Thomas & Friends (series 12)
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom, Canada |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Original network | Five |
| Original release | 1 September – 12 September 2008 |
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Thomas & Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Rev. W. Awdry.
This article lists and details episodes from the twelfth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2008. This series was originally planned to be narrated by Pierce Brosnan, replacing Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon for the U.K. and U.S. narrations, respectively. However, Brosnan withdrew from the series for unknown reasons, and the series was released with Angelis narrating the U.K. releases and Brandon the U.S. releases.
Most episodes in this series have two titles: the original titles from the U.K. broadcasts are shown on top, while the American-adapted titles are shown underneath.
This was also the last season of the use of the live-action model animation to the show before being switching over to full CGI in 2009, starting with Hero of the Rails.
Series 12 marked the beginning of the show's transition into CGI (computer-generated imagery). Characters' faces were animated through CGI with the aid of motion capture animation. The physical models' molded faces were replaced by white targets with triangles in order to fix a computer-animated face in post-production. Static models of people and animals were replaced with 3D animations by using small, metal sticks with colored points on each end. The animation was provided by Nitrogen Studios, the studio contracted for future full-CGI episodes. This change marked the movement of production of the show from the United Kingdom to Canada, although the model scenes were still filmed at Shepperton Studios. This was the last series where Ed Welch provided the music, while Robert Hartshorne continues to compose the music afterwards.
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