Season 3

**Sudrian Stories: The Next Chapter** is the third season of Sudrian Stories. It started in August 2021 and will end in 2024.

## Production

After Season 2 of Sudrian Stories concluded, plans for a third season were already being developed. After much consideration and discussions with crew members, EpicLafiteau decided to go a different route and develop a new story format for his next project, including episodes that tie into each other for arcs that span across multiple stories. EpicLafiteau decided to call this "Season 3", despite being advertised as "Sudrian Stories: The Next Chapter".

Early in production, there were plans to label the first five episodes as "Season 3A" and the latter five as "Season 3B". The break in the middle indicated certain events happened between episodes, but are not fully shown on screen, such as engines moving locations or characters coming back or making their televised debuts.

With the inclusion of Splatter and Dodge in *How Diesel 10 Stole Christmas*, the events of **Thomas and the Magic Railroad** from the original series were deemed non-canon and this episode will serve as their "televised debut" in this series' canon. *How Diesel 10 Stole Christmas* is also the first time a season features a special episode within itself, and is not included with the original ten.

Finally, this season is being produced simultaneously with Season 2 of **The Tales of Thomas & his Friends** by MainlandStudios, which EpicLafiteau and Chase the Ferroequinologist are working on as well. Characters and events from both series are written to now form one universe, which also adapts pieces inspired by and original stories from **Thomas & Friends: Original Episodes** by Chase the Ferroequinologist.

## Specials

 After the publication of a book about their railway hits the shelves, the Arlesdale engines are finding the increased number of visitors to be too much trouble. One thing leads to another until the Small Controller has no other option but to find a new engine to help them out of their calamity.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Duck
* Donald and Douglas
* Oliver
* Harvey
* Emily
* Murdoch
* Molly
* Neville
* Rosie
* Whiff
* Stanley
* Flora
* Hiro
* Charlie
* Belle
* Stephen
* Connor
* Caitlin
* Porter
* Timothy
* Samson
* Ryan
* Nia
* Rebecca
* Sonny
* Diesel
* Daisy
* Mavis
* Class 40
* 'Arry and Bert
* Derek
* Diesel 10
* Salty
* Dennis
* Den
* Dart
* Paxton
* Sidney
* Norman
* Philip
* Tanzen
* Stark
* Schnell
* Räder
* Stafford
* Skiff
* Sir Handel
* Duncan
* Mike
* Rex
* Bert
* Frank
* Annie and Clarabel
* Troublesome Trucks
* Toad
* Rocky
* Bradford
* Bertie
* Trevor
* Bulgy
* George
* Butch
* The Horrid Lorries
* Jack
* Alfie
* Oliver
* Max and Monty
* Buster
* Madge
* Flynn
* Ace
* Brenda
* Harold
* Captain
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Drivers
* Stationmasters
* Passengers
* Nancy
* Pansy Percival
* Pat Percival
* Fergus Duncan
* Fishermen
* Jenny Packard
* Sir Robert Norramby
* Stepney (*does not speak*)
* Scruff (*does not speak*)
* Zurück (*does not speak*)
* Tod (*does not speak*)
* The Inspector (*does not speak*)
* Ben (*cameo*)
* Flying Scotsman (*cameo*)
* Spencer (*cameo*)
* Fergus (*cameo*)
* Arthur (*cameo*)
* Hank (*cameo*)
* Logan (*cameo*)
* Glynn (*cameo*)
* Dustin (*cameo*)
* Theo (*cameo*)
* Merlin (*cameo*)
* Hurricane (*cameo*)
* BoCo (*cameo*)
* Frankie (*cameo*)
* D199 (*cameo*)
* Bear (*cameo*)
* Winston (*cameo*)
* Judy and Jerome (*cameo*)
* Henrietta (*cameo*)
* S.C. Ruffey (*cameo*)
* Dexter (*cameo*)
* Megan (*cameo*)
* Bulstrode (*cameo*)
* Cranky (*cameo*)
* Big Mickey (*cameo*)
* Reg (*cameo*)
* Carly (*cameo*)
* Beresford (*cameo*)
* Jem Cole (*cameo*)
* Farmer McColl (*cameo*)
* Mr. Renchmore (*cameo*)
* Chef Sabatini (*cameo*)
* Millie (*cameo; deleted scene*)
* Slip Coaches (*cameo; dropped*)
* Tiger Moth (*not seen*)
* Natalie (*mentioned*)
* Terence (*mentioned*)
* Farmer Finney (*mentioned*)

### Characters Introduced

* Larry
* Splatter and Dodge (*canon debut*)
* Jock
* Angus
* The Other Fire Engines
* The Silver Race Car
* Mr. Rayleigh
* Ed Abbey
* Harry Topper
* The Cronk-Central Stationmaster
* The Arlesburgh Yard Manager
* Rodney (*does not speak*)
* Maggie (*cameo*)
* The Green Lorry (*not named; cameo*)

Basil, Casey and Jeremy are likely to appear.

## Trivia

* While other original characters have appeared in the series before, this is the first season to feature an original character completely created by EpicLafiteau.
* Season 3 takes place after Season 24 of the official *Thomas & Friends* series, and the entire series overall.
* This is the first season to utilize time progression, which was never the case in the original series. *Thomas & Friends* was considered to be "stuck in the 60s", while Season 3 of Sudrian Stories branches off from that and takes place entirely in the 1970s.