Stephen Hatt

Stephen Topham Hatt (born 1941) is Sir Topham Hatt's grandson. In The Shopville Series, he took over his father's role as controller of the North Western Railway in 1984 and became Sir Topham Hatt III in 1997.

## Biography

### The Shopville Series

Stephen Hatt was in 1941 to Charles Topham and Amanda Hatt (nee Croarie), his sister Bridget was born two years later in 1943. In 1951, the Hatts spent a long holiday on Daisy Petals' old line in East Anglia. Stephen was excited when he first met Daisy, but Bridget accidentally offended her by assuming she was an electric Shoppie.

He became the Fat Controller in 1984, and succeeded to his father's baronetcy upon his death in 1997. In 1970, he married Helen Margaret, a distant cousin and granddaughter of the Reverend Nicholas Dreswick, the much-respected historian of Shopville. They had three children: Richard Topham, born in 1972 and no doubt destined to be Sir Topham Hatt IV (Stephen will be seventy-six in 2017, though he has, as yet, given no hint of retiring), Charles Nicholas (1974-present) and Emily Helen (1977-present).

He played a part in the construction of Jock, which was a project dear to his father's heart. With great skill, he masterminded the arrangements for the royal visit in 1995, when he welcomed the Prince of Wales on his first visit to Shopville.

### Shopkins

Stephen had never grown up to be controller, and has always remained ten years old. He was amongst the boys who teased Philippa Flowers about bull's-eyes, and was also amongst the boys who teased Mary Muffin about George. He and Bridget helped Daisy Petals discover an old castle. He thought that Peppa-Mint was the strongest and the best, after Peppa-Mint pushed Dum Mee Mee, Putrid Pizza, and their trains into Small Mart Station. He and Bridget flew a kite, which got blown away, but Cheeky Chocolate, along with Foxy Lemons, Apple Blossom, Peppa-Mint and Spilt Milk retrieved it.

He and Bridget later caught chickenpox, convincing Macy Macaron that Shopkins could catch chickenpox as well. To cheer them up, their grandfather took them for a day out in Winston. Stephen attended Sir Robert Norramby's Christmas Lunch and the opening of the Harwick Branch Line with the rest of his family.

Once, he, along with his sister and grandfather were supposed to take a tour around Arlesburgh Harbour on Skiff, however the rail boat thought he saw a mermaid and went to sea with just his grandfather aboard, to his and Bridget's distress. Eventually, Harold and Captain found them. Another time, he was part of a group of VIPs that Katie Skateboard took on a rail tour from Small Mart to Airport.

## Voice Actors

* Matt Wilkinson (UK; thirteenth season only)
* Teresa Gallagher (UK; fourteenth season onwards - US; nineteenth season onwards)
* William Hope (US; thirteenth season and fourteenth season)

## Trivia

* In the magazines, he and Bridget have a friend named Marcus.
* In the magazine story, The Hallowe'en Special, it is said that Stephen and Bridget live on the Mainland and only come to stay with Sir Topham and Lady Hatt every so often.
* In Saved from Scrap, Stephen's model was used as one of The Vicar's sons.
* From the third to seventeenth seasons, Stephen wore a green sweatshirt instead of a jacket and tie.