Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends (1984) s17e13 Episode Script
The Phantom Express
1 (TOOTING) They're two, they're four, they're six, they're eight Shunting trucks and hauling freight Red and green and brown and blue They're the Really Useful crew All with different roles to play Round Tidmouth Sheds or far away Down the hills and round the bends Thomas and his friends NARRATOR: The Phantom Express.
One dark and misty night, Percy was getting ready to collect the mail.
He was excited.
I'm making my first ever delivery to Ulfstead Castle.
That sounds scary to me! NARRATOR: But James decided to have some fun with Percy.
The Phantom Express might get you! The Phantom Express? Who's that? He's a ghost engine.
He puffs around the castle, rattling the rails and blowing his ghostly whistle! (JAMES WHISTLING) Don't listen to him, Percy! He's just teasing you.
There's no such thing as ghosts! Yes, there is.
You'll see, Percy! NARRATOR: Percy was nervous about what James had said, but he chuffed away to collect the mail.
Percy was soon puffing toward the castle.
I hope I don't meet the Phantom Express! NARRATOR: Percy arrived at the castle.
He had to wait at the red signal for the drawbridge to come down.
- (BARRIER SQUEAKING) - (PERCY WHISTLING) Percy's driver unloaded the mail, but Percy was still thinking about what James had said.
(DISTANT CHUFFING) - Hello, Percy! - Oh! Hello, Stephen! I thought you were the Phantom Express! Phantom Express? What's that? He's a ghost engine.
He puffs around the castle, rattling the rails and blowing his ghostly whistle! Ha ha! There's no such thing as ghosts! I've never seen one or heard any rattling rails! Ha ha! Just wait till I tell James! - (JAMES WHISTLING) - NARRATOR: Then James arrived.
He was delivering coal for the big castle fires.
Have you seen the Phantom Express yet? Ha! I don't believe your story.
Stephen says there aren't any ghosts at the castle, and he should know! NARRATOR: This made James very cross.
That's where you're wrong! I've seen the Phantom Express this very night! He's puffing round the castle rails! Really? Were the rails rattling? Ha ha! We don't believe you.
(OWL HOOTING) What's that noise, then? It sounds just like the ghostly whistle of the Phantom Express.
NARRATOR: It was only an owl hooting.
(OWL HOOTING) But even Stephen thought that it sounded just like the Phantom Express.
Let's meet up again, Percy, as soon as we've done our jobs.
Good idea, Stephen.
I'll show them.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
- NARRATOR: James blew his whistle.
- (JAMES' WHISTLE ECHOING) Is that Could it be No, it isn't.
Yikes! Ha ha! Scared you! Ha! NARRATOR: Stephen was so scared, he rushed backwards to the castle.
So he didn't see that the drawbridge had gone back up.
His driver and fireman had to jump clear.
Ahhh! Stephen had rolled right off the track and fallen into the dry moat.
Well, that wasn't very clever now, was it? NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Percy had delivered the mail and was puffing back to meet Stephen at the junction.
But Stephen wasn't there.
Oh, no.
Where's Stephen? Maybe the Phantom's got him! Oh I hope that's Stephen.
NARRATOR: But it wasn't Stephen.
It was James.
(MAKING A GHOSTLY WAIL) Percy heard the sound.
Percy was very frightened.
Ha ha! Scared you! NARRATOR: Percy was so scared, he raced away without paying any attention to the red signal.
Ahhh! - Then there was trouble.
- Ahhh! Hello.
I see you found the meeting place.
NARRATOR: James wanted to tell Percy and Stephen - that it was all a joke.
- Percy? Stephen? There was so much fog, he couldn't find them anywhere.
As he puffed around the misty castle grounds alone, James started to get scared.
He even started to believe his own story.
Maybe there really is a Phantom Express.
(GASPS) And maybe it's got Percy and Stephen! NARRATOR: James kept looking for Percy and Stephen.
But when the drawbridge came down, it hid them.
- I think somebody must be coming.
- Maybe we should blow our whistles! - (BOTH BLOWING WHISTLES) - (WHISTLES ECHOING EERILY) Oh, no! It's the Phantom Express! NARRATOR: James was so frightened, he raced off as fast as he could.
- The Fat Controller was at the dairy.
- (DISTANT WHISTLE) Thomas was collecting milk to take to the bakery.
(JAMES WHISTLING) Help! It's the Phantom Express! What on earth are you talking about? Percy and Stephen are missing! The ghost has got them! Hmm.
The Fat Controller knew there were no such things as ghosts, but he wanted to find out where Percy and Stephen had gone.
Come on, then.
Let's go on a ghost hunt! (JAMES WHISTLING) As James and the Fat Controller approached the castle, they heard the mysterious whistling.
It echoed around the castle walls! See, sir! It's the Phantom! That's not a phantom.
Raise the drawbridge! (DRAWBRIDGE CREAKING) Percy and Stephen? Why are you two down there? - The Phantom chased us, sir! - I heard his ghostly whistle! And I saw him puffing through the fog.
Oh, dear.
That wasn't the Phantom, that was me, playing a trick on you.
I'm sorry.
NARRATOR: The Fat Controller was not very happy.
Soon, Rocky had lifted Percy and Stephen back onto the tracks.
James, you have caused confusion and delay.
You will deliver Percy's mail every night for a whole month.
- Yes, sir.
Sorry, sir.
- Ha! Good luck, James.
- (STEPHEN WHISTLING) - (PERCY WHISTLING) I hope the Phantom doesn't get you.
