first season.

## Plot

One morning in Tidmouth Sheds, the engines were talking about their adventures the Railway Series stories written by a The Thin Clergyman. Emily was eavesdropping the whole conversation and wishes that she could be in the Railway Series too as the reverend didn't write a book dedicated to her. Just then, the Fat Controller arrived at the sheds to announce that the Awdry family was coming to Island of Sodor later in the afternoon and have requested to have a welcome party at Knapford much to the engines' delight, except for Emily. The Fat Controller also tells the engines that Spencer was to bring the family by tea time, and tells Emily to take some mountain climbers to the Culdee Fell mountains after when Thomas tries to cheer her up. Emily pulled into Knapford to collect the mountain climbers, and was still thinking about how she was left out in the Railway Series. As she arrived in Kirk Machan, she told the Culdee Fell engines about what it was like to be in the Railway Series. Culdee was about to comment until Lord Harry interrupts by moaning about they only ever got one book as that the reverend and his son didn't have time to write more stories about the mountain engines because they were too interested in the North Western Railway and Skarloey Railway engines. Culdee, Godred, and Catherine tell Lord Harry that one book was better than no book, as Emily left the station to not listen to Lord Harry's grumbling.

Emily's next job was to take trucks from the clay pits to take down to Brendam Docks. On the way, she had an idea of how to get into the Railway Series by preventing something that'll make front page news for a really big event. But as Emily arrived at the clay pits, she overheard Bill and Ben talking about how BoCo first came to the railway and took their trucks figuring out a way to pay him back by reading the Railway Series book they debuted in. Timothy asks Emily what's the matter, and Marion reminds Emily that she wasn't the only engine who didn't make it to the Railway Series and that a lot of other engines didn't even appear at all. This made Emily very cross, and with that, she spoke to the Troublesome Trucks about her plan by pulling her back when starting off. Emily also tells the trucks that if she gives out her signal, they'd stop which meant that she'd be the first engine to stop the troublesome trucks from crashing. She also reminds them that she was the first ever female steam engine to arrive on Sodor. As they start to act, Emily pretends to panic as the trucks pushed her on. They sped pass Cranky at the docks who tells her to come back with her clay load. Emily didn't hear Cranky as she sped along the branch line passing BoCo at Wellsworth much to his surprise.

Further down the line, a brake van broke loose from Edward's goods train and was stuck at the bottom of Gordon's Hill. Emily didn't see her red signal as she couldn't stop in time. She applies her brakes, and her crew jumped clear just in time as she crashed with her trucks spilling clay onto the track. Emily saw Spencer going down the hill from the opposite direction and whistles to stop him from preventing a bigger accident. Spencer stops just in time, and saw that Emily was derailed. Emily explains to Spencer the whole scenario, as Spencer protests that she did this just so she get into the Railway Series. But then he thought about helping her out, and then he realised that he could be in the Railway Series too. The Thin Clergyman opens the carriage window and exclaims to Spencer that he was gonna be late until the big silver streamlined engine tells the reverend that he'll take him and his family straight to Knapford and afterwards, he'd help put Emily back on the rails. By the time Spencer arrived at Knapford, the welcome party had begun. Thomas and Percy realise that Emily was missing and that they couldn't start the party without her. So Spencer went to fetch Rocky to rescue Emily while the party was commencing. Once Emily was re-railed, Spencer shunted her back to Knapford just as the party was almost over. The Fat Controller and the reverend tell Emily about how her accidnet was dangerous and that they weren't gonna punish her. So instead, they gave her a library book much to her delight. The reverend told Emily to think about all of her past adventures she had that would be put in the book. Spencer asks Emily if she isn't getting a Railway Series book, and then Emily told him that it didn't matter now that she gets her own library book and that a new library was opening soon.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Bill and Ben
* Emily
* Spencer
* Timothy
* BoCo
* Philip
* Marion
* Godred
* Wilfred
* Culdee
* Lord Harry
* Eric
* Troublesome Trucks
* Rocky
* Catherine
* Cranky
* Sir Topham Hatt
* The Thin Clergyman
* Toby (*cameo*)
* Derek (*cameo*)
* Ernest (*cameo*)
* Shane Dooiney (*cameo*)
* Alaric (*cameo*)
* Annie and Clarabel (*cameo*)
* Henrietta (*cameo*)
* Terence (*cameo*)

## Locations

* Tidmouth Sheds
* Knapford
* Kirk Machan
* Sodor China Clay Company
* Brendam Docks
* Wellsworth
* Gordon's Hill
* Henry's Tunnel (*mentioned*)
* Knapford Yards (*mentioned*)
* The Mainland (*mentioned*)

## Cast

* Andrew Hager as Spencer, Godred, Culdee and Eric
* Andrew Leago as a Troublesome Truck
* AngelsandArachnids as Marion and Catherine
* Bikliqi Studios as Thomas
* Crane Engine Studios as Percy
* DockTankDylan as Edward
* Dueling Express as BoCo and a Troublesome Truck
* Electro Gamer as James
* Elliot Killick-Ward as Henry
* HeartCloud Productions as Emily
* Holden Stafford as Cranky
* Joseph's Railway Studios as Timothy
* Oliver gwr 1995 Thomas the tank engine fan as Lord Harry
* Plunderbird as Wilfred
* SteamTeam3211 as Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt
* The expert 07 as Philip
* TidmouthHarbour52 as Bill and Ben
* Tineke Tilstra as a Troublesome Truck
* Tom Allmark as the Thin Clergyman

## Trivia

* This episode was released to accommodate the 76th anniversary of the Railway Series which began on May 12th, 1945.
* Going by production order, this episode was originally meant to be the twenty-fourfth episode of the first season, but swapped release dates with Neil Remembers since everyone's lines were recorded for the previous episode before this one was released.
* This episode has similarities to *Emily and the Railway Series* that was originally written by YouTuber, Cactus190706.
* This is the only episode so far in the series to have a copyright dispute reviewed by SME for using the Season 8 theme tune for the show's intro and credits. Having the dispute reviewed again, then this would've been the first episode to be taken down resulting the series' channel to get a copyright strike.
* This is the last episode to feature Dueling Express as BoCo and a Troublesome Truck, Electro Gamer as James and The expert 07 as Philip as well as the last episode to feature the latter two actors in the cast of the series altogether. Starting with Railway Clone Invasion, the roles were given to Daniel Alsop and Oliver gwr 1995 Thomas the tank engine fan (who voices Lord Harry in this episode) respectively, Shane Hayes SirHandel16 as BoCo and Champ2Stay as a Troublesome Truck beginning with Season 2.
* When the engines were chattering about their past adventures in the Railway Series, the following references were mentioned:
	+ Henry mentions the events of the Sad Story of Henry and Henry and the Elephant which were featured in the books The Three Railway Engines and Troublesome Engines.
	+ Percy mentions the events of Percy's Promise which was originated from the book Percy the Small Engine.
	+ Bill mentions the events of Main Line Engines when he tells Ben to get his driver to read him the aforementioned book after Ben asks how to pay BoCo back for stealing their trucks.
* Emily's story library book was used in the end of this episode as a nod to how Emily got a library book rather than having her own Railway Series book.

## Watch Episode

Emily and the Thin Clergyman (Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures; Season 1; Episode 25)