The Vicar of Wellsworth is a clergyman. He is the owner of Trevor and lives in the Vicarage at Wellsworth.
Biography[]
Edward once approached the Vicar to save Trevor from scrap, to which the Vicar agreed and, following a demonstration, purchased Trevor for cheap, letting the traction engine live in the Vicarage Orchard. After the purchase, he hired the services of Jem Cole whenever a driver was required.[1]
The Vicar runs a Sunday School class at Tidmouth Hault.[2]
The Vicar once held a party at the Vicarage when his parish could not pay for a seaside trip for the children. Edward had the idea to carry some posters for the party on his boiler, cab and coaches. The Vicar later came to thank Edward for his idea and told him about the party's success.[3]
The Vicar has a lot of beehives at the Vicarage, which he once sent one of his beehives to be carried on the express, however, a porter dropped it, thus disturbing the bees. The bees eventually settled on James' boiler and only flew off of him when James arrived at the Vicarage orchard. The Vicar later came to thank James for rescuing his bees, and nicknamed him "James the Red-Nosed Engine".[4]
Attire[]
The Vicar wears the typical clothing of an Anglican priest, with a grey shirt with a clerical collar and a Saturno hat (Cappello romano).
Appearances[]
Thomas & Friends
Music Videos
He was going to appear in the cancelled Jack and the Sodor Construction Company episode, Isobella Gets Steamed. |
Annual Stories
Magazine Stories
The Vicar of Wellsworth also appears in the magazine stories A Colourful Christmas and A Friend's Party. Video Games |
Voice Actors[]
- Kōhei Miyauchi (Japan; second series only)
- Ryōichi Tanaka (Japan; third series only)
Trivia[]
- According to the magazine story, Trevor's Nest, the Vicar is a bird enthusiast.
- The Vicar's appearance in Thomas & Friends changed several times, he had really small eyes in Saved from Scrap, then he had much bigger eyes in Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party, then he had a face mask similar to Jem Cole's in Buzz, Buzz, and finally, in Harold and the Flying Horse, he was balding.
- In the third series episode, Buzz, Buzz, the Vicar drives a red car.
- The Vicar’s model from Harold and the Flying Horse was reused for the Mayor of Sodor in the ninth series episode, Percy and the Oil Painting.
- If the cancelled Jack and the Sodor Construction Company episode Isobella Gets Steamed had happened, it would have been the Vicar's official last appearance.
- The Vicar's large scale parts have been reused several times:
- His second series body was reused for a butler and the tailor in Lady Hatt's Birthday Party.
- His head from the seventh series onwards was reused from the barber's customer.
- His small and large scale heads from the third series were refurbished with black beards for the fifth series. In Make Someone Happy the small head was paired with Jeremiah Jobling's inspector body.
Merchandise[]
- Departing Now (discontinued)
- Capsule Plarail (discontinued)
References[]
- ↑ T&F S2 #04 "Saved from Scrap"
- ↑ T&F S3 #02 "Percy's Promise"
- ↑ T&F S3 #016 "Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party"
- ↑ T&F S3 #17 "Buzz, Buzz"
| Locomotives | Steam | Edward | Porter | Nia |
|---|---|---|
| Diesel | BoCo | Derek | Salty | Philip | |
| Non-Rail Vehicles | Trevor | Big Mickey | Cranky | Reg | Carly | |
| People | The Vicar of Wellsworth | The Mayor of Sodor | The Dock Managers | |
| Affiliates | Sodor China Clay Company (Bill and Ben, Timothy, Marion) | Sodor Shipping Company | Sodor Search and Rescue Centre (Belle, Flynn, Rocky, Harold, Butch, Captain) | |
| Stations | Wellsworth | Suddery | Lower Suddery | Sodor Animal Park** | Upper Brendam | Brendam | |