The Source: Finn and Maria's Time-Travel Adventure
What Has Been Invented Since Finn’s Grandad Was a Boy?
Animal translators
How Does Grandad Catch Up with the Daily News?
He eats a pill.
How Does Finn Clean His Breakfast Plate?
He presses a button on the plate.
How Does Finn Get to His Lesson?
With a teleporter.
Why Does Mr Newton Say, “Nice of you to join us, Finn”?
Finn is late.
Why Is Mr Newton Flustered?
He’s taking children on a school trip.
Why Does Finn Notice the Girl?
He’s never seen her before.
Why Does Finn Think That the Girl Hides Her Face?
Because she’s new and shy.
What Is The Source?
An object that creates energy.
What Happens When the Lights Go Out?
The Source disappears.
How Long Will the Power Last Without The Source?
- One hour
Why Does Mr Newton Hide Under His Jumper?
- He is worried about the future.
How Does the Mini Cleaning Robot Help Finn?
- It shows him a small door.
What Is Behind the Small Door?
- A sudden drop.
How Does Finn Find the Girl?
- He lands on top of her.
Why Does Finn Think That the Girl Cleans Her Own Clothes?
- They are not as clean as his clothes.
How Does Finn Clean His Clothes?
- He presses a button on his collar.
What Surprises Finn About The Source?
- It’s cool to touch.
Why Has the Girl Stolen The Source?
- She says that her people need it.
What Will Happen to Finn if He’s Caught with The Source?
- He’ll be put into the Infinity Cube.
Why Does Finn Give Maria Back The Source?
- He decides to trust her.
How Does Maria Take Finn to The Outside?
- She uses a teleporter.
Where Does Maria Get the Teleporter From?
- She stole it from Finn.
Why Does Finn Think That He Has Travelled Back in Time?
- The Outside has no technology.
Why Is The Outside So Old-Fashioned?
- The people don’t have an energy source.
Why Does Maria Steal The Source?
- Because she thinks it’s destroying the planet.
When Did The Inside and The Outside Split Apart?
- Around a hundred years ago.
What Is The Inside?
- The big, modern city where the rich people live.
Why Do Some of Maria’s People Want to Take Power Away from The Inside?
- To punish the people from the city.
What Do Maria and Her Mother Want to Do?
- Make everything fair.
Why Can’t Finn Use His Teleporter?
- Maria has it.
Why Is Finn Surprised by the Prison in the Outside?
Prisons in the Inside are guarded with lasers and robots.
Why Does Finn Say ‘Open Lock!’ to the Prison Lock?
- He is used to giving voice commands to objects.
How Does Maria Get Finn Out of Prison?
- She picks the lock with a pin.
Why Are There Hamsters at the Lab?
- They create electricity.
What Does the Machine Watt Is Using Look Like?
- Microwaves stuck together.
What Can Finn See on the Monitors in the Lab?
- People panicking in the Inside.
What Happens When Watt Turns the Power On in the Inside?
- The tech starts attacking the humans.
Why Does Watt Connect the Inside Back to The Source?
- He wants to punish the Inside.
What Do the InstaBreakfasts Do When The Source Is Turned Back On?
- Start throwing food at humans.
How Do Finn and Maria Get Away From the Man?
They bite him together.
What Happens When Finn Takes The Source Out of Watt’s Machine?
The technology in the Inside stops attacking people.
What Does Maria Throw to Finn?
A teleporter watch.
What Does Finn Do with The Source?
He sends it far away from anyone.
Why Does Watt Stop Attacking the Children?
Maria’s mother stops him.
What Does Maria Give Finn to Help Him Get Home?
A map.
What Happens Soon After Finn Takes The Source from Watt?
Trees come back to life.
Which of These Items Do the Outsiders Consider Using to Make Energy?
Animal poo.
How Will the Inside Be Different in the Future?
There will be less technology.
Why Does Finn Frown When He Leaves the Outside?
He realises that it is going to be a long walk home.