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Duck the Great Western Engine is a fictional steam engine from ''The Railway Series'' by the Rev. W. Awdry and the spin-off television series ''Thomas & Friends''. He is a green 0-6-0 pannier tank locomotive and lives and works on the Island of Sodor. Duck had originally worked at Paddington station as a Station pilot. Sir Topham Hatt, also known as The Fat Controller, bought Duck from The Other Railway in 1955 to take Percy's place as station pilot at Tidmouth.〔''Percy the Small Engine''〕 Since the Fat Controller had been apprenticed at GWR's Swindon Works, he allowed Duck to return to his original Great Western Railway livery, and retain his number '5741', which Duck wears proudly on cast brass numberplates on his cab sides. Duck is not actually his real name. When he first arrived, he explained that his real name is Montague, but he was usually called Duck because everyone said that he waddled. Although he claims this was not true, he prefers Duck to Montague and now that is what everyone calls him. The arrival of Duck allowed Percy to move to Thomas' branch line so he can help Thomas with his goods traffic. Despite an incident when a devious engine called Diesel spread lies about him, the Fat Controller realized what a useful engine he had in Duck, and eventually gave him a branch line of his very own. Duck's branch line runs between Tidmouth and Arlesburgh and is nicknamed The Little Western as all the locomotives and coaches have been restored to their Great Western Railway livery. Duck shares the passenger duties with Oliver, but has his own two autocoaches: Isabel, Dulcie, Alice and Mirabel. Duck sometimes helps on other lines. He makes friends easily, and the Fat Controller says that he makes everything run like clockwork. "There are two ways of doing things," Duck says, "the Great Western Way or the wrong way." This has been known to annoy the other engines. ==Duck in the TV Series== In the TV Series, when he arrived on Sodor, Duck was given the number 8, which was his official North Western Railway number. The number is already worn when he first appears, and his original number is never seen or mentioned. He was repainted in the livery of the Great Western Railway, although the shade of green used was the same as that of Percy. He worked as a shunter, among other duties, until he received his branch line in the episode "Donald's Duck" (set before the arrival of Oliver). Duck first appeared in the second season of the series in the episode "Duck Takes Charge", and has appeared fairly regularly up to the seventh season. Duck was absent between the eighth and eleventh seasons, except for an appearance in a song which was broadcast alongside the tenth season. In the twelfth season, Duck played a significant supporting role in several episodes. Again, Duck was absent in the series between the thirteenth season and the sixteenth season. He reappeared in the seventeenth season episode, ''Henry's Hero'' and played lead (with Thomas and Harold) in ''The Thomas Way''. In the eighteenth season he played several lead/co-lead roles and several supporting roles, and made a cameo appearance in ''Tale of the Brave''. He had a supporting role in ''Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure''. In the CGI version of the series, from 2013 onwards, Duck is currently voiced by Steven Kynman in both the UK and US. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Duck the Great Western Engine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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