Evidence Never Lies

**Evidence Never Lies** is the fourth episode of the first season. It is the fourth episode of the series overall. It was uploaded to YouTube on March 11, 2018. It was written and filmed by Douglas The Black Engine Number 10.

## Synopsis

After Causing An Accident, Diesel Goes Into Hiding. The Steamies Waste No Time To Find Him. Will Sir Topham Hatt Believe The New Diesel Has Caused So Much Trouble Already?

## Plot

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.

## Characters

* Edward
* Henry
* Percy
* Toby
* Duck
* Donald
* Douglas
* Diesel
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Arthur *(No Lines)*
* BoCo *(Cameo)*
* Annie *(Cameo)*
* Clarabel *(Cameo)*

## Cast

* HydesR01 as Percy
* Douglas The Black Engine Number 10 as All Other Voices

## Locations

* Tidmouth Sheds
* Knapford Yards
* Wellsworth Station

## Trivia

* First appearance of Arthur.
* First appearance of BoCo.
* This episode marks Toby and Duck's first speaking roles.
* This is the first episode where Thomas, Gordon and James do not appear.
* This is the first episode to not use any soundtrack.

### Goofs/Errors

* A rope can be seen pulling Edward. This is due to his model not working.
* Douglas is seen in a different position than in the previous episode.
* Throughout the episode, DTBEN10’s hand reflects through Diesel as well as the studio equipment.
* Diesel keeps turning around at the yards when Toby comes in and he and Percy leave.
* One set of points is broken.
* The track layout in the yard changed since the previous episode.
* BoCo is seen crossing the bridge in one shot but then disappears in the next scene.
* There are several mistakes in close-ups, such as:
	+ In one close-up of Sir Topham Hatt, Douglas can be seen next to him.
	+ In a close-up of Henry, Douglas is not in front of him.
	+ When Percy and Donald puff up, Toby is in front of the breakdown crane, but in a close-up of him he is in a different position.
	+ In a close-up of Donald, Henry is seen behind him, but he had taken Douglas to the works.
	+ In close-ups of Duck, Edward and Donald, Toby is not present.
* Sir Topham Hatt changes positions throughout the episode.
* When Diesel puts the boulder on the bridge in the CCTV footage, a hand is seen pushing him. Toby is also seen in the shed.
* The narrator says, "Diesel puffed slowly away to the shed", much like the previous episode, but he is a diesel, meaning it should be oiled instead.

## Episodes

 **Films/Other Media** | "Horror House" • "On Set" • "The Slender Engine" • "Blood Fair"