Series 12

The twelfth season of Thomas & Friends began airing in September 2008. The season is the first to utilize CGI features, with the characters' faces being animated in CGI, with human characters being fully CGI animated. There are twenty episodes in this season and all were narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and Michael Brandon in the US, although Pierce Brosnan was to originally narrate this season in both English dubs.

Songs

 * Engine Roll Call (CGI face version)

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Oliver
 * Ben
 * Emily
 * Murdoch
 * Neville
 * Rosie
 * Whiff
 * Stanley
 * Diesel
 * Mavis
 * Salty
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Duncan
 * Freddie
 * Mighty Mac
 * Rusty
 * Toad
 * Hector
 * Bertie
 * Jack
 * Harold
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Lady Hatt
 * Mr. Percival
 * Dusty Miller
 * The Photographer
 * Alice
 * The Engineer
 * The Dairy Manager
 * Stepney
 * Harvey
 * Arthur
 * 'Arry and Bert
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta
 * Rocky
 * Trevor
 * Alfie
 * Cranky
 * Jeremy
 * Dowager Hatt
 * Mrs. Percival
 * Jenny Packard
 * Sodor Brass Band
 * The Dockyard Manager
 * Three members of the Railway Board
 * Bulgy
 * Max or Monty
 * Farmer Trotter
 * Big Mickey
 * Cyril the Fogman
 * Proteus
 * The Mayor of Sodor
 * Molly
 * Dennis

Characters Introduced

 * Hank
 * Flora
 * Colin
 * The Balloon Repairman
 * The Bargeman
 * The Tree Specialists
 * Mr. Giggles
 * Miss Marvel
 * The Fireman
 * The Schoolchildren
 * The Percival Children
 * The Ginger-haired Boy
 * The Blond-haired Boy
 * The Teacher
 * The Welsh Bird Watcher
 * The Female Puppet Show Entertainer

Half Hour Format
When season 12 aired on PBS Kids, Nick Jr. UK and Treehouse, each broadcast had 2 episodes from season 12, a segment dedicated to one of Thomas' friends and past animated learning segments and songs from seasons 8, 9 and 10 were used.

Good Friends

 * Best Friends
 * Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Emily
 * Song: H is for Harold
 * Thomas' Favourite Friends - Rosie and Molly
 * Learning Segment: What is Henry Thinking of?
 * Henry Gets it Wrong

Being Careful

 * Thomas and the Billboard
 * Learning Segment: Guess the Engine - Percy
 * Learning Segment: Who Should Take the Telegraph Pole?
 * Thomas' Favourite Friends - Toby
 * Learning Segment: Which Way Should Thomas and Emily Go?
 * Learning Segment: Which Whistle Suits Thomas?
 * Steady Eddie

Good Turns

 * Heave Ho Thomas!
 * Learning Segment: Guess the Engine - James
 * Song: Pride
 * Thomas' Favourite Friends - Henry
 * Learning Segment: Which Engine for Which Job?
 * Toby's Special Surprise

Right Track

 * Don't Go Back
 * Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Gordon
 * Learning Segment: Over the Bridge
 * Thomas' Favourite Friends - Gordon
 * Learning Segment: Which Track for Henry?
 * Learning Segment: Emily Huffs out of the Station
 * Percy and the Bandstand

Courage

 * Thomas Puts the Brakes On
 * Learning Segment: Guess the Engine - Emily
 * Song: Brave
 * Thomas' Favourite Friends - Neville and Dennis
 * Learning Segment: Getting There
 * Gordon Takes a Shortcut

Presents and Prizes

 * The Man in the Hills
 * Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Edward
 * Learning Segment: What is Thomas Thinking of?
 * Thomas' Favourite Friends - Harold and Jeremy
 * Learning Segment: Which Load to Which Station?
 * Excellent Emily

Kindness

 * Tram Trouble
 * Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Toby
 * Song: Responsibility
 * Thomas' Favourite Friends - Edward
 * Learning Segment: Who Can get to the Washdown?
 * James Works it Out

Pulling Together

 * Rosie's Funfair Special
 * Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Percy
 * Song: Togetherness
 * Thomas' Favourite Friends - Diesel
 * Learning Segment: Which Load for What Occasion
 * Push Me, Pull You

Adventures

 * Duncan and the Hot Air Balloon
 * Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Thomas
 * Learning Segment: What Does Toby see?
 * Thomas' Favourite Friends - The Narrow Gauge Engines
 * Learning Segment: Percy's Treasure
 * Mountain Marvel

