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00:00Spencer's V.I.P.
00:08It was early morning and Thomas and his friends were just waking up,
00:13when the Fat Controller came to see them.
00:17I want you all to be on your very best behaviour today.
00:22A V.I.P. is coming to the island.
00:26What's a V.I.P.?
00:29A V.I.P. means a very important passenger, Percy.
00:33That's right, Thomas.
00:35And this V.I.P. is a Deputy Minister
00:40who's presenting me with an award for services to transport.
00:46Well done, sir!
00:49Perhaps you would like me to collect this minister, sir?
00:53I'm sorry, Gordon, but Spencer is already bringing him.
00:58Spencer?
01:00Oh, I might have known.
01:07I'll have you there ahead of schedule, sir.
01:10I do know how important it is to be on time.
01:14Thank you, Spencer.
01:17Just keep your eyes on the tracks, please.
01:24THUNDER RUMBLES
01:30Oh, my hat! My hat!
01:34Spencer was going so fast trying to get the minister to the station on time...
01:40Out of the way, slow coach!
01:43..he forgot to pay attention to any of the signals.
01:47Oh, such a show-off!
01:51At Weldsworth Junction,
01:53the signalman had set the points to send Edward along the branch line.
02:00But Spencer arrived first.
02:03So Spencer was sent off onto the branch line by mistake.
02:10THUNDER RUMBLES
02:23Shouldn't we have reached Knapford by now, Spencer?
02:26Perhaps I should put on more speed, sir.
02:30But Spencer was no longer on the main line to Knapford.
02:36Spencer was on the branch line that led to...
02:40..the clay pits!
02:47But how did I...?
02:50Hello, Spencer. What are you doing here?
02:54I don't know. There's been some mistake.
02:58Sorry, sir, but we seem to have ended up on the wrong line.
03:04Don't you want to take some clay trucks with you, Spencer?
03:09That would be really useful!
03:17By the time Spencer finally arrived at Knapford, he was very late indeed.
03:25I came here to present you with a transport award, Sir Topham Hatt.
03:32But I'm not very impressed with my transportation so far.
03:38And I will not travel back to the mainland with this engine!
03:44Not to worry. I can take you back to the mainland, sir.
03:49Thank you, Gordon, but I'll decide who's taking the minister back at the end of the day.
03:57Maybe I'll be the one who takes the deputy minister back.
04:01You'll be lucky! Surely the Fat Controller will pick me!
04:06Nonsense! You're both much too slow!
04:11We can go just as fast as you!
04:20That day, all the engines hurried about their work, trying to show how quick they could be.
04:28They all wanted to be chosen to take the deputy minister back to the mainland.
04:35Spencer watched the other engines rush about.
04:38He was feeling very sorry for himself.
04:42If only I hadn't been in such a hurry!
04:46If only I had tried to get my job done properly without showing off!
04:54But it was the other engines who were showing off now.
04:59Ha-ha! Wellsworth Station! Right on time!
05:05Ha-ha-ha! Oh, James! You poor passengers! You mustn't stop so quickly!
05:12Well, at least my passengers can step onto the platform, Gordon!
05:19Oh...
05:22Oh...
05:24Oh...
05:26Oh...
05:28Oh...
05:30Oh...
05:32Oh...
05:35By trying so hard to be fast, the engines were causing confusion and delay.
05:51Oliver! What are you doing on my track?
05:54Your track? Who says this is your track?
05:58There are two ways of doing things, Oliver.
06:01The great western way and the wrong way.
06:05I know. And you're doing it the wrong way.
06:09All the engines were making silly mistakes.
06:13But Thomas's mistakes were the silliest of all.
06:23Thomas! What are you doing? Coaches don't need coal!
06:32Sorry!
06:35At the end of the day, the Fat Controller was very disappointed with his engines.
06:42Everyone makes mistakes, but when you're showing off and in a hurry,
06:47you make far more mistakes than usual, and you have all been showing off!
06:53I don't think any of these engines deserve to take you home to the mainland, sir.
06:59Perhaps I could lend you my car.
07:02Oh, the indignity!
07:05Perhaps you'd let me take the Deputy Minister home. After all, you, Spencer...
07:12I can learn from my mistakes, sir. I just need to be given one more chance.
07:19Spencer is right. Everyone deserves a second chance.
07:25I will forget what happened today.
07:28And maybe tomorrow I can come back and see how the railway really runs on Sodor.
07:34Yes, sir! Thank you, sir!
07:38WHISTLE BLOWS
07:52So the next day, the Deputy Minister did come back,
07:56and all of the Fat Controller's engines showed him just how well their railway could be run.
08:07WHISTLE BLOWS
08:26Excellent, Sir Topham Hatt! You run a very fine railway, indeed!
08:33I told you they were really useful engines!
08:38Hooray!
08:40LAUGHTER