New Crane on the Dock

New Crane on the Dock is the ninth episode of the twenty-first season.

Plot
Carly the new crane is so keen that she takes on all the work. After Cranky finds himself with nothing to do, he works harder and faster in a bid to keep up with her. But as the two cranes frantically try to outdo one another, their hooks become entangled and they find themselves stuck fast and unable to move. Eventually Salty tells a story of a two-headed monster that worked together to get what they wanted. Cranky and Carly work together to untie the knot and Salty says they work in harmony. Big Mickey says that there are three cranes and all the engines and cranes are surprised that he speaks. They also welcomed him to the team.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Percy
 * Emily
 * Porter
 * Salty
 * Cranky
 * Carly
 * Big Mickey
 * Some Dock Workers
 * The Sea Serpents
 * The Dock Manager (cameo)

Locations

 * Brendam Docks
 * Sodor Shipping Company
 * Sodor Steamworks (mentioned)

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Salty and some Workmen
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily
 * Steven Kynman as Porter
 * Matt Wilkinson as Cranky
 * Lucy Montgomery as Carly
 * Rob Rackstraw as Big Mickey and the Red Sea Serpent
 * Ian McCue as the Blue Sea Serpent

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * David Menkin as Porter
 * Keith Wickham as Salty
 * Glenn Wrage as Cranky
 * Lucy Montgomery as Carly
 * Rob Rackstraw as Big Mickey and the Red Sea Serpent
 * Ian McCue as the Blue Sea Serpent

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first of a couple of things:
 * This is the first time Big Mickey's faace is visible on screen, as he was always seen facing away from the camera in certain twenty-first season episodes prior to this one and he speaks and is referred to by name in Thomas & Friends since TUGS. This event is emphasized by dramatic music and all the characters staring at him in shock, only to be humorously undercut by him looking around and asking "What?".
 * The first time where no cameos are in this episode since the nineteenth season episode, Snow Place Like Home.
 * The first and only appearances of The Sea Serpents to date.
 * This episode marks the very first reference to TUGS (In this case, Big Mickey is now a character in both TUGS and Thomas & Friends).
 * The first and only time Ian McCue joins the voice cast and it is his only voice cast to date.
 * Going by production order, this is the tenth episode of the twenty-first season.
 * The name of the episode is a play on the old expression "new kid on the block."
 * The fish net on Salty is in the same position on him as the other one was in Diesel's Ghostly Christmas. It is possible that the animators reused Salty's model with the net on him from that episode in this episode.
 * During Salty's story, the sea serpent is named Mildred: this is an in-joke to Carly's original name. Salty is unsure as to what the serpent's name actually was, saying it could also have been Monstro, which is a reference to the 1940 Walt Disney animated film Pinocchio.

Goofs

 * In one of the shots of Big Mickey rotating towards Cranky, Carly and Thomas, Salty and Carly are not fully on their respective rails.

UK

 * Danger at the Docks