The Man in the Hills

The Man in the Hills is a twelfth season episode.

Plot
Thomas arrives at the wharf with a birthday tent for Mr. Percival's birthday party. Sir Handel tells Thomas about the "Man in the Hills", a tall white man who has never been seen before. Thomas decides to find the "Man in the Hills", but ignores Freddie and Rheneas' advice to help. Thomas takes the dairy manager and the miller to the wharf, but discovers that neither are the "Man in the Hills". Worse still, the dairy manager and the miller still have to make the food for the party! Quickly, Thomas tells Skarloey and Rheneas to take the birthday tent whilst he takes the miller and the dairy manager back to their workplaces. On his way back with the food, Thomas takes a short-cut and, at Green Valley Junction, discovers a chalk figure in the hillside - the "Man in the Hills". Thomas tells Freddie to gather Mr. Percival and the engines together and bring them to see the "Man in the Hills".

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Handel
 * Rusty
 * Duncan
 * Freddie
 * Mr. Percival
 * Peter Sam (cameo)

Trivia

 * The "Man in the Hills" is based upon the Long Man of Wilmington, which is on a steep hillside north west of Eastbourne, East Sussex in Southern England.
 * Going by production order, this is the eleventh episode of the twelfth season.

Goofs

 * When Thomas leaves to find the "Man in the Hills" Sir Handel has no lamp on his back.
 * If the dairy and flour men were truly the "Man in the Hills", they probably wouldn't know who Thomas was.
 * Mighty Mac and Rusty are not with the other engines at the end of the episode.
 * In the American narration Sir Handel has a higher voice.
 * At the Wharf, Duncan was first seen behind Skarloey and Rheneas. But later, he is seen in front of them and facing the opposite direction.
 * The cake is put in Thomas' cab when it should have been in a freight car.