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- “You have caused delay and confusion!”
- ― Mr. Percival, Duncan's Bluff, tenth season
Mr. Peregrine Percival, also called the "Thin Controller" ("Narrow-Gauge Controller" in the US), is the current manager of the Skarloey and Culdee Fell Railways in the television series. In the magazines, he also runs a Cable Railway.
Bio
Mr. Percival was hired sometime between the events of the seventh and ninth seasons to help Sir Topham Hatt manage the ever-increasing size of his railway industry.
Mr. Percival has had five children with his wife.
He was one of the important visitors who attended Dowager Hatt's special tour of Sodor and then a party at Knapford. He later charged Peter Sam with the running of the Skarloey Railway whilst he attended a meeting with Sir Topham Hatt, and welcomed Luke to his Railway.
Appearances
Voice Actors
- Keith Wickham (UK; sixteenth season onwards)
- Kerry Shale (US; sixteenth season onwards)
- Shōto Kashii (Japan)
- Benjamin Morik (Germany)
- Wojciech Chorąży (Poland)
- Christian Greger Strøm (Norway; sixteenth season only)
- Trond Teigen (Norway; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)
Trivia
- Mr. Percival's hero is Sir Topham Hatt.
- Mr. Percival has five children named Peter, Paul, Patrick, Pansy, and Penny.
- Mr. Percival hates cars, which explains his signature bicycle. Oddly, his Take-Along and Take-n-Play models feature him inside a red car.
Merchandise
- Wooden Railway
- Take-Along (in red car; discontinued)
- Take-n-Play (in red car; discontinued)
- TrackMaster (with Fearless Freddie in "Ding a Ling")