Mistakes

 * Saved You!
 * Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Gordon
 * Song: Doing it Right
 * Thomas' Favourite Friends - Percy
 * Learning Segment: Surprise Destinations
 * The Party Surprise

Trivia

 * This was the first season of several things:
 * The first season where all engines' faces, human characters, animals and environmental surroundings are in full CGI and have animation.
 * Harold, Sir Topham Hatt, Lady Hatt, Alice, The Engineer, Dowager Hatt, Jenny Packard, Sodor Brass Band and other human character's first appearances in full CGI.
 * Sharon Miller's first season as head writer.
 * Claire Waxler's first season as supervising producer, albeit uncredited.
 * This season was also her first and only season as animation coordinator.
 * The first season to have twenty episodes.
 * The first season produced and to contain CGI by Nitrogen Studios.
 * The first HiT season recorded and edited in 25 FPS (aside from the end credits).
 * The first Thomas & Friends production since Thomas and the Magic Railroad in which human characters are shown walking onscreen.
 * The first season to premiere on Milkshake! before the half hour airings on Nick Jr. in the UK.
 * The first season since their debuts where Arthur, 'Arry, Rocky, Cranky and Alfie appear, but do not speak in any of their appearances.
 * The first season in which Stephen Hatt does not appear.
 * The first season to have Mark Robertson write episodes for the series.
 * The first season in which Butch does not appear since his introduction in the fifth season.
 * The first season in which each characters have their own voices in the South Korean dub.
 * This was also the last season of several things as well:
 * The last season to use models and resin faces, however the resin faces were only used in background shots.
 * Simon Spencer's last season as producer and showrunner.
 * The last season filmed at Shepperton Studios.
 * The last season to feature songs composed by Ed Welch.
 * The television series veteran Steve Asquith's final season as director.
 * The last production to have all of the characters voiced by the narrator until Thomas Goes to New York.
 * The last season to have Abi Grant, Simon Spencer, and Wayne Jackman apart of the writing team.
 * The last time Paul Larson writes an episode until the seventeenth season as well as the last season where he writes an episode by himself.
 * The final time until the eighteenth season episode, Samson Sent for Scrap to use the brake sound from The Train.
 * The last season to have songs sung by children until The Adventure Begins.
 * The last season since to have 7 minute episodes until the twenty-second season.
 * The last season to open with Awdry's letter to Christopher in television broadcasts.
 * The last season until the seventeenth to not feature Thomas or any Steam Team member in every episode.
 * The last season released on Complete Series DVD in Australia.
 * This was also the only season of several things as well:
 * The only season to use a hybrid model-CGI mix.
 * Dino Athanassiou's only season as CGI director.
 * Pete Atkin's only season as voice director.
 * The only season where Ben appears without Bill.
 * The only season not shown on Japanese television, but some episodes have been shown exclusively at Thomas Land's 3D Theatre and Video on Demand in Japan.
 * The only CGI season not to have a full voice cast for the characters outside of France and Korea.
 * Aside from the Teacher and the tree specialists, all of the characters introduced in this season have only ever appeared in their debut episodes.
 * This is the only season to have Anna Starkey write an episode for the series.
 * It is also the only season to have Andrew Viner write for the series until season 16.
 * The only season not dubbed in Dutch.
 * The only season where Flora, Hank and Colin appear. Colin was meant to appear in King of the Railway, but was cut for unknown reasons.
 * This season contained the 300th episode of the television series, which was James Works it Out.
 * Pierce Brosnan was originally hired to narrate this season after The Great Discovery, but he was withdrawn from the series and Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon returned to replace Pierce Brosnan. Pierce is known to have recorded narration for, at the very least, several episodes of the season.
 * In the UK, this season was supposed to be shown after The Great Discovery, but was brought forwards for unknown reasons, meaning that the audience would may have not known about Stanley or Great Waterton.
 * This season was never shown in Hungary, Norway, Romania, Poland and the Netherlands, meaning audiences will not know about any of the new characters introduced in this season.
 * Harvey and Arthur were the only engines not to utilise CGI face masks. However, two pictures from a magazine story show Harvey with a CGI face.
 * The series cost £2.5 million/$3,126,750.00 (US) to make, with each episode taking around five days to film.
 * In Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, earlier created seasons, like season 1, would have started to air around the time this season was created.

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