History Series / ElMinisterioDelTiempo

** Also, Cardinal Torquemada in Episode 2:

* CastingGag: Queen Isabel (the one that creates the Ministry) is played by Michelle Jenner, as in Series/{{Isabel}}. Rodolfo Sancho, who plays Julián, was King Fernando in the same series.

* ChekhovsGun: Early in episode 1, Salvador Marti mentions that Alonso is very good with weapons, being able to learn how to use them rapidly. [[spoiler:Comes in handy to kill a Napoleonic era Frenchman who is not as good with modern weapons.]]

** A second one always leads to the same day where

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: sadly, when Queen Isabel (Michelle Jenner) and Julián (Rodolfo Sancho) meet, the only reaction comes from Julián, who swears she has seen the Queen before. See CastingGag.

* It is 1491. A Jewish rabbi, in order to prevent his expulsion and that of his family, offers to sell Queen Isabel a very important secret in exchange of protection: gates that can allow a person to go to another point in time, with just opening a door and stepping through. The Queen sets up a secret office that will protect these gates, but in the end [[UngratefulBastard the rabbi ends up being burned for being a witch]].

* BadassBureaucrat: A staple of the series, since the characters are all civil servants with little weapons or fighting training, and even so they are more than able to kick serious ass.

* CastingGag: Queen Isabel (the one that creates the Ministry) is played by Michelle Jenner, as in Series/{{Isabel}}. Rodolfo Sancho, who plays Julián, was King Fernando in the same series. And a future episode will have an encounter between the two of them...

* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: Julián, as the "youngest" in the team, tends to make many jokes of this kind.

* MysteriousPast: Ernesto. Not even ''he'' remembers where he comes from.

* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Lola Mendieta is described as one of the best agents of the Ministery.

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Lola Mendieta tells Amelia this is the reason why she deserted, because she believes the Ministerio should be doing its best to fix history and help the people, instead of just keeping history as it is.

* RunningGag: The cuts to the Ministry's budget affect operators at every level.

* SanDimasTime: most doors run on this, save for one that, apparently, always leads to the same place and time (the day the Atletico de Madrid won La Liga in 1996).

* [[NapoleonicWars The Peninsular War]]: The first episode takes place in the early stages of this, as a "local" Frenchman attempts to take advantage of learning about the future to give victory to the Napoleonic troops.

** In episode 3, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, Heinrich Himmler and [[UsefulNotes/TheFrancoRegime Francisco Franco]].

* InformedFlaw: Julián is alleged to have self-destructive tendencies, but this is only showcased in the first episode, when he enters a building on fire, and never seems to affect his behavior afterwards.

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Lola Mendieta tells Amelia this is the reason why she deserted, because she believes the Ministerio should be doing its best to fix the story and help the people instead of just keeping the story as it is.

* BadassBureaucrat: A staple of the series, since the characters are all civil servants.

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: a group of Nazi soldiers manages to take over the Ministry in 2015. [[spoiler:They are thwarted by the well-timed entrance of General Spinola's troops.]]

* BadassBureaucrat: a staple of the series, since the characters are all civil servants.

* ButterflyOfDoom: the idea is referenced by Salvador Martí and Ernesto.

* ChekhovsGun: early in episode 1, Salvador Marti mentions that Alonso is very good with weapons, being able to learn how to use them rapidly. [[spoiler:Comes in handy to kill a Napoleonic era Frenchman who is not as good with modern weapons.]]

* DashingHispanic: the good characters. Lope de Vega.

* GodzillaThreshold: when it becomes likely that Spain might enter WorldWarII after Hitler learns of the time gates, Ernesto decides to [[spoiler:kill Hitler]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: given that this is based on the idea of traveling in time...

* HistoricalInJoke: when Velázquez painted himself in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Meninas Las Meninas]], he pictured himself with a Santiago Cross on his chest, which he did not receive until three years after the painting was complete. In episode 3, the subsecretary tells him that he knows he used a door to find out the truth. Curiously, Velázquez says he never painted [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Surrender_of_Breda The Surrender of Breda]].

* IndyPloy: [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the Special Missions subsecretary.

* LukeIAmYourFather: inverted. Alonso discovers that the young man that bears his name and is set to travel in the Armada Invencible is his son.
* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: what the villains seek to do.

* OlderThanTheyLook: most characters, since they are from different ages, will joke about it.

* RiddleForTheAges: the Ministry workers say there are two. The first is that ''no one'' knows where in time does Ernesto come from. The second one is why Alfredo Di Stefano played for Real Madrid when it was F. C. Barcelona that signed him up.
* RunningGag: the cuts to the Ministry's budget affect operations at every level.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: the mission of the Ministry, whether it is caused by past-timers seeking the knowledge of the future or future-timers trying to change the past.

* ShoutOut: many.
** In chapter 1, there are mentions to Literature/{{Alatriste}} (people jokingly call Alonso this, and he gets the first book to find out the reasons), and Franchise/{{Terminator}}.
** Chapter 2 has a few to Literature/OrlandoFurioso, which is recited by Lope de Vega while he handily beats a man over a prostitute.

* [[NapoleonicWars The Peninsular War]]: the first episode takes place in the early stages of this, as a "local" Frenchman attempts to take advantage of learning about the future to give victory to the Napoleonic troops.

** In episode 3, [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler]], Heinrich Himmler and [[UsefulNotes/TheFrancoRegime Francisco Franco]].

[[PowerTrio Julián, Amelia and Alonso]] become the newest team of the Ministry, taking charge of keeping control of the many, many temporal gates existing in Spain, and to prevent people, both in the past and the present, from using them to profit from the changes in history, among them legendary former agent Lola Mendieta, who was thought to have gone missing years ago, but appears to have sold the secret to the French...

