Season 1

## Cast

Episodes:* Past Tales
* The Mines
* Dirty Diesel
* Evidence Never Lies
* Shunters
* Crossing Disasters
* Broken Sheds and Mainland Visits
* Evil Arrival
* Chased Through Sodor

**Season 1** of Douglas The Black Engine Number 10's "DTBEN10's Thomas and Friends Series" consists of nine episodes, it premiered on February 13, 2018 and concluded on April 10, 2018.

## Plot

### "Past Tales"

One night at the sheds, Edward decides to tell the other engines a story about his friend, Bertram, who one day went into the mine, but never came out.

In the story, he describes that the two of them arrived on Sodor in 1965. He also describes how Bertram was painted black with gold stripes and his name printed on his side and how they were the best of friends. They shunted trucks, worked together, and did many other things together.

But one day, Bertram was asked to go into the mine. He liked the sound of that as he had never been there, so he set off. Bertram shunted the trucks at the mine and taught them very good lessons. In no time, most of the trucks were ready. But one truck in particular got on Bertram's nerves by calling him names, setting him off. He kept calling Bertram names until he hit him so hard, he rolled straight into the mine. After realizing what he'd done Bertram raced into the mine to collect the truck, but when he went inside, an explosion occurred, blowing up the track.

Edward comes as quick as he can and sees that the track had been blown up with Bertram inside. After it was repaired, he went inside to try and look for him, but he was unsuccessful. He was never found, but many people say that Bertram is still in the mine, trying to find his way out, while others say he's now a pile of scrap. Everyone says they like it, James says that for once, the story wasn't boring, and Percy makes a comment on how Bertram could keep Gordon's mouth from "running away with itself", much to the latter's annoyance. Edward leaves to go back to his shed, before the rest of the engines fall asleep.

### "The Mines"

It was a cold, early morning. Everyone was still asleep because it was so early, except Henry and Percy, who were talking at Maithwaite Station. Percy remembers when Edward told the others about Bertram, and asks Henry if he'd like to go into the mine with him to try and find Bertram. Henry becomes worried because of their jobs, but Percy says that the trip wouldn't be that long. So, Henry agrees and they set off.

When Percy and Henry arrive at the mine, Henry says that it looks dangerous, but Percy interjects, saying they should go in anyway. Henry reluctantly agrees and they enter the mine.

Meanwhile, Thomas, Gordon, and James are waiting at Knapford for their trains, but none of them come. The three of them get worried that they're going to get into trouble, and Gordon and James get angry at Percy not bringing the former's coaches and Henry not coming to collect his train. Then, Sir Topham Hatt arrives and tells the engines that they will have to fetch their own trains, and James will have to take Henry's train due to Henry and Percy's absences. He also states that when he finds the two green engines, they will be in serious trouble. The three get very annoyed at the amount of extra work they have to do.

Meanwhile, Percy and Henry are having a lot of fun in the mine. Percy says that it's very cool, and Henry imagines if they found Bertram, to which Percy says that would be awesome. However, a strange noise starts echoing through the mine. Henry becomes worried, asking Percy if he heard. Percy doesn't know what Henry's talking about, and then the noise happens again, so Henry asks again. Percy says it's an engine. This gets the two of them into a panic, with Henry worrying that it may be Bertram trying to scrap them. Percy says it can't be, but Henry only wants to get out. Percy agrees and the two hurry out.

When they are out of the mine, they run into Sir Topham Hatt. He was not pleased at the fact that all the trains were running late thanks to the two engines, how the other engines had to fetch their own trains, and how James had to take Henry's goods train in his absence. Sir Topham Hatt punishes the two engines by making them stay in the shed for the whole week. The two sat miserable in the shed, but by then it had been almost a week. But no one knows what they heard.

### "Dirty Diesel"

It was another calm and beautiful day on Sodor. All the engines are at Tidmouth Sheds waiting to meet a new engine. The engines wonder who the new engine is, until Sir Topham Hatt shows up. He tells the engines that it'll be a diesel, much to the engines' dismay. But just as he says that, the diesel arrives. Sir Topham Hatt introduces him as Diesel, who will help Percy in the yard, much to his annoyance. Sir Topham Hatt then leaves the sheds to go home and eat cake, but not before punishing James in the shed for insulting him for it, much to Gordon's delight. Diesel then calls the steam engines disgusting, angering the other engines. He then makes one final insult before rolling away to start work. The engines say he is disgusting and that he should be sent away and scrapped.

Later on, Diesel works in the yard with Percy, but is very rude to him. Douglas comes to collect a train, and Diesel tells him to take care of his train while calling him an ugly piece of metal. Douglas retorts, telling Diesel to shut his mouth before he does it for him. Diesel sarcastically tells Douglas he's "scared" of that, and Douglas tells him that he will be when he gets scrapped. Diesel tells him to watch his tongue, and then Donald puffs in to collect his own train. Donald asks Douglas what's wrong, and Douglas says it's Diesel. Donald yells at Diesel, telling him to leave his twin alone. Diesel does, but not before he says he'll regret what he said. Douglas says he won't, and the Scottish twins puff away.

