Sir Handel in Charge

"Bust my buffers!"

- Sir Handel

Sir Handel in Charge is the twenty-fifth episode of the eleventh series.

Plot
Sir Handel is given the job of overseeing an important special while the Thin Controller is at a meeting with the Fat Controller; he needs to have workmen picked up and taken to the forest to have trucks filled up with logs, then deliver the heavy train back to the Transfer Yards where Thomas will collect it. Mr. Percival tells Sir Handel to ask the first engines he sees to do the special, but Sir Handel is daydreaming about being in charge for the day to listen.

Sir Handel tells Mighty Mac, Rusty, Duncan and Peter Sam about his special and needs engines to help out with it. They all tell him that they can help, but Sir Handel tells them to wait because he's still excited about telling them what to do to listen. He soon arrives to find Thomas who questions him about the special which makes Sir Handel realise that he's got nothing done and works to set it all right by telling the engines what he needs them to do. They all help him out and it's all ready by the time Mr. Percival returns onboard James. While Mr. Percival congratulates him, Sir Handel is all the more wiser for getting help from the other engines.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Rusty
 * Duncan
 * Mighty Mac
 * Mr. Percival
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Locations

 * The Wharf
 * Rocky Hill Beside Narrow Gauge Runby
 * The Transfer Yards
 * Mountain Village Station
 * Sodor Castle

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the twelfth episode of the eleventh series.
 * Sir Handel's theme through out the episode is Fergus' theme.
 * The episode's plot has similarities to the eighth series episode, Gordon Takes Charge and the tenth series episode, The Green Controller.
 * This is the last episode to have Sir Handel as the leading role.

Goofs

 * When the narrator says "The other engines do as he tells them," Rheneas, Skarloey and Sir Handel are all set further back along the tracks, and then set back to their original positions just after that.
 * When Sir Handel finds Duncan and Peter Sam for the first time, Sir Handel and Duncan's steam platforms are visible.
 * In a promotional image of Sir Handel and Rusty, one of Sir Handel's eyebrows was crooked.

Merchandise

 * TrackMaster
 * Books - Sir Handel is the Manager

Home Media Releases
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UK/AUS

 * Engines and Escapades
 * The Complete Series 11

UK DVD Boxsets

 * 5 Exciting DVDs
 * Classic Collection
 * The Ultimate Collection

AUS DVD Boxsets

 * The Essential Collection
 * The Great Adventures of Thomas and Friends

US/CAN

 * Engines and Escapades
 * The Greatest Stories

DVD Boxsets

 * 4-Disc DVD Box Set

SPN/GER/NL/NOR/SWE/DK/FIN

 * Engines and Escapades

ZA

 * Smoke and Mirrors
 * Engines and Escapades

ARA

 * Hero of the Rails

KOR

 * Thomas the Little Engine and Friends Season 6 Vol. 2

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 11 Vol.2

MYS

 * Thomas and the Storyteller and Other Adventures

THA

 * Engines and Escapades
 * Thomas and the Storyteller

HK

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 26
 * Thomas and Friends Volume 37

TWN
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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 24

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