Wish You Were Here

"I know you can't hear me but good night to you too, Percy."

- Thomas

Wish You Were Here is the fourteenth episode of the twenty-third series.

Plot
Thomas misses his best friend, Percy, while working on the Chinese railway.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Yong Bao
 * Hong-Mei
 * An An and Yin-Long
 * The Great Railway Show Flagman
 * The Female Puppet Show Entertainer
 * The Chinese Dragon

Locations

 * China
 * Chinese Railway Sheds
 * Chinese Railway Shunting Yard
 * The Chinese Town Halt
 * Chinese Town Halt Tunnel
 * The River Station
 * Cherry Blossom Runby
 * The Nature Reserve
 * The Bamboo Forest
 * Great Wall of China
 * Tu Zi Quan
 * Island of Sodor
 * Wellsworth

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
 * Siu-see Hung as An An and a Passenger
 * Windson Liong as Yin-Long and a Passenger
 * Matt Wilkinson as a Wellsworth Station Worker

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
 * Siu-see Hung as An An and a Passenger
 * Windson Liong as Yin-Long and a Passenger
 * Matt Wilkinson as a Wellsworth Station Worker

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the fourteenth episode of the twenty-third series.
 * References to the third series episodes Thomas, Percy and the Post Train and Thomas, Percy and the Dragon, the twenty-second series episode Thomas and the Dragon and the movie Tale of the Brave are made in this episode. The advice that Percy tells Thomas was the same advice Gator told Percy in said movie.
 * This episode shares the same name as one of the Shining Time Station episodes from Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales.
 * This is the only episode of a few things:
 * The only international episode to physically feature any Sodor engines besides Thomas.
 * The only episode in the twenty-third series set in China and marks the only appearances of Yong Bao, Hong-Mei, An An and Yin-Long in the twenty-third series (excluding the former's stock footage cameo in Grudge Match). It also marks the only time their voice actors appear in said series.
 * This episode marks the last episode of a few things:
 * The last episode where Dan Li voices Yong Bao, as Chris Lew Kum Hoi assumes the role in the next series.
 * Hong-Mei, An An and Yin-Long's last appearances, due to their absence in Yong Bao and the Tiger.
 * Apart from Thomas reading the title aloud, this episode does not include any narration.
 * The title is a common postcard quote.
 * On the Nick Jr. US airing of this episode, it was paired with Diesel Glows Away.

Merchandise

 * Magazine Stories - Wish You Were Here

UK/AUS

 * Steam Team to the Rescue

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