El ministerio del tiempo

El Ministerio del Tiempo

Genre	Science fiction
Created by	Pablo Olivares Javier Olivares
Written by	José Ramón Fernández Paco López Barrio Javier Olivares Pablo Olivares Anaïs Schaaff
Directed by	Marc Vigil Jorge Dorado Abigail Schaaff
Creative director(s)	Javier Olivares
Starring	Aura Garrido Rodolfo Sancho Nacho Fresneda Cayetana Guillén Cuervo Jaime Blanch Juan Gea Natalia Millán
Country of origin	Spain
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	Javier Olivares Alicia Yubero María Roy
Running time	70 minutes approx.
Production company(s)	Onza Partners Cliffhanger Televisión Española
Release
Original network	La 1
Original release	February 24, 2015 (2015-02-24) – present
External links
Website

El Ministerio del Tiempo (The Ministry of Time) is a Spanish science fiction television series created by Javier and Pablo Olivares and produced by Onza Partners and Cliffhanger for Televisión Española. It premiered on February 24, 2015 on TVE's main channel La 1.^[1] The series follows the exploits of a patrol of the fictional Ministry of Time, which deals with incidents caused by time travel.

On March 24 it was confirmed that TVE had renewed the series for a second season.^[2]

Plot

The front door of the abandoned Palace of the Duchess of Sueca in Madrid, featured in the series as the façade of the headquarters of the Ministry.

The Ministry of Time is the best kept secret of the Spanish state: an autonomous government institution that reports directly to the Prime Minister. Its patrols have to watch the doors of time so that no intruder from other eras can change history for their own benefit.

The series follows the assignments of the Ministry's newest patrol: the one formed by Army of Flanders soldier Alonso de Entrerríos, 19th century student Amelia Folch and 21st century Samur paramedic Julián Martínez.

Main characters

The following is the main cast of the series.^[3]

Amelia Folch (Aura Garrido): A bourgeoise woman from the late 19th century. With a mindset ahead of her time but perhaps too naive for the 21st century, she was one of the first female students in the University of Barcelona. Her knowledge of history, Spanish literature, and Latin language turn her into the brains of the patrol.
Julián Martínez (Rodolfo Sancho): A Samur paramedic from the 21st century. He was a happy man until his wife died in a car crash. Since then his personality darkened and he started behaving rashly at work. His recruitment into the Ministry allows him to discover a new life for himself.
Alonso de Entrerríos (Nacho Fresneda): An Army of Flanders soldier from the 16th century. He's skinny, uncommunicative, and has a hard time getting used to having a woman as his boss. His values are rather outdated but he is a man of honor and an expert strategist and marksman.
Ernesto Jiménez (Juan Gea): His age is unclear. He is a serious and lonely official of the Ministry, concerned about the lives of his recruits in each mission.
Irene Larra (Cayetana Guillén Cuervo): A skeptical and pragmatic woman born in the 1930s. She is responsible for Human Resources at the Ministry.
Salvador Martí (Jaime Blanch): He is the Undersecretary of Special Assignments, and acts as the liaison of the Ministry with the Government and the National Intelligence Center.
Angustias (Francesca Piñón): Salvador's loyal secretary. The cuts to her wage due to the ongoing economical crisis make her miss her actual age.

Recurring characters

Lola Mendieta (Natalia Millán): A former agent of the Ministry who was believed to have died on a mission. She has provided information about clandestine doors of time to a number of people.
Diego Velázquez (Julián Villagrán): The painter best known for Las Meninas, who was recruited by the Ministry as a facial composite draftsman.
Maite (Mar Ulldemolins): Julián's late wife, whom he visits by way of the doors of time.
Paul Walcott (Jimmy Shaw): A mysterious American time traveller.
Enric Folch (Xavier Boada) and Carme (Fanny Gautier): Amelia's parents. While he appears more tolerant about his daughter's concerns, she presses her to marry and settle down.
Blanca (Susana Córdoba): Alonso's wife, who believes him to be dead since she does not know his execution was avoided by the Ministry.

Deceased characters

Armando Leiva (José Antonio Lobato): A former agent who rebelled against the Ministry when Salvador refused to allow him to bring his 10-year-old son, diagnosed with leukemia, to the present so that doctors from the 21st century could tend to him.

Special appearances

Actress Michelle Jenner reprised the role of Isabella I of Castille she had played on Isabel for a special appearance on El Ministerio del Tiempo.

Episode 1

Hovik Keuchkerian as Juan Martín Díez "El Empecinado"
Josep Linuesa as Thibaud
Iván Villanueva as Benito

Episode 2

Víctor Clavijo as Lope de Vega
Miguel Rellán as Gil Pérez
Miguel Ángel Somé as Alonso de Entrerríos, Jr.

Episode 3

David Luque as Heinrich Himmler
Pep Miràs as Francisco Franco
Miko Jarry as Adolf Hitler
Ramón Langa as Ambrogio Spinola
Frank Feys as Heinrich Müller
Markus Lambauer as Captain Schweinsteiger
Pep Sais as Antoni Maria Marcet i Poal, abbot of Montserrat
Jorge Pobes as Luis Orcajo
Julio Arrojo as Ángel

Episode 4

Michelle Jenner as Isabella I of Castille
Juan Gea as Tomás de Torquemada
Eusebio Poncela as Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Paco Obregón as Rabbi Abraham Levi
Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa as Don Manuel López Castillejo
Ben Temple as Aaron Stein
Aitor Mazo as the Inquisition fiscal

Episode 5

Raúl Pulido as Pablo Picasso
Roberto Álvarez as Julián's father
Vicente Gil as Fernando Jiménez del Oso

Episode 6

Juan Blanco as Lázaro de Tormes
Alberto Amarilla as Fray Juan
Francesc Orella as Alberto Díaz Bueno
Mar Saura as Susana Torres

