Duncan (T&F)

Duncan is a grumpy Scottish narrow gauge well tank engine who came to the Skarloey Railway as a spare engine after Peter Sam's accident with some slate trucks.

Biography
Once, Rusty told Duncan a story about a ghost engine who fell off the Old Iron Bridge one night. That next morning, Peter Sam's driver had an idea and told Duncan's crew of a trick they could play on Duncan the following night for all his teasing; as Duncan was crossing the Old Iron Bridge the next night, he noticed some fireflies forming the shape of an engine which spooked him. His driver then dropped a rock into the ravine, which spooked Duncan even more and he went to his shed scared. This put Duncan in his place, thinking he had just seen a ghost.

Duncan likes teasing the standard gauge engines like Thomas or James when he sees either of them at the Wharf. He teased Thomas for supposedly not knowing what a Christmas tree looks like (even though Thomas did know) and once teased James saying that doing two jobs in one day is hard for a big engine like James. But soon Duncan's teasing caused problems as he heard James ran out of coal, so he came to James' rescue by bringing him some coal. He even said he was sorry for his teasing.

Duncan is well known and often teased for his temper. He has met his match before - a passenger who grumbled more than him! He also showed a lack of Christmas spirit and often grumbled about the busy work that has to be done during the festive season, even going as far as to say Ebeneezer Scrooge's quote, "Bah Humbug!" Despite his rough exterior, he heroically helped Luke up a hill around Christmas time, showing his kinder side and was rewarded with a new coat of paint.

A while later, Duncan was at Crovan's Gate when he saw Hugo race by the station. This surprised him and Sir Handel, who were both wondering if that was an engine.

Personality
Duncan is a Scottish narrow gauge engine with rough manners and a strong temper, making him the least social of the Skarloey Railway fleet. He was prone to boisterously bouncing about, which became known as "rock 'n' roll", whenever the mood took him, which once led to wedging in the north mouth of Rheneas Tunnel (probably caused by keystones knocked down by his funnel) and derailing on a stretch of line near Cros-ny-Cuirn.

While Duncan means well, he often grumbles and complains (usually about not being polished or being over-worked) and can be rude, rough, stubborn and bad-tempered. This can easily be seen in his dislike for Christmas for some reason. He claims to be a plain engine who believes in plainly speaking, an approach that can cause him to make callous or belligerent remarks. Duncan can be a competitive engine too, particularly with James. He can be impulsive, even more so than Sir Handel, and make rash decisions that usually lead to his downfall, (such as getting in arguments or short-lived feuds with Rusty). He is not always quick to apologise or realise the error of his ways. However, upon Skarloey recalling Rheneas' gallant act to get his passengers home, Duncan readily admitted he had the wrong attitude and tried hard to be a more useful, social and respectable engine in the future. When Rusty helped him after his derailment near Cros-ny-Cuirn, Duncan apologised to him and extended a wheel of friendship, proving he has gratitude.

Despite his rough ways, Duncan is often focused, confident, resourceful, kind, and has a big heart. He is always willing to lend a helping hand whenever he can and wants to be really useful.

Basis
Duncan is based on the Talyllyn Railway's Douglas, an Andrew Barclay "E" or "Light" Class 0-4-0WT. Several other engines of this class are also preserved.

Livery
In the television series, he is painted golden yellow with black lining and gold boiler bands - as of the switch to CGI, however, the lining on his cab is unpainted. He also has a brass (originally black) nameplate on the side of his boiler and a black number plate on the side of his coal bunkers. According to The Big Book of Engines, Duncan was originally painted red before coming to Sodor.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 4 - Bulldog, Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady , Home at Last, Rock 'n' Roll, Special Funnel, Steam Roller, Passengers and Polish and Gallant Old Engine
 * Series 5 - Duncan Gets Spooked and Snow
 * Series 6 - Dunkin Duncan and Faulty Whistles
 * Series 7 - The Old Bridge, The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop , Rheneas and the Roller Coaster , The Runaway Elephant, The Grand Opening , Not So Hasty Puddings and Trusty Rusty
 * Series 9 - Mighty Mac, Tuneful Toots, The Magic Lamp, Duncan and the Old Mine and Skarloey the Brave
 * Series 10 - Follow that Flour, A Smooth Ride , Duncan Drops a Clanger, Thomas' Tricky Tree, Wharf and Peace and Duncan's Bluff
 * Series 11 - Cool Truckings, Wash Behind Your Buffers, Duncan Does it All and Sir Handel in Charge
 * Series 12 - Mountain Marvel, The Party Surprise, Duncan and the Hot Air Balloon, The Man in the Hills and Push Me, Pull You
 * Series 13 - Steamy Sodor
 * Series 16 - Don't Bother Victor!
 * Series 18 - Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Duncan the Humbug and Emily Saves the World
 * Series 20 - Saving Time and Engine of the Future
 * Series 22 - Counting on Nia
 * Series 23 - Diesel Do Right and Diesel Glows Away
 * Series 24 - The Great Little Railway Show

