Series 7

Thomas & Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Rev. W. Awdry.

This article lists and details episodes from the seventh series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2003.

This season is narrated by Michael Angelis, although Michael Brandon narrated the episodes for the American audiences. Michael Angelis later re-narrated 4 episodes for U.S. audiences.

Most episodes in this series have 1 title: the American titles are shown underneath.

Songs

 * Five New Engines in the Shed
 * The Red Balloon
 * There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Salty
 * The Whistle Song

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Oliver
 * City of Truro
 * Bill and Ben
 * Flying Scotsman
 * Stepney
 * Harvey
 * Diesel
 * Daisy
 * Class 40
 * BoCo
 * Mavis
 * Derek
 * 'Arry and Bert
 * Salty
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Duncan
 * Rusty
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Toad
 * Terence
 * Bertie
 * Bulgy
 * Caroline
 * Elizabeth
 * Alfie
 * Oliver (The Pack)
 * Kelly
 * Byron
 * Ned
 * Isobella
 * Harold
 * Cranky
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Lady Hatt
 * Stephen Hatt
 * Bridget Hatt
 * Refreshment Lady
 * The Tailor
 * Tiger Moth's Pilot
 * The Lighthouse Keeper
 * The Fisherman
 * The Dockyard Manager
 * The Captain
 * The Storyteller (not named)
 * One Member of the Railway Board (not named)
 * Stepney (does not speak)
 * Trevor (does not speak)
 * Jem Cole (does not speak)
 * The Vicar of Wellsworth (does not speak)
 * The Coaling Plant Manager (speaks only in Japanese dub; does not speak in other dubs)
 * Farmer Trotter (not named; does not speak)
 * Big Mickey (not named; does not speak)
 * Henrietta (cameo)
 * Terence (cameo)
 * George (cameo)
 * Bulstrode (cameo)
 * Butch (cameo)
 * Jack (cameo)
 * Max (cameo)
 * Tiger Moth (cameo)
 * Mrs. Kyndley (cameo)
 * Farmer McColl (cameo)
 * Farmer Finney (cameo)
 * Nancy (cameo)
 * Cyril the Fogman (cameo)
 * Miss Jenny (cameo)
 * The Special Visitor (cameo)
 * One of the stone-dropping boys (cameo)
 * The Butler (cameo)
 * Headmaster Hastings (cameo)
 * Duke (stock footage cameo)
 * The Crovan's Gate Policeman (stock footage cameo)
 * The Dryaw Policeman (stock footage cameo)
 * Daisy
 * BoCo
 * Class 40 (music video cameo)
 * S.C. Ruffey (music video cameo)
 * Bulstrode (music video cameo)
 * The Elsbridge Cricket Club (music video cameo)

Characters introduced

 * Emily
 * Fergus
 * Arthur
 * Murdoch
 * Spencer
 * Sodor Brass Band
 * Lord Callan
 * The Teacher
 * Dusty Miller (not named)
 * The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (do not speak)
 * The Mayor of Sodor (mentioned)

Japanese Voice Cast

 * Leo Morimoto as the Narrator
 * Keiko Toda as Thomas
 * Yasuhiro Takato as Edward and Arthur
 * Ryō Horikawa as Henry
 * Kenji Utsumi as Gordon
 * Katsuji Mori as James
 * Chisato Nakajima as Percy and Clarabel
 * Yasuhiko Kawazu as Toby, Spencer, Lord Callan and the Coaling Plant Manager
 * Kōzō Shioya as Duck and Murdoch
 * Yūki Satō as Donald, Iron 'Arry and Harold
 * Takeshi Endo as Douglas
 * Hikaru Midorikawa as Oliver, Harvey and Bertie
 * Tomoko Naka as Bill and Annie
 * Miyuki Hara as Ben
 * Yuka Shioyama as Emily and Mavis
 * Ryōtarō Okiayu as Fergus and Rheneas
 * Daisuke Gōri as Diesel and Bulgy
 * Keiji Hirai as Iron Bert
 * Naoki Tatsuta as Salty
 * Tomohisa Asō as Skarloey
 * Shinobu Satouchi as Peter Sam
 * Ryōichi Tanaka as Duncan
 * Hideo Ishikawa as Rusty
 * Yūsuke Numata as Toad
 * Fu Suzuki as Elizabeth and Lady Hatt
 * Hisao Egawa as Cranky
 * Takeshi Aono as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Kumiko Izumi as Stephen Hatt

Trivia

 * This was the final series of many things:
 * David Mitton's final series as director.
 * Phil Fehrle's last series as producer.
 * Peter Urie's last series as executive producer.
 * The final series to have Robin Kingsland, Brian Trueman, and Jenny McDade to write episodes for the series to date.
 * The final series of the Classic Series.
 * The last series in which Robyn Charteris wrote episodes for the series until the thirteenth series.
 * The final series to include music composed by Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell.
 * The final series to use music composed with Proteus 2, Proteus 1, Proteus 2000, Proteus 3 and Virtuoso 2000.
 * The final series to use 35mm film.
 * The final series in 4:3 fullscreen in Japan (as well as the last series to be released on Japanese video tapes).
 * The final series to use the original opening credits and theme.
 * The final series produced by Hit Entertainment US.
 * The final series dubbed by The Maidstone Studios.
 * The final series dubbed by Mike Erander.
 * The final series to have Britt Allcroft involved in production, as well as the only series to have her as script consultant.
 * The final series to feature Terence until the twenty-first series.
 * This was also the first series of several things:
 * Michael Brandon's first series as narrator.
 * Jocelyn Stevenson's first series as executive producer.
 * Jan Page's first and only series as script editor.
 * The first series to use the Thomas & Friends logo in the opening titles.
 * The first series where Toby only speaks in one episode.
 * The first series not dubbed in Norwegian or Slovenian.
 * The first series filmed under HiT Entertainment.
 * The first series not fully released on VHS in any country.
 * This marks the only for several things:
 * The only series to have different soundtracks in different regions. In the US, the episodes were recomposed with music by Robert Hartshorne and using the eighth series intro with Engine Roll Callas the theme (the original series 7 Music was still viewed in the US on the Japanese tape).
 * The only series to have Jan Page, George Tarry, and Polly Churchill as episode writers for series.
 * The only series to have Lee Pressman write episodes for the series until the seventeenth series.
 * Jan Page's only series as script editor.
 * The only model series made in the 2000's that does not have Abi Grant involved.
 * The US versions of Gordon and Spencer, Emily's New Coaches, The Spotless Record, Peace and Quiet, Harold and the Flying Horse, Bulgy Rides Again, and Salty's Stormy Tale scored by Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell were released on the New Friends for Thomas and Thomas and the Jet Engine VHS/DVDs respectively in 2001.
 * UK versions of the series, excluding Snow Engine, A Bad Day at Castle Loch, The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop, The Grand Opening and The Runaway Elephant, with music recomposed by Robert Hartshorne were broadcast on Nick Jr. between episodes from the eighth or ninth series and included on the Bumper Party Collection! DVD.
 * This series uses more stock footage than any other series to date.
 * This series has the most episodes broadcast out of production order.
 * This series was never shown in Norway, Spain or Germany.
 * The CiTV broadcasts of this series saw the return of two episodes being compiled into one 10-minute block. The only difference is that the opening titles were shown again at the end of the first episode. At the same time, CiTV also compiled the previous episodes from the sixth series into 10 minute blocks.
 * This series was produced in Nickelodeon US, as indicated by the endboard seen on Nickelodeon. airings of the episodesl
 * The series was later aired on 4th March-19th December 2004 when it re-aired on Nickelodeon