Ivor The Engine - The Dragon

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Jones and Ivor desperately need to find the birds a home, but Mrs Porty has an answer to this problem. It is a typical day in the life of Ivor the Engine. Ivor delivers Coal to Grumbly Gasworks, tomatoes to Mr Davy and Fish to Mrs Thomas. Ivor also goes to choir practice.

A rich eccentric who enjoys the occasional glass of port and has new hats sent from London every week. She is also technically the owner of the railway, having bought it when the line was threatened with nationalisation. However, she does not bother much with the day-to-day running, and things remained much the same after she bought it. Mr. Dinwiddy cakes. It was grey and purple and as hard as stone, but when it was put in Ivor's firebox, it caused a firework display to erupt from his funnel. His driver was Edwin Jones, known as Jones the Steam, who enjoyed fishing and daydreaming. Ivor's other friends included stationmaster Dai Station, portly choirmaster Evans the Song, fellow chorister Idris the Dragon, and fairground owner Morgan the Roundabout. Mr Morgan gave Ivor some pipes from his steam calliope to allow him to sing in the choir. Behind the scenesIvor the Engine hears the sound of a Welsh choir for the first time, and wants to join in, though he knows this is impossible. Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The narrator states at the climax of "Retirement" that the dragons could be heard inside Ivor singing at the choir, but you can't be sure, can you? Re-Cut: Small episodes released on home video are edited together as one large episode, as they're connected to each other..

Ivor the Engine is a British cutout animation television series created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It follows the adventures of a small green steam locomotive who lives in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" and works for The Merioneth and Llantisilly Railway Traction Company Limited. His friends include Jones the Steam, Evans the Song and Dai Station, among many other characters.Our Dragons Are Different: Idris the Dragon, his wife Olwen, and twins Gaian and Blodwen, are all red heraldic Welsh Dragons (like on Wales' flag). They are about the size of dogs, can fly, breathe fire, sing, and are hatched from eggs in extremely hot temperatures. In Idris' case, he was hatched in Ivor's firebox. Idris and other dragons of his kind cannot survive long outside of hot climates (which is why they prefer to live in volcanoes), and a subplot of the series has to do with keeping the dragons warm after Smoke Hill, their volcano, goes out. Compare it to another Postgate series Noggin the Nog, which features an ice dragon driven out of his cold cave by a bonfire. Postgate, Oliver; Firmin, Peter (2006). Ivor the Engine: The Foxes. London: Severnside. ISBN 0-9552417-4-X. Porty - Eli the Baker - Idris the Dragon - Mrs Griffiths - Mr Hughes the Gasworks - Mr Dinwiddy - The Choral Society - Ivor the Engine - Alice the Elephant - Bani Moukerjee - Charlie Banger - Banger's Circus - Birthday Cake - Bluebell