Emily Knows Best

"I'll do what you say, Queen Emily."

- Percy

Emily Knows Best is the seventeenth episode of the ninth series.

Plot
Emily is taking visitors to the ruined castle, where a queen once lived. Emily wishes to be a queen, since they tell everyone what to do. She decides to visit Percy and Toby in the shunting yard, which is just down the line from the castle whilst waiting for the visitors to explore the castle.

Percy and Toby are waiting to take away some trucks, and Emily decides to play at being "Queen for the Day." Percy liked the idea, but Toby tells her she needs to be clever to be a queen and know the right thing to do. Emily claims she always knows what to do, but Toby can't help but laugh at her and makes Emily cross, wanting to prove Toby that she knows best. Before leaving with his trucks, Toby tells Percy that if he needs help, then Toby will help him once he gets back. Not long after Toby departs, Percy is struggling to move his line of trucks. This gives Emily the perfect chance to prove that she knows best; she tells Percy to take his trucks along her track, which he does. However, Emily soon hears a crash in the distance and goes to investigate.

Emily realises that by telling Percy to go on her track, he has crashed into Mavis, who is on the same line and the trucks have knocked over a telegraph pole on the line. Toby then runs into the wreckage too, because his wheels rolled over the telegraph pole, causing him to derail. Emily apologizes to Toby for the accident and admits she didn't know best. Toby forgives her and tells Emily how she can get help. Emily gets the stationmaster at Maithwaite to call for help. Soon, Percy and Toby are back on the rails, though Toby's front cowcatcher is badly damaged. The Fat Controller is very cross with Emily for causing trouble, but Emily has learned her lesson; from now on, she will leave the "knowing the right thing" job to her friends, even Toby.

Characters

 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Emily
 * Mavis
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Thomas
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * Toad

Locations

 * Callan Castle
 * Maithwaite
 * Kellsthorpe Castle
 * Sodor Suspension Bridge

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the fifteenth episode of the ninth series.
 * The title of this episode is likely a reference to the 1954 American sitcom "Father Knows Best."
 * A deleted scene from Calling All Engines! is used.
 * In the individual version of the episode, the music at the end is omitted, except for in The Greatest Stories US DVD.
 * This is the first time with two things:
 * The first time the camera is shaken to simulate an accident scene.
 * The first time Mavis derails and/or gets to an accident.
 * This is the third episode in the ninth series, after Rheneas and the Dinosaur and The Magic Lamp, where Thomas does not speak.
 * When Percy gets the trucks moving, the front truck is wearing Toad's surprised and wincing face mask.

Goofs

 * Because of the stock footage used, the Sodor Suspension Bridge is rusty.
 * When Percy starts again to push his trucks along Emily's track, Emily's driver and fireman are not in her cab.
 * When Emily is thinking to herself, her eyes are wonky.
 * The Maithwaite stationmaster uses the phone for help, but it was stated earlier that the phone line was down, so no one would be able to phone for help.
 * In the first close-up of the trucks, Toby's first flatbed can be seen on the left side of the screen, even though Toby had left with those flatbeds, moments earlier.
 * The narrator mentions that Mavis could not move because she was stuck amongst the trucks, but she is clearly derailed.
 * Toby derailed after he struck the telephone pole in front of him, but there is also another telephone line behind him, so he should had struck that one.

Merchandise

 * Tomica
 * Magazine Stories - Emily Knows Best

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * Together on the Tracks
 * The Complete Series 9
 * The Best of Thomas

DVD Packs

 * 10 DVD Boxset
 * 5 Exciting DVDs
 * Classic Collection
 * The Best of Friends
 * The Ultimate Collection

AUS

 * Together on the Tracks
 * The Complete Series 9

DVD Boxsets

 * 3 Disc Set
 * HiT Favourites 5 DVD Collection
 * Complete Series 1-10
 * The Essential Collection
 * Series Nine and Series Ten Double Pack
 * Series Nine and The Great Discovery Double Pack

US/CAN

 * Come Ride the Rails
 * The Greatest Stories

DVD Boxsets

 * Discovery on the Rails
 * Let's Explore with Thomas
 * Steam Engine Stories

NOR/SWE/DK/FIN

 * We're Together

CZ

 * Together on Track

NL

 * Thomas and the New Engine

GER

 * The Most Courageous Locomotive in the World

MYS

 * Best of Thomas Collection
 * Flour Power and Other Adventures
 * Henry and the Flagpole and Other Adventures

HUN

 * Thomas and the New Engine

ZA

 * Thomas and the Golden Eagle

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Dictionary
 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 9 Vol.2
 * Thomas' Surprise!

SPN

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 5

DVD Boxsets

 * First Season

THA

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 30

KOR

 * Thomas the Little Engine and Friends Season 4 Vol. 2

HK

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 27
 * Thomas and Friends Volume 18

TWN
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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 14

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