- "It's sails are all broken, its roof's falling in and there's a tree growing out of the wall."
"I know! It's perfect!"
"Perfect? It's old and useless."
"Just you wait and see!" - ― Thomas and Ruth regarding the windmill
Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop is the fourteenth episode of the twenty-fourth series.
Plot[]
Thomas shows Ruth around Sodor to help her find a place to live. Ruth gets the idea to search along where Thomas works -- his branch line. Eventually, they come across an old windmill. Ruth renovates the windmill into her new, energy-efficient workshop.
Characters[]
- Thomas
- Percy
- Daisy
- Annie and Clarabel
- Skiff
- Sir Robert Norramby
- Ruth
- Gordon (fantasy)
- Duck (cameo)
- Ryan (cameo)
- Rex (cameo)
- The Birdwatcher (cameo)
- The Ginger-haired Boy (cameo)
- The Blond-haired Boy (cameo)
- One of Dowager Hatt's Friends (cameo)
- The Lady with the Big Hat (cameo)
- Albert (cameo)
- Albert's Wife (cameo)
- Little Thomas (cameo)
- The Puppet Show Entertainers (cameos)
Locations[]
- Ulfstead Castle
- Arlesburgh Harbour
- Harwick
- Tidmouth Town Square
- Ruth's Workshop
- Brendam (mentioned)
- Suddery (mentioned)
- Norramby (mentioned)
Cast[]
UK[]
- John Hasler as Thomas
- Keith Wickham as Gordon
- Nigel Pilkington as Percy
- Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
- Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
- Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby
- Dominique Moore as Ruth
US[]
- Joseph May as Thomas
- Kerry Shale as Gordon
- Christopher Ragland as Percy
- Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
- Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
- Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby
- Dominique Moore as Ruth
Trivia[]
- Going by production order, this is the twelfth episode of the twenty-fourth series.
- This episode, along with James the Super Engine, were the first two episodes from the twenty-fourth series to be leaked.
- Suddery and Norramby are both mentioned in this episode.
- This episode marks the last of a few things:
- The last appearances of Daisy, Rex, Sir Robert Norramby, the Birdwatcher and Albert.
- The last episode where Annie and Clarabel do not have eyebrows.
- The last appearances of Duck, Annie, Clarabel and Skiff in the original series.
- The last episode written by Camille Ucan and Rose Johnson.
- Harwick's last appearance.
- Thomas racing towards the electrical wire is a homage to the 1985 movie, Back to the Future.
- In Poland, this episode premiered before A New Arrival, so the audience would not know who Ruth is.
- This episode was never aired in Germany and South Korea.
- In the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Baltic Russian dubs, the UK dub can be heard in the background as a dubbing track was not used.
- Albert, his wife, little Thomas, and Fuzzy can be seen walking past Ruth at Tidmouth Town Square.
Goofs[]
- The captions on the Paramount+ release of the episode mistakenly refer to Gordon as Norman, despite Norman not appearing in the episode.
In Other Languages[]
Language | Title |
---|---|
Baltic Russian | Томас и мастерская изобретателя |
Brazilian Portuguese | Thomas e a Oficina da Inventora |
Czech | Tomáš a vynálezkyně |
Dutch | Thomas en de Uitvinder |
Estonian | Toomas ja Leiutaja Töökoda |
Greek | Ο Τόμας και το εργαστήρι του εφευρέτη |
Hebrew | תומס ובית הממציאנית |
Italian | La Casa Perfetta per I'inventrice |
Japanese | はつめいかのルースさん |
Latin American Spanish | Thomas y el taller de la inventora |
Latvian | Tomass un Izgudrotāja Darbnīca |
Lithuanian | Tomas ir Išradėjo Dirbtuvės |
Polish | Tomek i Warsztat Wynalazcy |
Russian | Дом для Рут |
Turkish | Thomas ve Mucitin Atölyesi |
Home Media Releases[]
UK/IRL/AUS[]
External Links[]
#01 Emily's Best Friend | #09 Thomas' Not-So-Lucky Day | #17 Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through! |
#02 Thomas' Fuzzy Friend | #10 Ace's Brave Jump | #18 Kenji on the Rails Again |
#03 The Great Little Railway Show | #11 Nia's Bright Idea | #19 Cleo the Road Engine |
#04 Thomas and the Forest Engines | #12 Cleo's First Snow | #20 Thomas' Animal Friends |
#05 Emily to the Rescue | #13 Sonny's Second Chance | Special #01 Thomas and the Royal Engine |
#06 Shankar's Makeover | #14 Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop | Special #02 A New Arrival |
#07 Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant | #15 The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge | Special #03 World of Tomorrow |
#08 James the Super Engine | #16 Yong Bao and the Tiger | |