Thomas & Friends: The Missing Coach (Cancelled Episode)



"The Missing Coach" was intended to be a season 2 episode of Thomas the Tank Engine, involving Donald and Douglas swapping tenders in order to fool the Fat Controller. Halfway through filming, it was decided that the plot would be too complex for children to understand, so the episode was scrapped and replaced with "Thomas, Percy and the Coal".

David Mitton (writer/producer/director of the show) mentioned in a 2008 interview (shortly before his death) that he still possessed all the original footage filmed for the episode; although, where the masters are today is entirely unknown. 5 screenshots from the episode have appeared in various books over the years, and are the only publicly available footage from the episode.