Act 3

 “My brain is only a receiver; in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration.
I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.”


Nicola Tesla


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Derek was overwhelmed by such an unexpected level of attention from the international press.

The details of his project had- inevitably- been leaked, and now he found a rugby scrum of reporters and cameramen on his doorstep.

He offered them a cup of tea and a biscuit each (only one; it was last of  the batch that his mum had baked!), and informed the assembled throng that he was going to give a press conference and -wait for it!- a demonstration of the device, but not until the next day...



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'Crank' Shafts the World's Media with Hoax Invention

 

Before a gathered contingent of news agencies from around the globe, the 15 minutes of fame of Derek Crankshaft look to have come to an end.


After a presentation filled with gobbledegook and nonsense, the clearly nervous hoaxster
failed, not once but eight times, to achieve any effect with his purported 'Interdimensional Travel Machine'.

It seems we were all fools to believe in this guy, and the hopes of the planet for a new toy to play with, have been cruelly dashed by this fool and liar.


Unfortunately, no laws have actually been broken, and Crankshaft remains free (and seemingly oblivious to the hurt and disappointment his 'joke' has caused....)