Sir Handel
| Sir Handel | |
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| Thomas & Friends character | |
Sir Handel's Model
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| First appearance |
Four Little Engines (The Railway Series) "Granpuff" (Thomas and Friends, As Falcon) "Four Little Engines" (Thomas and Friends, As Sir Handel) |
| Voiced by | Keith Wickham (UK/US) |
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| Gender | "Male" |
Sir Handel is a fictional steam locomotive from The Railway Series children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry and its spin-off TV series, Thomas & Friends. Sir Handel lives and works on the Skarloey Railway on the Island of Sodor as Engine No.3. Sir Handel is named after the owner of the Skarloey Railway, Sir Handel Brown.
Sir Handel can be badly behaved at times and is very prone to temper tantrums when he does not get his own way. He has also been known on at least two occasions to pretend to be ill in order to avoid work, but this usually backfires on him. He is not popular with the trucks because he always bumps them regardless of how they behave, and they often play tricks on him. Generally, he feels that he should only pull coaches with bogies.
He was originally called Falcon and lived on the Mid Sodor Railway with Duke and Stuart. When the railway closed, he and Stuart were sold to the Sodor Aluminium Company, and then later to the Skarloey Railway, where he was renamed and given a red coat of paint.
He had problems with staying on the track, so he was fitted with a set of wheels with wide tyres, nicknamed "steamroller wheels" by the other engines. He was taken to pieces for a television programme when he pretended to be ill. Later, he was sent to the Talyllyn Railway in Wales when one of their engines needed repairs. Most recently, he caused trouble for the Thin Controller by deliberately damaging his firebox.
Sir Handel was renamed after the founding member of the Skarloey Railway, and does not get on well with either trucks or coaches (although he eventually befriended some in the original books and TV series).
Sir Handel made his first appearance in Season 4 of the TV series, along with the other engines from the Skarloey Railway. He was introduced as Falcon on the Mid Sodor Railway, and kept his blue colour when he came to the Skarloey Railway. He did not appear again until the show's 10th series in 2006. He was not seen in Series 5, 6, 7, or 9. The reason given for his absence was that he had been working in the quarry all summer. Upon returning, he adopted a more mature persona compared to his former pompous personality from Series 4.
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