Shed 17: Uncovering the Dark Truth Behind Thomas & Friends
Delve into the sinister reality behind the beloved tales of Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends. Explore a chilling narrative set in 1945 on the island of Sodor during WW2, revealing the horrifying experiments conducted by a German scientist. Discover the unsettling secrets that lie beneath the surface of this childhood classic.
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They were the stories that have charmed
an entire generation from the books to
the television series people around the
world have grown up with the railways
stories and all their cheerful characters
but the truth behind Thomas and his
friends was no children's fantasy the
truth would be horrifying.
It is 1945 and the remote island of Sodor
off the northwest coast of England has
emerged from the fog of WW2 relatively
unscathed and untouched.
The island served as a detention camp for
Germans living in England. That's how the Professor came to be here.
Prof. Wilhelm Gotze was born in 1903 in Munich Germany, a doctor in biology he became a prominent
adviser to the ruling party in the
thirties
GERMAN DIALOGUE
In 1939 as war escalated he, his wife and
four-year-old son, Hans,
fled the country
That's what he wanted people to believe. Fact is, his experiments were hard to stomach, even for his own people.
In truth, he had become a prominent figure in
the government but as his work
progressed questions and objections had
been raised in the higher echelon of the reich.
His work with genetics was truly pioneering, the
cracking and manipulating the human
genome. What Prof. Gotze was more successful in was keeping history a secret
until his death
In an attempt to gain favour among the German hierarchy, Wilhelm Gotze was at the
the forefront of the government's most
fanatical policies. In 1938 he was
influential in instigating the infamous
"Sägemehl Nacht", the night of sawdust, but as his
experiments advanced he became a much
less popular figure and soon feared for
his and his family's lives. As soon as he escaped to England he was banged up here. But the locals were nice to them
there was no hostility and many of them chose to live here after the war.
Following their release professor Gotze and young Hans chose to remain. After studying
under his father, Hans left at the
age of 18 went to university on the
mainland studying biology and
engineering, writing several pioneering
papers about genetics and the splicing of
DNA with mechanical implants.
He called it Biofusion. The technique of manipulating genetic material to splice with mechanical
attachments. However much like his father
the British government became more and
more concerned with Hans Gotze's
proposals so he was forced to seek
financial backing from home
His Dad left Germany with quite a few bob. so Hans came back.
He saw our little island as some sort of refuge where he could work in peace
Soon every nutcase and eccentric was coming over.
By 1962, Hans has setup Sodor Research
a small lab near Arlesborough. But the soon they began supplying medical equipment and machinery, and quickly grew to become a large
complex comprising its own links to the
growing Sodor rail system.
Young Abi Collins from the town was working there when professor Hans took a liking to her
Soon they were married, and the town was buzzing with news of her pregnancy.
Baby Thomas was born in 1968 throughout the early years of his life he would watch the growing
railway network with fascination. He couldn't get enough of the trains. He bought one of the first video cameras
cameras and he'd be on the platforms every day. You can see me in some of those tapes.
THOMAS : Hiya Mr. Hartley
KEITH :Morning Thomas
But he was friends with everyone, Even that simple bloke who could only say where he lived.
SIMPLE BLOKE : Sodor
But his favourite trains were the old steam engines. Steam engines were a dying art on the British mainland
But Hans had a fondness for them, and liked to keep them running for
