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 2
No. of episodes 21 (list of episodes)
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
www.rtve.es/television/ministerio-del-tiempo/

El Ministerio del Tiempo (English: The Ministry of Time) is a Spanish fantasy 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, 2015, it was confirmed that TVE had renewed the series for a second season.[2] The show was renewed for a third season on September 22, 2016.[3] On December 29, 2016 it was announced that RTVE had sold the rights to Netflix to broadcast the third series internationally, outside of Spain, resulting in a bigger production budget.[4]

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.

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring characters

Cast of El ministerio del tiempo
Actor Character Season
1 2
Rodolfo Sancho Julián Martínez Main Main (2x01, 2x07-2x13)
Aura Garrido Amelia Folch Main
Nacho Fresneda Alonso de Entrerríos Main
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo Irene Larra Girón Main
Juan Gea Ernesto Jiménez / Tomás de Torquemada Main
Jaime Blanch Salvador Martí Main
Francesca Piñón Angustias Vázquez Main
Hugo Silva Jesús Méndez Pontón "Pacino" Main (2x02-2x08)
Natalia Millán Lola Mendieta Recurrent
Mar Ulldemolins Maite Recurrent Episodic
Julián Villagrán Diego Velázquez Recurrent
Ramón Langa Ambrosio Spínola Episodic Episodic
Mar Saura Susana Torres Episodic Recurrent
Pere Ponce Miguel de Cervantes Episodic
Víctor Clavijo Lope de Vega Episodic Episodic

Special appearances

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

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episodes 15/16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episodes

Season 1

Total # Title Directed by Air date Mill. of viewers
11"El tiempo es el que es (Time is what it is)"Marc VigilFebruary 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.
22"Tiempo de Gloria (Time of glory)"Abigail SchaaffMarch 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.
33"Cómo se reescribe el tiempo (How does time get rewritten)"Marc VigilMarch 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)2.65
The essential objective of the Ministry is to prevent anyone from using the time portals to change the present from the past ... But that goal becomes essential when that someone who wants to change history is nothing less than the Nazi regime. Himmler, informed of the existence of a door in the Monastery of Montserrat, travels there to make use of it, taking advantage of the meeting at Hendaye between Hitler and Franco. The Nazi aim is no longer to dominate the world, but to rewrite history. By travelling to Montserrat, Amelia, Julián and Alonso are tasked with avoiding this, whilst Ernesto and Irene go to Hendaye, where Hitler and Franco negotiate the participation of Spain in the second world war. Something that should be avoided at all costs.
44"Una negociación a tiempo (A deal in time)"Jorge DoradoMarch 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.
55"Cualquier tiempo pasado (Every past time)"Abigail SchaaffMarch 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.
66"Tiempo de pícaros (Time of rascals)"Marc VigilMarch 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.
77"Tiempo de venganza (Time of revenge)"Jorge DoradoApril 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.
88"La leyenda del tiempo (Legend of time)"Marc VigilApril 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?

