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
Sir Topham Hatt brings in a big engine named Murdoch to help with the heavy workload. 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 a farmer 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)
 * Farmer Trotter (not named; does not speak)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Duck (cameo)
 * Douglas (cameo)
 * Emily (cameo)
 * Arthur (cameo)
 * Cranky (cameo)
 * Gordon (deleted scene)
 * Donald (deleted scene)
 * 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.
 * In a deleted scene at Wellsworth, something white can be seen behind the station.
 * Salty says, "Have you worked Mersey?" Mersey is a real place in western England.

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, he has different trucks.
 * 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.
 * When Murdoch tells Harvey and Salty off, Harvey doesn't have a face.

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