Diesel leaves the yard later on and Percy asks him where he's going, to which Diesel responds with "nowhere that concerns him". Percy says he's mean but Diesel doesn't care.

Diesel shunts a boulder on top of a bridge later on for an engine to crash into and then sneaks away. Douglas comes along the line with his train and sees the boulder, and tries to stop, but it's too late. He crashes into the boulder and falls off the bridge. Diesel watches the crash from afar and laughs evilly before leaving the scene.

### "Evidence Never Lies"

Diesel sneaks away from the accident he caused on the bridge and heads back to the yard where Percy is working. Percy asks Diesel where he'd been, and like before, Diesel says it's nothing that concerns him. Percy then asks if he did anything, but Diesel says no and asks Percy why he'd think that. Percy says the way he spoke to Douglas says something. Diesel then says again that he didn't do anything, so Percy says okay, and then Toby rushes into the yard to get the breakdown train because there had been an accident. Percy asks who crashed, and Toby says Douglas, who had fallen off the bridge. Percy and Toby puff away with the breakdown train to help Douglas, and Diesel goes to hide.

At the scene of Douglas' crash, Sir Topham Hatt asks him how he crashed. Douglas responds by saying that he hit a boulder, which rolled a short distance away from the site. Donald says the boulder couldn't have rolled up there by itself, and Duck says it's obvious someone must've pushed it up there. Edward asks who would do such a thing as Percy and Toby arrive with the breakdown train to help Douglas. Percy is shocked, saying it looks terrible, but Sir Topham Hatt only wants to know who put the boulder on the bridge. Toby asks what he's talking about, as he hadn't heard of a boulder being on the bridge, and Edward says that it was a short distance away from the crash site. Toby asks who would do such a thing, but Percy starts to think Diesel was responsible for the crash. He tells Sir Topham Hatt about it, and Douglas says that makes sense, because Diesel told him he'd regret what he said, and Percy says that he left 5 minutes after Douglas left with his train, leading Donald to say that it was Diesel, and he tells Sir Topham Hatt. He send Percy and Donald to find him and the two set off to find him.

When they arrive at the yard, Donald asks where Diesel is, and Percy responds by saying that he knew he was going to get into trouble, and Donald says that they have to go back and tell Sir Topham Hatt. Percy agrees and they leave the yard to go tell him.

Back at the scene, Douglas was put back on the track and Henry shunts him away to the works. Just as the two leave, Percy and Donald rush in, and Percy says that Diesel wasn't in the yard. Because of this, Sir Topham Hatt sends Toby, Donald, Duck, Percy, *and* Edward to look for him. They all agree and set off to find him.

Later, all the engines gather back up at Wellsworth, except Duck. Sir Topham Hatt asks where he is, just as Duck arrives back with Diesel. Duck says that it wasn't hard to find him at all, so Sir Topham Hatt asks where he was. Duck says Diesel hid in his shed, and says what a terrible hider he is. After that, Sir Topham Hatt sends all the engines back to their jobs. Afterwards, he tells Diesel that there have been rumors that he was the cause of Douglas' accident. Diesel says he wasn't the cause of the accident, so Sir Topham Hatt sends him back to his job as well, but tells him that if he finds out that Diesel lied to him, he would be in serious trouble. Diesel tells him he understand and gets back to work.

Later, Sir Topham Hatt is eating pizza at home when the stationmaster comes in and says he found something interesting on the Wellsworth CCTV footage. It showed Diesel putting the boulder on the bridge. After seeing the footage, Sir Topham Hatt scolded Diesel for putting the boulder on the bridge, causing Douglas to crash and punishes him by making him stay in the shed for the week. Diesel slowly goes to his shed and Sir Topham Hatt was left to find another engine to work in the yards instead of him, and a new engine called Arthur arrives 2 days later.

### "Shunters"

Arthur, the newest engine on Sodor, is a very good shunter, which impresses Percy and makes Diesel jealous. One day, Arthur shunts a train for James, just as he arrives to collect the train. James thanks Arthur for shunting his train for him and says he's better than Diesel. Diesel then tells James that he's not deaf, but James doesn't care, and puffs away with his train. Then, Sir Topham Hatt arrives and tells Arthur that he wants him to pull some trucks to the docks. Arthur thanks him and says it'll be fun. Sir Topham Hatt then asks Percy and Diesel if they'll be able to handle the yard alone. Percy says he can, but Diesel says he can obviously handle it alone, and asks who needs Arthur. Arthur then says that he's very rude. Sir Topham Hatt then tells the two to calm down, and asks Arthur to take his train to the docks, and Arthur puffs away. Sir Topham Hatt is about to go home because his wife made him pizza, when Percy tells him not to eat them all. Sir Topham Hatt then tells Percy to shut up and get back to work. Percy calls him "Fatty" and then says he'll get back to work and Sir Topham Hatt leaves. Diesel then says that they won't be needing Arthur again, and Percy says he's jealous of him. Diesel says he's not, and that Percy can't prove a thing. Percy then tells him to get back to work.

