Duke Suits his Grace

**Duke Suits his Grace** is the twenty-sixth and final episode of the first season.

## Plot

Duke was proud to be one of the oldest engines on Sodor, and that he (along with Sir Handel and Peter Sam) used to work on the Mid Sodor Railway, when their names were Stuart and Falcon. One morning, Mr. Percival tells Duke to make a delivery up to Ulfstead Castle, as the Earl was waiting for his important shipment. Sir Handel and Peter Sam wished they can do the special job, but Duke insists that they have work to do at the Blue Mountain Quarry. Duke went to the Transfer Yards to collect the valuable cargo, and was on his way. By the time he arrived at the estate, he saw Millie, the Earl's private engine, feeling glum, as she explained to Duke that she broke down and was waiting for someone to tow her to the Steamworks. Duke's driver spoke to the Earl who was inside the castle, and agreed that it was indeed a useful idea. The Earl also told Duke that he is to take Millie's place in working at the castle grounds while she was away for repairs. Duke shunted Millie to the Steamworks where Victor and Kevin were waiting for their first engine of the day. Kevin then falls over onto his side much to Victor's embarrasment as Millie couldn't help but giggle.

After dropping off Millie at the Steamworks, the Earl gave Duke his first job by going up to the Blue Mountain Quarry to collect some gravel to take to the Dinosaur Park as the wind keeps blowing it all over the place. But as the old engine arrived at the quarry, Sir Handel and Peter Sam were there shunting as they wouldn't stop having a laugh with their old friend, much to Duke's annoyance as it would never suit his grace. As he was coupled up to his trucks, he left the quarry and was glad he didn't have to hear Sir Handel and Peter Sam for too long, and called them "impudent scallywags". As Duke returned to the estate, Stephen asks Duke where Millie was until the brown engine told him that she was away at the Steamworks for repairs and that he was doing all of her jobs until then. Glynn guides Duke to the dinosaur park by going into the nearby tunnel. But as he arrived at the park, a big green dinosaur lunged down towards him, much to his surprise. Neil explains to Duke that the dinosaur was just an animatronic and that it wasn't real, neither was the park's volcano. The next day, Stephen went down to Brendam Docks to fetch a new baby dinosaur model that was gonna be on display with the bigger one that scared Duke. The Earl also needed a volunteer to do all of Stephen's passenger runs while he was away, as Duke offered to do so.

As Duke was getting ready to cover for Stephen, Connor arrived with passengers from the Mainland and met Duke the first time. After the two engines chatted, Duke worked very hard giving the passengers tours around the castle grounds. Later that day, Duke took the passengers back to Connor's express as the big streamlined engine took off without saying goodbye to Duke, much to his annoyance. Glynn suggests that Connor was in a hurry as he told him earlier that he was very quick. It wasn't long until Stephen returned with the baby dinosaur model from the docks, but needed someone to fetch a crane to put it in place. Duke told the Earl about the scenario, and then Harvey was called for the job. The engines and the Earl were certainly glad Harvey came to the scene since his crane was useful for the job as they all burst into laughter. For the next few days, Duke worked very hard doing all of the Millie's jobs. Soon, Millie was finally fixed and thanked Victor and Kevin for fixing her like new. Back at the castle, Duke was exhausted from all the hard work until Millie returned. The Earl was very happy to have his private engine back in the castle. Now Duke is ready to go home back to the other narrow gauge engines in the hills, and the Earl's engines bid him farewell. That night, the other engines were full of questions about Duke's time at the castle, and explains to them that he worked very hard taking passengers around the castle grounds and that it reminded of his young days when he worked on his old railway with Sir Handel and Peter Sam as the two engines also reminded him that they used to have different names. But when Duke tells them that they were still impudent scallywags, everyone bursts into laughter once again.

## Characters

* Neil
* Harvey
* Stephen
* Connor
* Glynn
* Skarloey
* Sir Handel
* Peter Sam
* Rusty
* Duncan
* Duke
* Victor
* Millie
* Kevin
* Owen
* Mr. Percival
* Sir Robert Norramby
* Rheneas (*cameo*)
* Bertram (*cameo*)
* Luke (*cameo*)
* Merrick (*cameo*)

## Locations

* Crovan's Gate
* The Depot
* The Transfer Yards
* Ulfstead Castle
* Sodor Steamworks
* Blue Mountain Quarry
* The Dinosar Park
* Mid Sodor Railway (*mentioned*)
* Brendam Docks (*mentioned*)
* The Mainland (*mentioned*)

## Cast

* Andrew Hager as Connor
* BorisFanGirl as Millie
* Crane Engine Studios as Sir Robert Norramby
* DockTankDylan as Harvey
* Dueling Express as Glynn, Skarloey and Duncan
* Elliot Killick-Ward as Stephen and Owen
* Holden Stafford as Rusty and Kevin
* Numpty Pootis 8012 as Neil
* Red E2 Engine as Sir Handel
* SteamTeam3211 as Mr. Percival
* SudrianRailwayStudios as Peter Sam
* TheGermanofSodor as Victor
* Tom Allmark as Duke

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first of a few things:
	+ The first episode where Duke is voiced by Tom Allmark instead of Dueling Express.
	+ The first time an episode is set to YouTube's *made for kids* settings. After when the appeal got rejected, the original upload was deleted and was re-uploaded again on July 31 in the same month. It is also the only episode in the first season to be affected by those settings. This would also later affect the first seven episodes in the show's second season with the exceptions of Hurricane Hurry and Frankie and the Feeble, as those two still gain their comments as of today.
* This is the last episode to feature Dueling Express as Duncan (second and last for Glynn and Skarloey) and his last episode in the series altogether, as he was one of the actors who was delaying the series due to him working on his own series, Islandside Adventures which is currently in development, hence why he dropped out of the cast.
* References to the Railway Series book, Duke the Lost Engine, and the first four episodes from Season 4 were heard a few times throughout this episode.

## Watch Episode

Duke Suits his Grace (Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures; Season 1; Episode 26)