The Magic Lamp

"The magic lamp, I know isn't true it's just an old story, and quite silly too!"

- Peter Sam

The Magic Lamp is the fourteenth (seventeenth in Australia) episode of the ninth season.

Plot
The winch at the incline has broken down. While waiting for new parts for the winch, Skarloey tells the engines about Proteus and his magic lamp, fabled to grant wishes to its finder. Peter Sam scoffs at the tale, but when he takes a wrong turn and finds clues that the tale claims hints to the location of the lamp, he starts to have faith, until he finds that the lamps he sees are a fogman's lamp, a bonfire at a campsite, and last of all, Harold's light. Harold directs Peter Sam to the right line, and Peter Sam realises that maybe just believing in the lamp will grant your wishes.

Characters

 * Skarloey
 * Peter Sam
 * Duncan
 * Rusty
 * Harold
 * Thomas (does not speak)
 * Proteus (does not speak)
 * Rheneas (cameo)
 * Mighty Mac (cameo)

Locations

 * Skarloey Coal Yard
 * Transfer Yards
 * Skarloey Bridge
 * The Campsite
 * Skarloey Railway Engine Sheds (deleted scene)

Trivia

 * In the shots of Harold facing the camera while speaking to Peter Sam, Peter Sam's small-scale model is used.
 * Going by production order, this is the seventeenth episode of the ninth season.

Goofs

 * At the beginning of the episode, Rusty has a chuffing sound.
 * When Thomas arrives at the Transfer Yards, the narrator says "All of the narrow gauge engines were there." However, Mighty Mac and Sir Handel are absent.

Home Media Releases
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UK/AUS

 * Little Engines, Big Days Out
 * The Complete Ninth Series

UK DVD Boxsets

 * 5 Adventurous DVDs
 * Classic Collection
 * Official DVD and Book (2011 version)
 * The Ultimate Collection
 * Triple Pack (DVD)

AUS DVD Boxsets

 * Complete Series 1-10
 * The Essential Collection (5 DVD Boxset)
 * The Great Adventures of Thomas and Friends
 * Series Nine and Series Ten Double Pack
 * Series Nine and The Great Discovery Double Pack

US

 * Tales from the Tracks

DVD Boxsets

 * 4-Disc DVD Box Set
 * Let's Explore with Thomas
 * Steam Engine Stories
 * 3 DVD Lunchbox Set

CHN

 * Holiday Express

HUN

 * A Magic Lamp

JPN

 * I Dreamed Thomas Goodnight Bedtime Stories!
 * Suspense of Thomas the Tank Engine!!
 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 9 Vol.4
 * Thomas and the Pirate's Treasure

MYS

 * Flour Power and Other Adventures
 * Magical Collection
 * The Magic Lamp and Other Adventures

SA

 * Thomas Tries His Best (DVD)

GER

 * Thomas and the New Locomotive

DVD Boxsets

 * 11 Great Stories with Thomas and his Friends
 * Adventure on Rails!

NL

 * Thomas and Duncan

DNK/NOR/SWE/FIN

 * The Magic Lamp

IDN

 * Thomas and the Toy Shop and other stories

SPN

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 7 (Spanish DVD)

DVD Boxsets

 * Second Season (Spanish DVD)

THA
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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 27 (Thai DVD)
 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 31 (Thai DVD)