Dowager Hatt's Busy Day

Dowager Hatt's Busy Day is the third episode of the twenty-first season.

Plot
While the Fat Controller is sick, his mother runs the railway and creates chaos by getting everyone to do the wrong jobs!

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Emily
 * Philip
 * Annie
 * Cranky
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Dowager Hatt
 * Toby (cameo)
 * Donald and Douglas (cameo)
 * Diesel (cameo)
 * 'Arry or Bert (cameo)
 * Salty (cameo)
 * Paxton (cameo)
 * Den (cameo)
 * Clarabel (cameo)
 * Slip Coaches (cameo)
 * The Teacher (cameo)
 * The Great Railway Show Judge (cameo)

Locations

 * Knapford
 * Sir Topham Hatt's Office
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Brendam Docks
 * Sodor Shipping Company
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Ulfstead Mine
 * Vicarstown (mentioned)
 * Crocks Scrap Yard (mentioned)

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, Sir Topham Hatt and Dowager Hatt
 * Rob Rackstraw as James
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily and Annie
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
 * Matt Wilkinson as Cranky

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward
 * Kerry Shale as Henry and Gordon
 * Rob Rackstraw as James
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie
 * Glenn Wrage as Cranky
 * Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt and Dowager Hatt

Trivia

 * This marks the third time that Emily has taken Annie and Clarabel. The first time was in the seventh season episode, Emily's New Coaches, and the second time was in the seventeenth season episode, No Snow for Thomas.
 * The balloon on a flatbed is a possible reference to the fifteenth season episode, Up, Up and Away!.
 * The globe that Emily took and chased in the eighteenth season episode, Emily Saves the World, is seen being pulled by Salty pass Knapford.
 * When Dowager Hatt first speaks to Gordon, she calls him Geoffrey, to which Gordon responds with "Who's Geoffrey?". This may be a reference to the nineteenth season episode of the same name, which Lee Pressman also wrote.
 * This episode plot is similar to the tenth season episode, The Green Controller.

Goofs

 * Donald does not have a crew.
 * Duck's whistle is heard at one point, but he is no where to be seen.
 * Henry is missing his leading wheels when the engines are stuck at Knapford.