Sir Topham Hatt IV

**SIR TOPHAM ARCHIBALD HATT IV** was the controller of the NWR on the Island of Sodor, husband to Dame Jane Christian Hatt, father of Charles Topham Hatt, Richard Edward Hatt and Stephanie Timothy Hatt and brother to Timothy Simon Hatt. He was born on August 15th of 1969 and died on May 15th of 2020 from a gunshot to the side of the head.

## Biography

Hatt was born in 1969 to Topham Hatt III and Diana Hatt along with his twin brother, Timothy. His mother split up with his father when he was 13 and his father gained custody of Topham whereas his mother got Timothy. He has never seen Timothy or his Mother since. In 1987, he was introduced to Thomas and his dad's company and 1 year later his dad retired and was replaced by Topham. He bought a house in Khyabur in 1989 and before the Gulf War him and his dad moved in. When the war broke out, him and his dad were landlocked, for there was a threat of planes being shot down being mistaken for military aircraft. In 1992, he and his dad were rescued by Daniel and Sean Anderson in squadron Charlie. When he heard of the downfall of the squadron besides the sergeant, he tracked down Daniel and he greeted him with open arms. After the birth of his first son, Richard, the attacks on September 11th destroyed tourism on the island for the next year. In this time, advertisement began pumping the island's heart and soon, tourists began coming back. In 2005 he hired Peregrine Percival as his deputy right before he went on holiday to Ibiza. Tourism went down on the island in 2006 so he commissioned a 10th series of Britt Alcroft's television show about the island, which had many themes about tourism but was panned due to rushed production and poor writing, since it was made for the purposes of tourism. He was knighted the same year for preserving all the engines after all these years. In 2007, he invited his close friend, Daniel Anderson to Sodor. By this point, he had all of his children, Richard, Charles and Stephanie. By 2010, his railway was prospering. In 2014, he was offered by Anderson and Sons, an oil company for his diesels but in 2020 his long time partner, Peregrine, died, unbeknownst to Topham, he was killed by Lionel Poole.

In May of 2020 a funeral was held for Peregrine which was hosted by him. He is told by Owen Fry that it possibly could be an assassination. Later in the week, he is approached by billionaire philanthropist, Christian Michaud about setting up his coal business on the island. After the negotiations, the siege on the Sodor Steamworks began along with the death of Christian via explosion in his office building. Richard, Terry Scott, Madge, Victor, Stephen, and all their operators were hostage. After a week, the Steamworks was saved and Johan was sent to prison. To relax he had a basic ride on the express, after he shipped the diesels to do with the crisis, when he found the corpse of the Flying Scotsman. He then headed to the mainland UK, after catching a ride from John Silverstone, he is nearly captured by Splatter and Dodge. He arrives back and finds Owen interviewing Paxton. The Steamworks is destroyed and he finds Owen with a disfigured face. Contemplating what has happened over the past few weeks, he is encountered by P. T. Boomer IV and his posse. He is soon assaulted by him and his diesel and human army. His son helps him escape where he is blown up in his car. He crawls out of the car but is confronted by Boomer, who lets Jim Jones shoot him in the head, he died upon the instant. His Funeral was held on the 18th of May, 2020.

## Appearances

* Episode 1: The Beginning
* Episode 2: Aroused Suspicions
* Episode 3: Discoveries
* Episode 4: Siege
* Episode 5: The Breakout
* Episode 6: Steam Geno-
* Episode 7: Spotless Record
* Episode 8: Tarnished Record
* Episode 9: Back In My Day (Flashback)
* Episode 10: Back on Topham

## Trivia

* He has the head of a Stormtrooper and his angry face is a Clone trooper from Attack of the Clones