THESE ARE SOLEY MY OWN OPINIONS AND NOT FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FAN BASE
PERCY'S PREDICAMENT
Originally Written by
the Rev.W.Awdry
Adapted for Television by
Britt Allcroft, David Mitton and Robert Cardona
Air Date:
19/10/86
Plot:
Daisy's time on the island is bad, she was frightened of cows and is also lazy and stubborn, much to Percy and Toby's dismay. One day, Percy was shunting trucks crossly in the yards and Toby knew that Daisy left the milk again. Percy was cross about it and thinks he has nothing better to do. Toby asked him to take his trucks from the quarry while he takes the milk. As Percy was shunting trucks at the Quarry, the trucks were cross that Percy came instead of Toby and were bossing them around. As they reached the sign saying 'All Trains Must Stop To Pin Down Brakes' the trucks surged him on down the steep hill. Percy whistled in the yard and crashed into a brake van. The Fat Controller was cross that with Percy broken down, the line has to be run by two of his engines and that caused him a predicament. Then the Fat Controller told Daisy off saying that his engines work hard and send lazy ones away. Later Thomas came back and Percy was sent away to be mended. Now Daisy works hard and became a member of the Fat Controller's railway.
PRO:
- The accident and the music are superb
CON:
- 'Brought Henrietta to the station' its Elsbridge yards.
- 'Percy never been to the quarry before' and yet he did in 'Percy and Harold'.
There two errors with this episode, the first being Percy at the Quarry. The narrator says 'Percy never been to the quarry' and yet he did in 'Percy and Harold' showing this can confuse kids with the continuity error and the other being Toby at Elsbridge yard when the narrator says 'Toby brought Henrietta to the station'. But I have to say the accident and the music were done superbly. The filming was great too.
Rating: 4/5