''El Ministerio del Tiempo'' (lit. ''The Ministry of Time'') is Spanish TV series (2015-????) broadcasted by Televisión Española that works with an interesting suggestion: what if there were gates that led to past times, and there was a dedicated Ministry in charge of protecting these gates to prevent their misuse by others with an interest in changing history?

''El Ministerio del Tiempo'' (The Ministry of Time) is a Spanish TV series that works with an interesting suggestion: what if there were gates that led to past times, and there was a dedicated Ministry in charge of protecting these gates to prevent their misuse by others with an interest in changing history?

It is 1491. A Jewish rabbi, in order to prevent his expulsion and that of his family, offers to sell Queen Isabel a very important secret in exchange of protection: gates that can allow a person to go to another point in time, with just opening a door and stepping through. The Queen sets up a secret office that will protect these gates, but in the end [[UngratefulBastard the rabbi ends up being burned for being a witch]].

It is 1596. [[DashingHispanic Alonso de Entrerríos]], a Spanish soldier, is in prison, about to be hanged, because he attacked his superior after the latter said that the cause of the massive loss of soldiers was the fault of a badly timed attack started by Alonso, when it is actually [[NeverMyFault the superior's fault]]. A man offers Alonso the chance to avoid being hanged (replacing him with the superior) by joining a secret office, which he takes, but then he is surprised at seeing a strange watch on the stranger's wrist.

It is 1880. [[BrainyBrunette Amelia Folch]] is one of the first female university students in Spain, and this has caused her no little grief as most of her family and friends consider her a bit mad. During a class on Lope de Vega, someone hands her a note, and she follows the person: it is a woman she catches talking on a strange device that seems to be a phone. After asking her a few questions - and [[LesYay kissing her]] - the woman offers Amelia a job, and she accepts.

It is 2015. [[TheMedic Julián Martínez]] is an emergency worker that has become a bit of a DeathSeeker ever since his wife died in a hit and run, and, as such, barely any of his partners want to work with him. During an answer to a fire, he enters the building against orders and finds three people dressed in ancient garb, but the roof comes down on him before he can get out. No one believes him when he reports on what he saw, as there was no one else in the building, and he loses his job. But then, a man and a woman approach him and tell him they believe in his story, taking him to an apparently normal building that hides something greater: the Ministry of Time.

The series was initially known as the [[SameStoryDifferentNames expy]] to certain [[Series/DoctorWho British time travel adventures]] though WordOfGod stated that the series doesn't involve cosmic travels nor the future. Instead it had another basis like ''TheAnubisGates''.

The pilot episode had a warm reception among Spanish viewers -- an audience of almost 3 million with 14% of share quote -- thanks to its production values, humor and cultural references to the point that it was changed from its original Tuesday run to Monday night.

* ChekhovsGun: early in episode 1, Salvador Marti mentions that Alonso is very good with weapons, being able to learn how to use them rapidly. [[spoiler:Comes in handy to kill a Napoleonic era Frenchman who is not as good with modern weapons.]]
** Amelia's knowledge on Lope de Vega becomes handy when he is the person that must be saved.

* DashingHispanic: the good characters.

--> '''Angustias''': I joined the Ministry after my husband died in the war.\\

The pilot episode had a warm reception among Spanish viewers thanks to its production values, humor and cultural references to the point that it was changed from its original Tuesday schedule to Monday night.

* ThePeninsularWar: the first episode takes place in the early stages of this, as a "local" Frenchman attempts to take advantage of learning about the future to give victory to the Napoleonic troops.

It is 2015. [[TheMedic Julián Martínez]] is an emergency worker that has become a bit of a DeathSeeker ever since his wife died in a hit and run. During an answer to a fire, he enters the building against orders and finds three people dressed in ancient garb, but the roof comes down on him before he can get out. No one believes him when he reports on what he saw, as there was no one else in the building, and he loses his job. But then, a man and a woman approach him and tell him they believe in his story, taking him to an apparently normal building that hides something greater: the Ministry of Time.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Alonso comes from a time where patriotism, honor and respecting the given word were important matters. He is surprised to learn that Amelia is the team boss, but will defend a woman that he feels is being disrespected.

--> ''Salvador Martí'': We are Spaniards. Improvise!

* CastingGag: Queen Isabel (the one that creates the Ministry) is played by Michelle Jenner, as in Series/{{Isabel}}. Rodolfo Sancho, who plays Julián, was King Fernando in the same series.

''El Ministerio del Tiempo'' is a Spanish TV series that works with an interesting suggestion: what if there were gates that led to past times, and there was a dedicated Ministry in charge of protecting these gates to prevent their misuse by others with an interest in changing history?

** In chapter 1, there are mentions to Literature/{{Alatriste}} (people jokingly call Alonso this, and he gets the first book to find out the reasons), and Franchise/{{Terminator}}.

** In chapter 1, there are mentions to Literature/{{Alatriste}} (people jokingly call Alonso this), and Franchise/{{Terminator}}.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Alonso comes from a time where patriotism, honor and respecting the given word were important matters. He is surprised to learn that Amelia is the team boss, but defend a woman that he feels is being disrespected.

* In episode 1, Velázquez and El Empecinado. A gate even leads to the moment when he is painting the famous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Meninas Las Meninas]].

''El Ministerio del Tiempo'' is a Spanish TV series that works with an interesting suggestion: what if there were gates that led to past times, and that there was a dedicated Ministry in charge of protecting these gates to prevent their misuse by others with an interest in changing history?