Season 2

Total # Title Directed by Air date Mill. of viewers
91"Tiempo de leyenda (Time of legend)"Marc VigilFebruary 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)2.84
The Ministry is still recovering from the impact of Irene's betrayal. Lola Mendieta is in prison. Julián is back after some rest and psychiatric treatment, and a new case awaits: the discovery of dated remains that could belong to El Cid, who was thought to be buried in the Burgos cathedral. Alonso and Amelia are sent with Ambrogio Spinola to the eleventh century to lead the investigation... which means pulling Julián from the team.
102"El tiempo en sus manos (The time on his hands)"Marc VigilFebruary 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)2.68
After Julián's departure, Salvador activates every protocol of search for him to be arrested wherever in time he may have gone. Meanwhile, a 1981 cop arrives in the present chasing a murderer who fled through a closet. His name is Jesús Méndez, nicknamed "Pacino" for his resemblance to the actor, and finds out that the police files claim he is guilty of the murders he was investigating and has been missing for 35 years. He must catch the killer to prove his innocence, but how can he possibly do that in a future he doesn't know a thing about?
113"Tiempo de hidalgos (Time of hidalgos)"Abigail SchaaffFebruary 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)2.67
The Ministry receives a warning from late 1604 from Juan de la Cuesta's workshop, 87 Atocha St. The printing has made a deal with Miguel de Cervantes to publish the Princeps edition of Don Quixote but they have been warned that he didn't present it to the Castilla's Council to ask for the printing license. That could mean that Don Quixote cannot see the light in 1605 or worse: never. It's something that Miguel does not seem to worry about. To solve the case, Pacino will be a part of the team for the first time... Dealing with Amelia and Alonso will not be an easy task.
124"El Monasterio del Tiempo (The monastery of time)"Jorge DoradoMarch 7, 2016 (2016-03-07)2.59
In Christmas of the year 1808, Napoleon Bonaparte had to sleep on the Santa Clara de Tordesillas' abbey. In that same abbey, the Napoleonic troops got three men arrested: Tordesillas' priest, and two Spanish men accused of spying the French movements on the zone. According to the history, the intervention of the abbess convinced Napoleon to pardon the life of the three men. But the Ministry has been warned that the abbess died before what history says. The death of these three men would not be so important, if it was not because one of them is an ancestor of Adolfo Suárez, President of the Government of Spain during transition. If the history changes and Napoleon executes them, Adolfo Suárez will not be born. The thing is they need to search someone that can act as the abbess... And the chosen one is Angustias, the secretary.
135"Un virus de otro tiempo (A virus from another time)"Abigail SchaaffMarch 14, 2016 (2016-03-14)2.47
During a mission in 1918 to attend the birth of Carmen Amaya, Irene falls ill with the Spanish flu. Dr Vargas, who accompanied the mission, decides to return to the Ministry and leave Irene behind. However, Susana Torres, the new undersecretary, orders that procedures be followed and Irene must be brought back. With this, all of the Ministry will be at the mercy of a disease that once killed millions and for which there is no vaccine. The Ministry is forced to close its doors to avoid spreading the disease through time. Inside, the flu begins to exact its first victims, and Susana Torres sees that it is not as easy as she thought to govern the Ministry.
146"Tiempo de magia (Time of magic)"Paco PlazaMarch 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)2.20
Joaquín Argamasilla is a young man who claims to have a gift: to see through objects even when blindfolded. The man with the x-ray eyes, he is called. Among his followers, he has personalities like Valle Inclán and Ramón y Cajal. When his fame transcends borders, he is called to New York by the famous magician and escapologist Houdini to see if his powers are real. The problem is that Argamasilla is an agent of the Ministry of that time and is suspected of betraying its existence to the Americans. The patrol is escorted to New York so that, in the event that the suspicions are true, he does not succeed.
157"Tiempo de valientes I (Time of the braves - part one)"Marc VigilMarch 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)2.33
In the Ministry, Salvador has retaken the lead. Upon arrival, the Ministry is subject to audit and all agents - including the patrol - must perform administrative and supervisory tasks over the time portals. Meanwhile Julián, after finding that the Ministry has discovered his position, moves from Cuba to the Philippines, only to witness further pain inflicted by Spanish soldiers. After swearing to a dying man that he will take a gem of his grandmother's to his Tagalog lover, he travels to Baler. Julián does not realise that he will become part of the "últimos de Filipinas".
168"Tiempo de valientes II (Time of the braves - part two)"Marc VigilApril 4, 2016 (2016-04-04)2.47
Julián is still trapped in the Siege of Baler. Located at random by the Ministry, Salvador sends Alonso de Entrerríos to release him on a secret mission that even Amelia and Pacino know nothing. Alonso and Julián will witness the heroism of men defending a place without weapons, without food and consumed by disease. They are fighting for what they believe to be Spanish territory without knowing that that had ceased to be: Spain had already renounced its rights over Cuba and the Philippines. Given the prolonged absence of Alonso, Amelia and Pacino suspect that behind it all there is something fishy.
179"Óleo sobre tiempo (Oil painting over time)"Jorge DoradoApril 25, 2016 (2016-04-25)1.91
Velázquez receives an alarm on his mobile. One of his paintings has just been auctioned in 2016 at a stratospheric price. This would be normal if not because it is one of the paintings destroyed by fire at the Alcázar de Madrid in 1734. In the absence of patrols due to a labor agreement, Velázquez, himself, and Irene travel there to investigate what is happening. It is large-scale art theft by Darrow in collaboration with Lola Mendieta. They are replacing originals with copies in order to do business with them.
1810"Separadas en el tiempo (Separated by time)"Abigail SchaaffMay 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)1.75
In the present, Irene visits an exhibition on the role of women in the struggle for social rights in Spain. There is a school group with their teacher, who faints upon seeing a woman like her in a photo from 1930 of the Sinsombrero, a group of avant-garde women who have fallen into oblivion. As an investigation into the case begins, an alarm in the Ministry arises: the Vampire of Raval has not been arrested when history says and walks free. The situation worsens as it is realised that she is not only free, but also knows time travel.
1911"Tiempo de lo oculto (Time of the Occult)"Javier Ruiz CalderaMay 10, 2016 (2016-05-10)2.03
Sebastián Lombardi, a visionary who directed a television show about paranormal researches that was cancelled after he casually discovered the Ministry and threatened to expose it, is back for revenge now that he no longer needs TV for his show thanks to social networks. He is invited to visit the Ministry, which the agents attempt to make him see as a common government building... but he escapes through one of the time doors to La Rábida in 1485, when Christopher Columbus has just arrived to sell King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella his project of a new route to India. Now the Ministry must find Lombardi and prevent him from turning History upside down.
2012"Hasta que el tiempo os separe (Until time do you part)"Jorge DoradoMay 16, 2016 (2016-05-16)2.12
They say that one wedding brings another, a theory noted by Irene; but for Salvador and Julián attending a wedding involves reliving their own and better times will not return. They will soon have to stop thinking about it, because it is held in a castle converted into a wedding hall. The castle in which the wedding is celebrated hides a legend which returns to the present though an uncatalogued portal. The legend is that of the young Constanza who could not marry her beloved (a humble shepherd) because of Fadrique, lord of the castle, in 1212. The problem arises as it is discovered that the legend is real. And in the castle there is a time portal not catalogued by the Ministry.
2113"Cambio de tiempo (Change of time)"Marc VigilMay 23, 2016 (2016-05-23)2.01
After the defeat of the Spanish Armada along the English coast, Philip II, sunk by the disaster, decides to break the rules of the Ministry (imposed by Isabella) and travel back in time to correct errors and have the Armada win the battle. Following the refusal of the Ministry in 1588 to collaborate, Philip takes hold of the Inquisition, enters the Ministry and discovers that not only can he travel into the past but also the future. He plants himself in 2016 so that he can not only be king of the world, but also king of time. When the patrol returns from a mission where they saved one of the fathers of the Constitution of 1812, they find history has changed. And not just for the better.

