Thomas and the Big Bang
Director(s)	Steve Asquith
Producer(s)	Simon Spencer
Writer(s)	Abi Grant
Narrator	Michael Angelis (UK) Michael Brandon (US)
Air date	September 7th, 2007
Previous episode	Thomas and the Lighthouse
Next episode	Smoke and Mirrors

Thomas and the Big Bang is the tenth episode of the eleventh season.

Plot

Thomas plays a trick on Rheneas by whistling beside him, making the little engine knock his trucks of pilings. The other engines want to join in and surprise Rusty, Sir Handel, and Peter Sam. When Mr. Percival finds that none of Thomas' trucks have been loaded, he is furious. Thomas, seeing the error of his ways, works to get everything in order, but plays one last trick on Mr. Percival and hides his trucks. When Mr. Percival discovers the trick, he declares that Thomas is "a very funny engine".

Characters

• Thomas
• Sir Handel
• Rusty
• Mr. Percival
• James (does not speak)
• Percy (does not speak)
• Skarloey (does not speak)
• Rheneas (does not speak)
• Peter Sam (does not speak)
• Gordon (cameo)
• Stephen Hatt (cameo)
• The storyteller (cameo)

Locations

• Tidmouth Sheds
• The Wharf
• Misty Valley
• The Railway Works

Trivia

• This is the third occasion in which James is spun on a turntable. The first was in Tenders and Turntables and the second in Buzz, Buzz.
• When Rusty says "You look like a ghost!", the footage is sped up.
• The title is a reference to "The Big Bang", a phenomenon that supposedly occured millions of years ago and is believed to have created the universe.
• The German title is "The New Steam Pipe". The Danish title is "Thomas Makes Trouble".

Goofs

• The narrator says that Rusty steamed around the wharf, but Rusty is a Diesel.
• Peter Sam is wearing Duncan's happy face at the end.
• Skarloey and Rheneas are supposed to be wise, not silly.
• The narrator says that the little engines blew their whistles, but Rusty has a horn.
• Brakevans should have been added to Rheneas, Rusty, Sir Handel, and Peter Sam's trains.
• The flour should not have been transported in open trucks.
• When Peter Sam derails, he crashes through the buffers and is off the track, but in the next scene, the rails continue to the edge of the wharf.

Gallery

Title card

Deleted scene

Deleted scene

Deleted scene

Thomas' new whistle

Thomas and Mr. Percival

Skarloey and Sir Handel

Rheneas

Thomas

Rusty covered in brick dust

Rusty, Skarloey, and Rheneas

Sir Handel covered in flour

Skarloey and Rheneas

Peter Sam

Thomas and A.J.R. No.1

Thomas, Sir Handel, and Peter Sam

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