# The Ministry of Time (2015)

> A soldier, a student and a nurse from three different centuries join a Spanish government department that uses time travel to keep history intact.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/55282

## Facts

- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 42
- Episode runtime: 50 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: science fiction, drama, adventure
- Created by: Javier Olivares, Pablo Olivares
- Network: La 1
- Cast: Rodolfo Sancho, Nacho Fresneda, Macarena García, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Francesca Piñón, Jaime Blanch, Hugo Silva, Natalia Millán
- TMDB rating: 8.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4136774/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: playful, adventurous, wry, cozy, brisk

## What critics say

Acclaimed by audiences for its inventive premise of time-travelling agents correcting history, with a steady and consistent level of enjoyment across its four seasons.

## Synopsis

The Ministry of Time (2015-2020) is a Spanish science fiction drama series created by Javier Olivares and Pablo Olivares for La 1. A fifteenth century soldier, a nineteenth century university student and a present day nurse are recruited into a secret department inside the Spanish government that can travel through time. Julián Martínez (Rodolfo Sancho) and Alonso de Entrerríos (Nacho Fresneda) are among the principal figures whose clashing period attitudes drive much of the humor and friction, while Irene Larra (Cayetana Guillén Cuervo) anchors the department's operations. Each episode sends the agents into a documented historical moment where a small alteration threatens to ripple forward, and the mission is to set the record right without becoming part of it. The show runs four seasons across forty-two episodes of fifty minutes each, following one continuing story rather than standalone cases. Its tone blends brisk adventure with wry, character-driven comedy and a cozy curiosity about the past, while staying alert to the moral weight of tampering with events. Set across Spanish and wider European history, it moves through periods that a viewer may know from textbooks, reframed through outsiders' eyes. Fans of Dark, Timeless and Outlander will find resonance in its blend of time travel, historical intrigue and fish out of water humor.

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