Human Characters in TUGS

This is a List of Human characters from TUGS created by Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends producers David Mitton and Robert D. Cardona.

Captain Star
Captain Star is a fictional character from the 1989 children's series TUGS, from the producers of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends: Robert D. Cardona and David Mitton.

Captain Star is the most prominent character in the whole series, due to the fact that he narrates it. He narrates in past tense, and in a way that makes it clear that he is no longer at the helm of the fleet, and since the 1920's he has retired. It is unknown whether he is looking back from the actual time the programme was released (late eighties) or before, neither it is known who he is recounting his memories to. He narrates all thirteen episodes.

He is obviously a veteran sailor and owns the Star Fleet. He ever appears as a speaker/microphone in the window of the Star dock building. He takes great pride in his fleet, but he knows that it is important to be hard on them in order to succeed. He is usually very defiant and is always very strict if something doesn't go as shipshape as it's suppose too. He has seven tugs and one submarine (this is from 4th July onwards), they are: Ten Cents, Big Mac, OJ, Top Hat, Warrior, Hercules, Sunshine and Grampus.

Captain Star is voiced by veteran voice actor Patrick Allen, known throughout the world by his distinctive voice.

In Salty's Lighthouse the captain was actually a female character along with Sunshine, Little Ditcher and Grampus and was voiced by Lenore Zann.

Captain Zero
Captain Zero is a fictional character from the 1988 series TUGS, from the producers of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends: Robert D. Cardona and David Mitton.

Captain Zero is Captain Star's main rival, and he is owner of the Z-Stacks/Zero Fleet. Like Captain Star, he only ever appears as a speaker/microphone in the window of the Zero dock building. He speaks with a Scottish (exact region uncertain) accent.

Very little is known about him, although it is often implied that he has a criminal gangster background, especially in the episode High Winds which featured Johnny Cuba. He is always looking for ways of getting ahead of Captain Star, and will often resort to 'devious' ways in order to do so.

He has five tugs in his fleet: Zorran, Zebedee, Zak, Zug and Zip, who fear him greatly and follow orders obediently. It is likely that, if a second series gone into production, more of his mysterious personality would have been unmasked. He was only seen in 5 episodes.

In Salty's Lighthouse he was voiced by American Actor French Tickner.

Garbage Corporation
The owner of the Garbage Corporation yard. Organises the 'Municipal Garbage Corporation' float for the annual regatta. He appears in a famous scene from Regatta. He is voiced by Timothy Bateson.

Quarry Master
The owner of the rock quarry. Appears briefly in Warrior. He is voiced by John Baddeley.