Awards

The series won the 2015 Ondas Award for Best Spanish Series.[6] In 2017 it won at Premios Feroz the awards for best drama series, best lead actress (Aura Garrido) and best supporting actor for a television series (Hugo Silva, tied with Velvet's José Sacristán).[7]

International Adaptations

Portugal was the first country to have the series adapted locally, with a version entitled Ministério do Tempo produced by Iniziomedia. As of December 2016 the format has also been sold to China, with negotiations mentioned for Germany, France, Italy and US.[8]

Timeless lawsuit

On September 27, 2016 Onza Partners presented a lawsuit to the CDCA against Sony Pictures, NBCUniversal, and executive producers Shawn Ryan, Eric Kripke and John Davis for copyright infringement and breach of implied contract, claiming that the U.S. TV series Timeless is a copy of El Ministerio del Tiempo.[9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ "'El Ministerio del Tiempo' se estrena el martes 24 de febrero contra 'Bajo sospecha'". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 18 February 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Pimentel, Aurelio (24 March 2015). "TVE renueva 'El Ministerio del Tiempo'" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Pimentel, Aurelio (22 September 2016). "'El Ministerio del Tiempo' tendrá tercera temporada". RTVE (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "‘El Ministerio del Tiempo’ viaja por el mundo con Netflix" [‘El Ministerio del Tiempo’ travels the world with Netflix]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Por qué no vamos a echar de menos a Rodolfo Sancho en «El Ministerio del Tiempo»" [Why we will not miss Rodolfo Sancho in The Ministry of Time]. ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "'EL MINISTERIO DEL TIEMPO', PREMIO ONDAS A LA MEJOR SERIE ESPAÑOLA" (in Spanish). 28 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017" [The full list of winners of the 2017 Premios Feroz]. El Huffington Post (in Spanish). Madrid. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "El ministerio del tiempo abre sede en Portugal" [El ministerio del tiempo opens headquarters in Portugal]. TodoTVNews (in Spanish). Montevideo, Uruguay. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  9. ↑ Mitovich, Matt Webb (September 27, 2016). "NBC's Timeless Sued by Creators of Spain's El Ministerio del Tiempo". TVLine.com. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  10. ↑ http://www.abc.es/play/series/noticias/abci-timeless-serie-acusada-plagiar-ministerio-tiempo-cancelada-201705111127_noticia.html

See also

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