Specials

 * 2008 - The Great Discovery
 * 2009 - Hero of the Rails
 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery

Music Videos

 * Series 4 - Gone Fishing
 * Series 5 - Accidents Will Happen, It's Great to be an Engine, Come for the Ride and Percy's Seaside Trip
 * Series 6 - James the Really Splendid Engine, Little Engines and Boo! Boo! Choo-Choo
 * Series 7 - The Whistle Song
 * Series 9 - Buffer Up and Share
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - The Work Song and One Friendly Family
 * Series 10 - H is for Harold, Navigation, There's Always Something New, Responsibility, Strength and Jingle Bells
 * Series 11 - The Narrow Gauge Engines
 * The Great Discovery - There's a Job for Everyone, Where, oh Where is Thomas? and Thomas, You're the Leader
 * Series 18 - It's Christmas Time
 * Thomas' YouTube World Tour - The Island Song, The Whistle Song, Rules and Regulations and That's What Friends are For
 * Series 19 - Engine Roll Call
 * Series 21 - Little Engines
 * Series 22 - Engine Roll Call and The Steam Team
 * Series 24 - The Little Engine Who Believed

Videos
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 * 2018 - Meet the New Steam Team
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Magazine Stories
Duncan also appeared in the magazine stories, Cable Car Cheer!, Hello, Skarloey!, Musical Duncan, Rocking About, Roll and Rock, Smoke Signals, The Cliff Railway and The Mountain Railway.
 * 1997 - Duncan and Rock & Roll Rescue
 * 1998 - Duncan Has a Spill
 * 2000 - Wet Wheels
 * 2001 - Too Much Rock and Duncan Gets Upset
 * 2002 - Big Ideas!
 * 2003 - Mountain Rescue, Seeing Smoke and Air Share!
 * 2004 - Elephants and Engines, The Grand Opening and A Lot to Spot!
 * 2005 - Duncan's Rock and Roll
 * 2006 - Cold Chaos
 * 2007 - Uphill and Down and Cliff Ride
 * 2008 - Smokescreen and Slip and Slide
 * 2009 - Mountain Marvel!
 * 2010 - Big Ideas and The Birthday Ride
 * 2013 - Don't Bother Victor!
 * 2015 - Dusty Rusty and Duncan the Humbug

Annual Stories
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 * 1997 - Percy in Print and Pipe Dreams
 * 2001 - The Good Old Days

Whistles
In some scenes of the fourth series and in the fifth to twelfth series, excluding the seventh series, Duncan has his usual whistle sound at half a step higher in pitch.

Trivia

 * Duncan's large scale model is currently on display at the Hara Model Railway Museum in Japan and is wearing his chuckling face.
 * Duncan is the only narrow gauge steam engine who has not gained a new whistle sound since his debut in the fourth series.
 * Duncan was meant to appear in The Great Little Railway Show, but he was not included as this would have meant bringing Tom Stourton into the studio to only record one line of dialogue.
 * Duncan's happy face for his small scale model (used in the fourth and fifth series) is now owned by Twitter user Thomas Merchandise.
 * Duncan's whistle sound was sourced from the American locomotive Rio Grande No. 168.
 * In the US dub, Alec Baldwin provided a Liverpudlian accent for Duncan in the fifth series, and then provided him with a standard American accent with an obnoxious tone in the sixth series. To date, he is the only US narrator/actor in the television series to not give Duncan a Scottish accent.
 * Following to his introduction in the CGI series Duncan is much shorter than the other Narrow Gauge Engines. This is somewhat ironic since he was much taller in The Railway Series.
 * In the French dub, he is called Dominique until the ninth series, however this is sometimes misspelled as Dominque.
 * In the magazine story, The Mountain Railway, Duncan is illustrated with a tender for unknown reasons.