Sleepless in Tidmouth

**Sleepless in Tidmouth** is the tenth and final episode of Season 1 of Sudrian Stories.

## Synopsis

While Rebecca is away on the Mainland, a berth remains open so Philip decides to take the spot, leaving all the engines wide awake as he continues talking.

## Plot

While Edward and Philip were hard at work organizing Wellsworth Yards, a workman sends Edward to the docks to collect a train of pipes. Philip races by with some tankers, and Edward warns him to be careful before leaving. During the day, Philip continued to shunt but soon forgot all about being careful. Showing off to a nearby truck, Philip tried to shunt more tankers really fast, accidentally crashing into a set of buffers, which caused the tankers to topple over and spill all over the tracks. Edward, Winston and Sir Topham Hatt arrived just as Philip backed away from the mess. The stationmaster walked up and told them that the tankers most likely wouldn't be cleaned up until morning, so Edward and Philip would have to find somewhere else to sleep for the night. Edward stayed in the goods shed nearby, but Philip was sent to Tidmouth Sheds, as Rebecca was taking a goods train to the Mainland.

That evening, Philip excitedly arrived at Tidmouth. He hadn't seen some of his friends in a while, but Gordon and James were already unhappy. The big engines reminded Philip that he was "on the main line now" and they needed their sleep, but Philip soon got to talking. Unfortunately for Gordon, Philip brought up when Gordon underwent streamlining and was known as "The Shooting Star", much to Nia's curiousity. Gordon quickly shut him up, and James agreed, until Philip reminded him of the time he crashed and derailed hanging over a bridge, while Philip was able to hold him up, and the other engines laughed. Soon, everyone else was starting to get annoyed with how much Philip was talking while they were trying to go to sleep. In the middle of the night, Philip tried asking Nia all about her home, until Gordon woke up in a snap and raced out of the sheds.

A little while later, Gordon returned, shunting Edward onto the turntable. Philip was excited to see Edward and asked if he was sleeping over as well, but much to his dismay, Edward wasn't, and he was upset. Edward reminded Philip that he needs to calm down and let everyone else get their sleep, much like the first night Philip stayed at Wellsworth. Philip apologized, and even he soon fell asleep. Thomas wondered how Edward kept the younger engines in line, and he replied "it's just a knack!". The other engines soon went back to sleep, as Edward went back to Wellsworth.

In a post-credits scene, Percy was delivering passengers until he was diverted into a siding and fell asleep. Henry passed by and tried to wake him up.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Emily
* Nia
* Philip
* Troublesome Trucks
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Wellsworth Stationmaster
* A Workman
* Winston (*does not speak*)
* Duck (*cameo*)
* Stanley (*cameo*)
* Slip Coaches (*cameo*)
* Bill and Ben (*mentioned*)
* Hiro (*mentioned*)
* Charlie (*mentioned*)
* Porter (*mentioned*)
* Rebecca (*mentioned*)
* Bear (*mentioned*)
* Salty (*mentioned*)
* Victor (*mentioned*)

## Cast

* EpicLafiteau as Philip and a Troublesome Truck
* LittleBlueTrain67 as Thomas
* Supermariokyle100 as Edward
* Ilovetrains323 as Henry and Percy
* Fantastic Mr. S as Gordon
* MainlandStudios as James
* ButterflyCoffee as Emily
* MaddGirlzArtz as Nia
* Papa Mainland as Sir Topham Hatt
* TheGermanOfSodor as Wellsworth Stationmaster
* TheIronEngine as a Workman

## Trivia

* Before writing the script, Ilovetrains323 considered using Bill and Ben.
* In Braking Bad, one of Oliver's trucks said "We know what you did to S.C. Ruffey!" This became an in joke with EpicLafiteau, MainlandStudios, and Ilovetrains323, therefore the truck that talks to Philip in the yard is the exact same one, nicknamed "Foaming mouth truck".
* This is the first episode filmed in *Trainz: A New Era*.
* This episode was supposed to be released some time in March or April, and *Evil Like Diesel* would've premiered after a few month hiatus, however Sleepless in Tidmouth didn't actually come out until May, a few weeks before Summer 2019, when Evil Like Diesel was slated to premiere.
	+ However, EpicLafiteau decided to keep the "Sudrian Stories will return Summer 2019" message at the end.
* MaddGirlzArtz and TheGermanOfSodor join the voice cast.

## References to the Official Show

* Philip references several events of *The Great Race*.
* Edward references *A Shed for Edward* and Philip references *Philip to the Rescue*.
* Edward's line "It's just a knack" was what BoCo said to Gordon in *Wrong Road*.