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The Island of Sodor is a fictional island that is the setting for The Railway Series books by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry (and his son Christopher). It is also the setting of the Thomas & Friends television series, though it is significantly different from the island in the books.
This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as opposed to underground, inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet with a different physical geography.
Sodor may refer to: The Island of Sodor, the setting for The Railway Series; Diocese of Sodor and Man of the Church of England Bishop of Sodor and Man;
It even includes an imaginative section where Thomas the Tank Engine fans can see a map of Sodor. "The Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture" (Timber Press), by Barrett Klein.
The books and television series are all set on the fictional Island of Sodor, which is located in the position of Walney, though significantly larger. Its east coast resembles that of Walney, and the main town to the east of the island is 'Vicarstown', located at the same place as Vickerstown. [46]
The Kingdom of the Isles, also known as Sodor, was a Norse-Gaelic kingdom comprising the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and the islands of the Clyde from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands were known to the Norsemen as the Suðreyjar , or "Southern Isles" as distinct from the Norðreyjar or Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland .
Sir Topham Hatt, known in the UK as "The Fat Controller", (voiced by Keith Wickham in the UK, the US version beginning with The Adventure Begins and Kerry Shale in the US and by Bruce Dow in All Engines Go), is the controller of the North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor and formerly the Skarloey Railway and Lady Hatt's husband. [1]
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