Episode 7

María Cotiello as Nuria Celaya (Irene's wife)
Carmen Sánchez as Isabella II of Spain
Carmen Gutiérrez as Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
Celine Peña as Infanta Luisa Fernanda
Manolo Solo as Undersecretary Emilio Redón

Episode 8

Ángel Ruiz as Federico García Lorca
Enrique Alcides as Salvador Dalí
Jordi Coll as Luis Buñuel
Antonio Alcalde as Pepín Bello
Secun de la Rosa as Antonio Lancha
Iria del Río as Silvia (Amelia's granddaughter)
Mar del Hoyo as Rosita Díaz Gimeno
Jordi Hurtado as himself

List of episodes

Season 1

Total	#	Title	Directed by	Air date	Mill. of viewers
1	1	"El tiempo es el que es"	Marc Vigil	February 24, 2015 (2015-02-24)	2.98
Julián Martínez is a Samur paramedic depressed over the death of his wife. During a fire, Julián finds two men dressed as in the days of Napoleon. After convalescence, he is recruited by the Ministry of Time to, alongside 19th century student Amelia Folch and 16th century soldier Alonso de Entrerríos, travel to 1808 to stop the French from killing guerrilla captain Juan Martín Díez.
2	2	"Tiempo de gloria"	Abigail Schaaff	March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)	2.65
Gil Pérez, prestigious agent of the Ministry during the reign of Philip II, finds out that writer Lope de Vega, enlisted in the Spanish Armada, did not embark on the San Juan, one of the few ships that returned from England, as planned. Instead, he is on the San Esteban, where he will most likely find death. Julián, Amelia and Alonso will head to Lisbon in the year 1588 to ensure Lope embarks on the right ship.
3	3	"Cómo se reescribe el tiempo"	Marc Vigil	March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)	2.65
An ally of former Ministry agent Lola Mendieta reveals the secret of the doors of time to the nazis. Sadistic Schutzstaffel leader Heinrich Himmler discovers that one of the doors is hidden in the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey and, capitalizing on the meeting at Hendaye between Franco and Hitler, heads to the abbey to seize control of the door and rewrite History. Julián, Amelia and Alonso are tasked with stopping him.
4	4	"Una negociación a tiempo"	Jorge Dorado	March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)	2.93
The Ministry of Time was established in 1491 by Isabella I of Castille after obtaining the Book of Doors from Rabbi Abraham Levi in exchange of protection for him and his family. The queen promised to protect him, but cruel Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada sentenced him to the stake behind her back. The lawyer of the Rabbi's family has found documents that prove the queen did nothing to protect him and demands a lofty compensation to the Ministry in exchange of his silence. Against the rules of the Ministry, Julián, Amelia and Alonso are sent to 1491 to save Levi, but the door to that year is in a time loop and they only have one day to accomplish their mission.
5	5	"Cualquier tiempo pasado"	Abigail Schaaff	March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)	2.53
On 1981, Pablo Picasso's famed painting Guernica came back to Spain from New York City's MoMA to celebrate the consolidation of Spanish democracy. The Ministry receives reports that someone in that year is trying to prevent the return from happening. Salvador will send Julián, Amelia and Alonso to the Civil War to find the receipt of the order, and later to 1981 to ensure the painting will make it back to Spain.
6	6	"Tiempo de pícaros"	Marc Vigil	March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30)	2.11
A mobile phone appears in an archaeological excavation in Salamanca meant to find remains of the 16th century. It is revealed that the phone belongs to an entrepreneur of the present who absconded in 2013 after his business was exposed as a fraud. The patrol will travel to 1520 to find him, with the unexpected help of a young boy named Lázaro de Tormes, who they will also have to save after he is arrested and sentenced to death. Meanwhile, Irene interrogates Paul Walcott, captured by the Ministry and locked in a 1053 prison in Huesca.
7	7	"Tiempo de venganza"	Jorge Dorado	April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06)	2.19
In 1843, Isabella II of Spain becomes queen at the age of 13 (with her mother Maria Christina assuming regency), and a year later, she demands to visit the Ministry of Time. What no one suspects is that rebel former Ministry agent Armando Leiva, who recruited Irene back in 1960, has escaped from prison in the Middle Age and plans to capitalize on the visit to kill the queen. With the very existence of the Ministry at stake, Ernesto, Amelia and Alonso are sent to foil Leiva's plans, but when they are captured, they depend on Irene, under suspicion for Leiva's escape, and Julián, who is enjoying his wife's company.
8	8	"La leyenda del tiempo"	Marc Vigil	April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13)	2.25
A tablet computer appears on the poster advertising a 1924 performance of Don Juan Tenorio. Julián, Amelia and Alonso head to the Residencia de Estudiantes that year to retrieve it, where they meet writer Federico García Lorca, painter Salvador Dalí and filmmaker Luis Buñuel. But they soon discover it all happens to be a ruse planned by someone who knows very well the Ministry... and themselves, since they begin to receive photos of their lives in the past and the future. And it is then when the patrol begins to wonder: why save the central figures of Spanish History if they are not allowed to save their loved ones?

Awards

The series won the 2015 Ondas Award for Best Spanish Series.^[4]

References

↑ "'El Ministerio del Tiempo' se estrena el martes 24 de febrero contra 'Bajo sospecha'". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 18 February 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
↑ Pimentel, Aurelio (24 March 2015). "TVE renueva 'El Ministerio del Tiempo'" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2015.
↑ "Los personajes de 'El Ministerio del Tiempo'". TVE (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2015.
↑ "'EL MINISTERIO DEL TIEMPO', PREMIO ONDAS A LA MEJOR SERIE ESPAÑOLA" (in Spanish). 28 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.

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