Heh heh.
Ha ha ha! - (OWL HOOTING) - (GASPS) Wait for me! (OWL HOOTING) (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
One dark and misty night, Percy was getting ready to collect the mail.
He was excited.
I'm making my first ever delivery to Ulfstead Castle.
That sounds scary to me! NARRATOR: But James decided to have some fun with Percy.
The Phantom Express might get you! The Phantom Express? Who's that? He's a ghost engine.
He puffs around the castle, rattling the rails and blowing his ghostly whistle! (JAMES WHISTLING) Don't listen to him, Percy! He's just teasing you.
There's no such thing as ghosts! Yes, there is.
You'll see, Percy! NARRATOR: Percy was nervous about what James had said, but he chuffed away to collect the mail.
Percy was soon puffing toward the castle.
I hope I don't meet the Phantom Express! NARRATOR: Percy arrived at the castle.
He had to wait at the red signal for the drawbridge to come down.
- (BARRIER SQUEAKING) - (PERCY WHISTLING) Percy's driver unloaded the mail, but Percy was still thinking about what James had said.
(DISTANT CHUFFING) - Hello, Percy! - Oh! Hello, Stephen! I thought you were the Phantom Express! Phantom Express? What's that? He's a ghost engine.
He puffs around the castle, rattling the rails and blowing his ghostly whistle! Ha ha! There's no such thing as ghosts! I've never seen one or heard any rattling rails! Ha ha! Just wait till I tell James! - (JAMES WHISTLING) - NARRATOR: Then James arrived.
He was delivering coal for the big castle fires.
Have you seen the Phantom Express yet? Ha! I don't believe your story.
Stephen says there aren't any ghosts at the castle, and he should know! NARRATOR: This made James very cross.
That's where you're wrong! I've seen the Phantom Express this very night! He's puffing round the castle rails! Really? Were the rails rattling? Ha ha! We don't believe you.
(OWL HOOTING) What's that noise, then? It sounds just like the ghostly whistle of the Phantom Express.
NARRATOR: It was only an owl hooting.
(OWL HOOTING) But even Stephen thought that it sounded just like the Phantom Express.
Let's meet up again, Percy, as soon as we've done our jobs.
Good idea, Stephen.
I'll show them.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
There's no such thing as ghosts.
- NARRATOR: James blew his whistle.
- (JAMES' WHISTLE ECHOING) Is that Could it be No, it isn't.
Yikes! Ha ha! Scared you! Ha! NARRATOR: Stephen was so scared, he rushed backwards to the castle.
So he didn't see that the drawbridge had gone back up.
His driver and fireman had to jump clear.
Ahhh! Stephen had rolled right off the track and fallen into the dry moat.
Well, that wasn't very clever now, was it? NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Percy had delivered the mail and was puffing back to meet Stephen at the junction.
But Stephen wasn't there.
Oh, no.
Where's Stephen? Maybe the Phantom's got him! Oh I hope that's Stephen.
NARRATOR: But it wasn't Stephen.
It was James.
(MAKING A GHOSTLY WAIL) Percy heard the sound.
Percy was very frightened.
Ha ha! Scared you! NARRATOR: Percy was so scared, he raced away without paying any attention to the red signal.
Ahhh! - Then there was trouble.
- Ahhh! Hello.
I see you found the meeting place.
NARRATOR: James wanted to tell Percy and Stephen - that it was all a joke.
- Percy? Stephen? There was so much fog, he couldn't find them anywhere.
As he puffed around the misty castle grounds alone, James started to get scared.
He even started to believe his own story.
Maybe there really is a Phantom Express.
(GASPS) And maybe it's got Percy and Stephen! NARRATOR: James kept looking for Percy and Stephen.
But when the drawbridge came down, it hid them.
- I think somebody must be coming.
- Maybe we should blow our whistles! - (BOTH BLOWING WHISTLES) - (WHISTLES ECHOING EERILY) Oh, no! It's the Phantom Express! NARRATOR: James was so frightened, he raced off as fast as he could.
- The Fat Controller was at the dairy.
- (DISTANT WHISTLE) Thomas was collecting milk to take to the bakery.
(JAMES WHISTLING) Help! It's the Phantom Express! What on earth are you talking about? Percy and Stephen are missing! The ghost has got them! Hmm.
The Fat Controller knew there were no such things as ghosts, but he wanted to find out where Percy and Stephen had gone.
Come on, then.
Let's go on a ghost hunt! (JAMES WHISTLING) As James and the Fat Controller approached the castle, they heard the mysterious whistling.
It echoed around the castle walls! See, sir! It's the Phantom! That's not a phantom.
Raise the drawbridge! (DRAWBRIDGE CREAKING) Percy and Stephen? Why are you two down there? - The Phantom chased us, sir! - I heard his ghostly whistle! And I saw him puffing through the fog.
Oh, dear.
That wasn't the Phantom, that was me, playing a trick on you.
I'm sorry.
NARRATOR: The Fat Controller was not very happy.
Soon, Rocky had lifted Percy and Stephen back onto the tracks.
James, you have caused confusion and delay.
You will deliver Percy's mail every night for a whole month.
- Yes, sir.
Sorry, sir.
- Ha! Good luck, James.
- (STEPHEN WHISTLING) - (PERCY WHISTLING) I hope the Phantom doesn't get you.
Heh heh.
Ha ha ha! - (OWL HOOTING) - (GASPS) Wait for me! (OWL HOOTING) (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)