<P> The character is first seen in `` The Sad Story of Henry '' in the first book in the Railway Series , The Three Railway Engines . When Henry refused to leave a tunnel , the story says `` a Fat Director who was on the train told the guard to get a rope '' . The character is referred to as the Fat Director / Controller for the remainder of the Railway Series , both in the narrative and by the other characters . The name Sir Topham Hatt is first mentioned in the Foreword to Henry the Green Engine and also appears on his luggage trunk in the same book in the story `` Percy and the Trousers '' . The first use of the name Sir Topham Hatt in the narrative comes in the episode ' Come Out Henry ! ' when Ringo Starr introduces him to the audience . </P>
<P> The character is first seen in `` The Sad Story of Henry '' in the first book in the Railway Series , The Three Railway Engines . When Henry refused to leave a tunnel , the story says `` a Fat Director who was on the train told the guard to get a rope '' . The character is referred to as the Fat Director / Controller for the remainder of the Railway Series , both in the narrative and by the other characters . The name Sir Topham Hatt is first mentioned in the Foreword to Henry the Green Engine and also appears on his luggage trunk in the same book in the story `` Percy and the Trousers '' . The first use of the name Sir Topham Hatt in the narrative comes in the episode ' Come Out Henry ! ' when Ringo Starr introduces him to the audience . </P>
when did the fat controller became sir topham hatt
when did the fat controller became sir topham hatt
in the episode ' Come Out Henry ! '
in the episode ' Come Out Henry ! '