What is Gordon and the famous visitor about?
Gordon and the Famous Visitor is the fourth episode of the third series. It is based on the story Domeless Engines from the Railway Series book Duck and the Diesel Engine . It is an important day in the yard, as a special visitor has arrived and is now the centre of attention, with many people taking photographs and making notes.
Why does the visitor want to talk to Thomas and Percy?
Duck explains to Thomas and Percy that he is a celebrity, a very famous engine, and they will have the chance to talk to him later. Thomas, however, believes that the Visitor is too famous to want to talk to them. Thomas, Duck, Percy and the other engines are very pleased about the Visitor, but Gordon thinks it is a lot of fuss about nothing.
What happens to Gordon’s dome on the viaduct?
Further along the line, Gordon begins to feel something loose on top of his boiler and decides to slow down, but it is too late. On the Viaduct, he meets a teasing wind which blows in very hard puffs. The wind creeps under Gordon’s loose dome, lifts it off and sends it flying away into the valley below.
Who mocks Gordon with Never Trust domeless engines?
At the end of the Japanese narration, it is Thomas who mocks Gordon with “Never trust domeless engines,” followed by Percy’s “They aren’t respectable.” In the US; this episode aired before Donald and Douglas and The Diseasel meaning the American audiance may not know who Donald, Douglas, Bill and Ben are.
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What happens to Gordon without his dome?
Gordon is most uncomfortable without his dome, and to make matters worse for him, he is laughed at by some trucks at Knapford Station. On the journey home, Gordon asks his driver to find his dome, but he tells Gordon that they will never find it now and Gordon will have to go to the works for a new one.
How does Gordon knock himself to bits on the viaduct?
Duck watches and jokingly tells Edward that Gordon will knock himself to bits. Further along the line, Gordon begins to feel something loose on top of his boiler and decides to slow down, but it is too late. On the Viaduct, he meets a teasing wind which blows in very hard puffs.
What happened to Gordon’s coaches after he lost his dome?
When Gordon says, “It feels as if something is loose,” he brushes against a tree. After Gordon loses his dome, his coaches disappear. When Gordon goes through The Country Line, half of the embankment moves down and up slightly. When Gordon goes through Knapford, he is tilted to the right.