Toby's Special Surprise

"'Ello, Toby! Why you looking at old tin cans?"

- Whiff

Toby's Special Surprise is the seventh episode of the twelfth season.

Plot
Toby hasn't got a special and realises it's because he's never found anything special, so he sets off to look for something. Unfortunately he runs out of coal before he can take some workmen to Great Waterton, but stops next to a mysterious piece of metal which turns out to be the sign for the old tramway.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * Toby
 * Emily
 * Whiff
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Rocky (does not speak)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Henrietta (cameo)
 * The Mayor of Sodor (mentioned)

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Great Waterton
 * Black Loch

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Thomas and the Storyteller and The Great Discovery is used, as are deleted scenes from Thomas and the Lighthouse.
 * References to Emily's New Route, Henry and the Flagpole, and The Great Discovery are made in this episode.
 * This episode aired before The Great Discovery came out in the UK, so the audience wouldn't known what Great Waterton was.

Goofs

 * When Toby collects the workmen, there are three, but when he runs out of steam, there are only two.
 * Toby has made a discovery before: finding Bertram in the old mine.