Season 23

The twenty-third season of Thomas & Friends will begin airing sometime in 2019.

Production
Season 23 will mark the second major "reboot" of the franchise since the show switched to full CGI in the thirteenth season. The episodes will keep their eleven minute-long runtime, but will now be broken into seven minute-long stories, with an additional four minutes reserved for a variety of segments like sing-along karaoke songs, music videos or Thomas talking directly with the audience about lessons learned during a particular episode. Among many other changes, Nia and Rebeeca will be removed from the Steam Team to make room for Edward and Henry.

Season 23 will be set after [https://tttefanfic.wikia.com/wiki/Huge_Galaxy!_Huge_Adventure!_The_Movie Huge Galaxy! Huge Adventure! The Movie]. The season will be split into two halves; the first half will see Thomas travelling through outer space and visiting Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Moon, while the second half will take place back on the Island of Sodor. Mattel has greenlit a new season and several specials for Thomas & Friends that will premiere in 2019. Production has begun on the 23rd season that will consist of 20 x 11-minute episodes as well as three x 22-minute specials following the recent revamp of the series.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Emily
 * Nia
 * Rebecca
 * Sir Topham Hatt

UK and AUS

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Rob Rackstraw as James and Toby
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Rachel Miller as Rebecca

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward and Toby
 * Kerry Shale as Henry and Gordon
 * Rob Rackstraw as James
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

 * The first season to have Adam Sandler as producer.