Thomas and Skarloey's Big Day Out

"Heeelp!"

- Skarloey, after breaking away from Thomas on Gordon's Hill

Thomas and Skarloey's Big Day Out is the twenty-eighth and final episode of the tenth series.

Plot
It is summertime on the Island of Sodor, and Thomas enjoys taking visitors to the seaside everyday. One day, the Fat Controller gives Thomas a special to deliver steel pipes to the wharf, and Thomas is delighted to see many sights along the way, such as the castle, Shen Valley and Gordon's Hill.

When Thomas arrives at the wharf, he sees Skarloey looking very sad because he has broken down and needs repairs. Thomas volunteers to take him across Sodor to the repair yards. Mr. Percival agrees, but warns Thomas that Skarloey is heavy and must go straight to the repair yards. He also warns Thomas to be careful because the coupling on the flatbed is old. Skarloey is still sad when he is loaded onto the flatbed, so Thomas decides to make Skarloey's trip exciting by showing him several sights Skarloey has never seen before.

Thomas goes on a different track away from the repair yard to show Skarloey the sights. He shows him Callan Castle and Shen Valley, but Skarloey says their railway has places like that and does not cheer him up. Thomas takes him to Gordon's Hill, struggling to pull Skarloey and he makes it to the top, but the old coupling breaks and Skarloey rolls back down the hill and derails in a siding, crashing into the buffers. Thomas puffs back to Skarloey realising his mistake. Thomas is coupled back to Skarloey and heads straight to the repair yard.

When Thomas stops at a signal near the seaside, Skarloey is amazed by the view of the beach and says he had never seen anything like the seaside. Thomas is surprised and happy to hear this and says he sees the beach everyday. Thomas takes Skarloey to the repair yard and waits for Skarloey to get mended. Skarloey is soon fixed and the two engines have one more view of the seaside. Skarloey declares it the best day out ever and Thomas is happy to see his friend happy.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Skarloey
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Mr. Percival
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Rocky
 * Refreshment Lady
 * Gordon

Locations

 * Norramby Beach
 * Norramby Fishing Village
 * Callan Castle
 * Tidmouth Beach
 * Tidmouth Lighthouse
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * The Works
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Shen Valley
 * Three-Track Hay Field
 * The Wharf
 * Wellsworth Bridge

Trivia

 * This marks the last episode of several things:
 * The last episode shot in 576i standard definition.
 * Jocelyn Stevenson's last episode as executive producer.
 * The last time a small scale model of a narrow gauge engine was used on screen.
 * The last series to feature the eighth series theme song in the intro.
 * The last episode to feature the 2004-2006 HiT series theme at the end of the episodes.
 * The last episode dubbed by Saverio Ingrio in Italy and Kim Seung-jun in South Korea until the twelfth series episode, Thomas and the Billboard.
 * The last episode aired by EBS in South Korea until the twelfth series episode, Thomas and the Billboard.
 * The last episode aired by Tooniverse until the twenty-second series episode, Number One Engine in South Korea.
 * The last episode aired by Daekyo Kids TV in South Korea.
 * The last appearance of Shen Valley to date.
 * The last appearance of Norramby Beach in the original series.
 * The last episode to have Karen Puddifoot as production runner before her tragic death in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam on 24th September, 2009, only three years later after the episode aired.
 * Stock footage from Percy and the Oil Painting and Seeing the Sights is used.
 * Thomas' plastic model was used at the beginning of the episode.
 * A recap version of the episode was used in the Sodor's Special Places segment, The Seaside before the full episode aired.
 * Skarloey's small scale model was used again for the first time since the fifth series (minus stock footage in the seventh series). The small scale model was used in the long shots when he and Thomas passed by each place and in the scene when they arrived at the workshops. In addition, when Skarloey rolls down Gordon's Hill, his unused fourth series panicked face is used. This was the only time said face was seen on-screen.
 * In Latin American airings, the scene at the Fishing Village, all the scenes of Thomas going up Gordon's Hill and Skarloey's crash were omitted to accomodate time slots.
 * Skarloey's model was heavily revamped physically for this episode.
 * The episode's plot points would later be used for the fifteenth series episode Stop that Bus! and the seventeenth series episode The Thomas Way.
 * Going by filming order, this episode was filmed before Missing Trucks and Fearless Freddie when Skarloey's smiling face still has painted teeth on it, but afterwards were removed by the time the aforementioned episodes were filmed.

Goofs

 * When Thomas stops beside Rocky, the puffing sound continues for a couple of seconds after Thomas actually stops.
 * When Thomas arrives at the wharf, his steam platform is visible.
 * In one close-up of Skarloey on the flatbed, Thomas does not have any coal in his bunker.
 * When Thomas brings Skarloey to the Scottish Castle, a wall can be seen next to Skarloey's flatbed, but in Skarloey's close-up, the wall cannot be seen. This is because everything is put to larger scale so that Skarloey's newer model and faces can be used, and because there was no large scale Scottish Castle route made, the wall was replaced by piles of slates and clumps of moss beside the line.
 * In the US dub, when Skarloey says "It's wonderful" when looking at the seaside, he has a Scottish accent.

Merchandise

 * Magazine Stories - Big Day Out

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * The Complete Series 10

DVD Boxsets

 * Classic Collection

AUS

 * The Complete Series 10
 * The Best of Thomas and Friends - Volume 2

DVD Boxsets

 * Complete Series 1-10
 * The Essential Collection
 * Series Nine and Series Ten Double Pack
 * The Complete Series Ten and Hero of the Rails Double Pack

US

 * Thomas and Friends 2008 Sampler DVD

ZA

 * Thomas and the Statue

JPN

 * Song and Story: Let's Sing a Song
 * Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

ARA

 * Rocky to the Rescue

SPN

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 12

DVD Boxsets

 * Second Season

MYS

 * Thomas and the Treasure and Other Adventures
 * Thomas and the Colors and Other Adventures

THA

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 46

HK

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 19

NOR/SWE/DK/FIN

 * Thomas and the Treasure

KOR

 * Thomas the Little Engine and Friends Season 5 Vol. 3

TWN
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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 21

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