Peace and Quiet

"Please stop! I'd rather be back with the chatterbox engines!"

- Murdoch

Peace and Quiet is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season.

Plot
Murdoch is annoyed by Harvey and Salty's chatter and is relieved when he gets to take a goods train through the countryside, but he gets no happiness there when he is stopped by some sheep on the line! After Toby shoos away the sheep, Murdoch appreciates the resulting quiet. When he returns to the sheds, he happily listens to one of Salty's tales.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Harvey
 * Murdoch
 * Salty
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Toby (does not speak)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Duck (cameo)
 * Douglas (cameo)
 * Emily (cameo)
 * Arthur (cameo)
 * Cranky (cameo)
 * Gordon (deleted scene)
 * Annie and Clarabel (deleted scene)
 * Cyril the fogman (deleted scene cameo)

Locations

 * Brendam
 * Knapford Sheds
 * The Coaling Plant
 * Henry's Tunnel
 * Rolf's Castle
 * Wellsworth (deleted scene)
 * The Cement Works (deleted scene)

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Fish is used.
 * In Michael Brandon's narration, Murdoch says, "Thanks Toby!" after the sheep are led into the field.
 * In a rare picture, Arthur isn't in the shed next to Harvey, Salty, and Murdoch.
 * A faceless Bulstrode model can be seen in the second scene of the episode.

Goofs

 * When Murdoch puffs into the coaling plant, Duck is shunting trucks. In the next scene, Duck is on another line and Percy has disappeared.
 * After Murdoch passes Percy and Duck his trucks change colour.
 * When Murdoch is about to depart from Brendam his eyes look strange.
 * The narrator says "The farmer and his dog went to work", but the farmer has two dogs.
 * Murdoch could have just whistled at the sheep to get them out of his way.
 * When Toby puffs to the sheep accident, Murdoch says "Toby!", but Toby and Murdoch have never met before.

Episode
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