The Fat Controller knows all about those bizarre Thomas the Tank Engine mods that have come out over the past several years. At least, he does now, after I showed a bunch to him. Modders have been ...

Thomas the Tank Engine fans have reportedly been banned from saying 'The Fat Controller' because it has been labelled as a 'slur'. A family day out at the Watercress Line railway in Hampshire took ...

THOMAS the Tank Engine fans went off the rails after being warned not to refer to The Fat Controller. Visitors to a tourist attraction were told fat is a “slur” so he should be called by his ...

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Fans of Thomas the Tank Engine have been told that ‘The Fat Controller’ should be referred to by his real name, Sir Topham Hatt, because the word ‘fat’ is a slur. Staff at a heritage railway line, ...

Thomas the Tank Engine has made some gender-balanced and multi-cultural new friends following a politically correct revamp. The UN backed new series of the animated show will be screened on ...

Thomas the Tank Engine fans have been told not to refer to The Fat Controller. A tourist attraction has reportedly told fans not to use the moniker - and instead use his real name, Sir Topham Hatt.

The Fat Controller was first named in the Thomas books in 1946, almost 80 years ago. Today, a television adaptation of the popular series is watched in as many as 110 countries.

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ran for 24 series until January 2021 with a total of 584 episodes. Allcroft stepped down as executive producer in the early 2000s.

According to Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia, it was done so as not to scare the children. Apparently, in subsequent DVD releases in the States, the original version was eventually dared to be used ...