Arthur is having a wonderful time on the main line. Then, he sees Thomas at Wellsworth. Thomas greets Arthur and asks him how he is. Arthur says he's fine, and that he's taking trucks to the docks. Thomas asks if they're being naughty, but Arthur says they're quite well-behaved. The trucks say that Arthur isn't as bossy as Thomas. Thomas tells the trucks to shut up and then tells Arthur he has to go. He says goodbye and leaves.

Later, Arthur arrives at the docks, drops off his train, and heads back to the yard. When he arrives, Percy becomes happy that he's back, and Diesel says it's about time. Arthur asks why it's about time and what happened. Percy says that Diesel has found it harder in the yard without him. Diesel then tells him that he does make the job a bit easier. Arthur thanks him and tells him that he spoke to Sir Topham Hatt and told him that'd he'd like to work in the yard from now on, and he said yes. Diesel says that would help them out a lot and then tells everyone he has to go. The three engines say goodbye to each other and Diesel leaves.

Diesel finds a spot alone and then says he hates steamies, but if he can lure Sir Topham Hatt into his plan, he can bring his boss to the island by luring him into his plan.

### "Crossing Disasters"

Percy shunts Gordon's coaches to him one day, and Gordon then waits for the guard's whistle to blow. When it does, Gordon says it looks like it's time to go. He then leaves with the express.

On his journey, he boasts about how he's the fastest to himself. Meanwhile, Diesel shunts a truck onto the crossing, saying it'll be fun before sneaking away. Then Gordon races along the line and sees the truck, and tries to stop, but it's too late. Gordon smashes right into the truck and derails instantly. He then asks who put the truck there and if the passengers are okay, to which they say they are, which relieves Gordon. Diesel laughs evilly at the damage he caused.

Later, Edward races down the line, saying it's a beautiful day today, and then sees Gordon's accident at the crossing. Edward asks Gordon if he's alright, and Gordon says he is and asks Edward to get the breakdown train. Edward agrees and is about to set off when Diesel shunts some trucks into him, shoving him straight into Gordon and off the rails. Diesel laughs, saying it was hilarious, and leaves.

After that, Edward asks Gordon what they do now. Gordon says they just have to yell for help, and they start doing so. Soon after, Toby arrives with the breakdown train to clean up the mess. Sir Topham Hatt is on the scene and asks if any of them are hurt, but Edward says they're not, and Gordon says they're just damaged. Sir Topham Hatt then asks Henry to take the two to the works. Henry agrees and sets off for the works.

Later, Henry puffs along the line, in a hurry to get to the docks quickly, when he sees a truck on the line. He tries to stop but it's too late, he crashes into the truck and derails, and complains about missing the ferry. Diesel watches from afar, and then makes himself look like a victim of the crash by running into the mess. Diesel asks Henry what he's doing there, and Henry says that he crashed into a truck, so Diesel asks what they should do, and Henry says they just have to wait for help. Diesel is frustrated at the sound of that.

Later, Toby arrives with the breakdown train again, this time to help Henry and Diesel. Diesel assumes that Toby will be taking them to the works, and Toby says he can take Diesel, but Henry is too heavy. Henry then suggests that Toby should get James to shunt him to the works.

A few minutes later, James arrives to take Henry to the works. Henry thanks him and they set off. Because no one suspects that Diesel caused the accidents, he'll have to work on being good so Sir Topham Hatt can listen to his ideas and bring his boss to the island.

### "Evil Arrival"

Thomas, Percy and Diesel go to the station to meet a new diesel. When they arrived they were greeted by a diesel with a claw. His name was Diesel 10. Diesel knew Diesel 10 from when he used to work on The Mainland. Thomas and Percy begin to feel uneasy, so they leave the station. Meanwhile, Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt go on a secret goldust run to make sure the goldust is safe. Gordon asks Sir Topham Hatt how the goldust came to be. Sir Topham Hatt explains that a long time ago, an engine called Lady was murdered and all that was left of her was the magic goldust. At Tidmouth Sheds, Thomas and Percy talk to James, Edward, Emily, and Henry about Diesel 10. The others begin suspecting that Diesel 10 is on the island for a reason. Henry says all diesels are weird, but BoCo and Mavis are exceptions. He then leaves the sheds. Meanwhile, Diesel asks Diesel 10 when and how they will bring "the others" to the island. Diesel 10 says that he doesn't need to worry about that and that they'll have Sodor on edge soon...

## Cast

* TheGreenCaterpillar as Gordon and Diesel
* Cheeky Saddle Tank as James
* HydesR01 as Percy and Diesel 10
* Donald 9 and Douglas 10 as Donald and Douglas
* Douglas The Black Engine Number 10 as All Other Voices

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