The Finder

Ten year-old Patrick is a computer whiz. One day, through a computer game at the local shop, he receives a bizarre invitation to become a contestant on a million dollar game show. But the TV channel and the game don’t exist—or do they? Patrick accepts the invitation and so begins a series of journeys across the time barrier into a new dimension full of strange characters, baffling encounters and the ever-present danger of fading away before returning to his own world. Based on the book Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda.

3. The Clock Maker

Carol eludes Parsons and the barrier agents yet again and makes her way towards the time barrier. Her ball effects the barrier and causes a serious outbreak of Time Stream. Patrick and Claire find a poem on the clock that helps them locate the clock maker, Anna Varga. She is sick in hospital where Patrick goes to find her. The Time Stream travels from the barrier into the TV station where it breaks throughs a wall. Max works out a way to get back into his room. Patrick finds Anna Varga and asks for her help to fix the malfunctioning clock. When he tells her the clock has been moved, she is adamant she be taken to the clock. Lives are at stake. Carol has not moved from the barrier as night falls and Parsons decides to fire a mend gun at Carol to push her into the barrier.