Dennis and the Magic Carpet

***Dennis and the Magic Carpet*** is the eighteenth and final episode of the eighth series.

## Plot

It was a very windy spring day and preparations were underway for the opening of the flower show at Maithwaite. The Fat Controller announced that a special must be taken there before Allicia Botti opened the show. He chooses Dennis to take it, much to the annoyance of Diesel 10 and D199.

Dennis arrived at Brendam Docks with a flatbed, only to discover that his special was just a roll of red carpet. Toby tells Dennis that it might be magic, as he heard tales of carpets that can fly. Toby goes on to talk about magic words: "Hey Presto," "Hocus Pocus," and "Abracadabra." Dennis was in doubt, but once he moved, the carpet unrolls itself just like magic.

Stopping at a signal, Dennis saw Diesel 10, who was not surprised that Dennis was told to collect a carpet, as he was just a small diesel. Suddenly, the wind lifted up underneath the carpet, taking it into the air. Dennis was now convinced that it was a magic carpet, but Diesel 10 knew that it was just the wind and he departed to collect a coach for Allicia Botti. Then Shane passed Dennis and the red carpet landed onto a flatbed on Shane's train. Dennis gave chase to Shane, calling for him to wait. But Shane was too far ahead to hear Dennis and carried on through Maron station. Dennis, speeding through Maron, tells D199 that Shane had his magic carpet, but D199 tells him that magic carpets weren’t real.

Soon, the wind took the carpet off of Shane's train and onto Salty’s roof. Dennis then followed Salty to Kellsthorpe, where he meets Diesel 10 again. The carpet flew off of Salty’s roof and landed down onto the tracks. Dennis was very upset. Diesel 10 was not impressed; he thought that Dennis was trying to make his "little job" important. Suddenly, they heard Diesel approaching the station and heading straight for the carpet. Diesel 10 & Dennis blew their horns to alert Diesel, but to no avail. Dennis then decided to say a magic word, but none of the suggestions Toby gave him worked. So, Dennis says "please" and just as Diesel was about to run over the carpet, the wind blew the carpet away from Diesel and landed onto Dennis flatbed. Now Diesel 10 was convinced that the carpet was magic.

Once his driver tied the carpet down to the flatbed, Dennis set off, worried that he was running late. Soon, Dennis reached Maithwaite and tells the Fat Controller about all of the trouble the carpet caused. However, though he explained that magic carpets don’t exist, the Fat Controller tells Dennis that he was right on time while the carpet was unloaded and placed onto the platform.

Later, Allicia Botti arrived aboard Diesel 10's coach and opens the flower show. However, the wind blew underneath the red carpet again while it was on the platform, leaving Diesel 10 and Dennis unsure whether the carpet was magic or not.

## Characters

* Diesel 10
* Diesel 199
* Dennis
* Toby
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Diesel (*does not speak*)
* Salty (*does not speak*)
* Shane (*does not speak*)
* Big Mickey (*does not speak*)
* Allicia Botti (*does not speak*)
* BoCo (*cameo*)
* Class 40 (*cameo*)
* Daisy (*cameo*)
* Donald and Douglas (*cameos*)
* Lady Hatt (*cameo*)
* Refreshment Lady (*cameo*)
* The Storyteller (*cameo*)
* Cranky (*cameo*)

## Trivia

* This episode has a similarly to the twenty-sixth and final episode, Percy and the Magic Carpet from the eighth series of *Thomas & Friends*.
* This episode marks:
	+ The second episode where Diesel does not speak in the series final. The first being in the fifth series episode, Busy Going Backwards.
	+ Shane's only appearance in the eighth series. And his last appearance until the twelfth series episode, Diesel Puts the Brakes On.