History Series / TheMinistryOfTime

* RealLifeRelative: Jan Fresneda, Nacho Fresneda's (Alonso) son, appears twice in the series. The first, Alonso's son as a pre-teen in "Tiempo de gloria", and the second as Alonso's younger self in "Deshaciendo el tiempo".

* TheBeard: When Amelia's parents tell her they know something weird is going on, she tells them that she has a boyfriend. Julián, after some convincing, decides to become this for Amelia.

* CloseEnoughTimeline: Several missions are completed this way, with the timeline suffering slight alterations that ultimately have no effect on the mission's goal. For example, during the mission in the monastery in season 2, where the patrol has to save three men that have been imprisoned by Napoleon because an ancestor of Adolfo Suárez is among them, Salvador notes after the agents return that the historical records of that day now mention a fourth prisoner (Alonso), but they did save Suárez's ancestor, so he'll take it.

* FreudianExcuse: Morán's explanation of why he kills unmarried mothers in Episode 10.

* CloseEnoughTimeline: Several missions are completed this way, with the timeline suffering slight alterations that ultimately have no effect on the mission's goal. For example, during the mission in the monastery in season 2, where the patrol has to save three men that have been imprisoned by Napoleon because an ancestor of Adolfo Suárez is among them, Salvador notes after the agents return that the historical records of that day now reflect a fourth prisoner (Alonso), but they did save Suárez's ancestor, so he'll take it.

-->'''Alonso:''' [That explains] we are no longer an empire. We always had great soldiers and awful bosses.

* AmbiguousDisorder: The more is seen of Amelia's housekeeper Enriqueta, the more clear it is that ''something'' is just not quite right in her head... [[YoungFutureFamousPeople and it]] [[FromNobodyToNightmare will only get worse in time.]]

** Episode 19 is a supremely silly comedy episode... until Sonia runs into two [[IncrediblyLamePun deadly serious]] assassins tasked with finding and murdering Columbus.

* ButHeSoundsHandsome: In Episode 17, Velázquez loves to talk a lot about himself and his paintings ({{Justified}}, as he is in a time long after his historical death).

%% ZCE * BigDamnHeroes: Spinola and his troops in episode 3.

''El Ministerio del Tiempo'' (''The Ministry of Time'', in some places ''The Department of Time'') is a Spanish TV series (2015-2017, 2020-) broadcast by Televisión Española. Initially thought to be [[FollowTheLeader a copy of]] [[Series/DoctorWho a certain British time travel series]], it does deal with time travel but without space travel, aliens or travels to the future. WordOfGod attributes primary inspiration to Creator/TimPowers' novel ''Literature/TheAnubisGates'' and Creator/NicholasMeyer's movie ''Film/TimeAfterTime''.

* PowerWalk: About once every two episodes, with the patrol showing off their clothing for the mission.
** Alonso and Elena in Episode, even though the poor woman barely understands what is going on.

* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: [[SubvertedTrope Doubly Subverted.]] The Ministry's original mission in 1940 is ''not'' to kill Hitler (they have to ''preserve'' history, after all), but after complications arise Ernesto decides that it is the lesser of two evils and prepares to poison him. In the last moment, the mission is saved and Hitler is spared, [[JediTruth technically]] adding [[FridgeBrilliance another failed attempt on his life]] to his belt.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As director of operations, Ernesto proves himself as a scarily competent field agent.

* BigDamnHeroes: Spinola and his troops in episode 3.

** The first episode shows that there is a time door leading right to the place and time in which ''Las Meninas'' was painted, likely the one through which Velázquez was recruited. This door is the door that appears in the painting itself.

** The Velázquez who works for the Ministry is still years away from painting ''Las Meninas''. [[{{Narcissist}} Not that this refrains him from claiming credit for it.]]

* PredestinationParadox: In episode 5, when the Ministry has to fake the bill that secured Spain's ownership of the ''Guernica'', Amelia wonders if the receipt actually ever existed.

** Episode 5: It turns out that, sometime in the future, traveling to the past will be not just possible, but there will be private companies controlling it. [[spoiler:One of its workers comes to 1939 and 1981 to destroy any proof that the Spanish government is the owner of the ''Guernica''.]]

** When the team fails to recover the receipt of the "Guernica", they create a new one by getting Picasso's signature in the 1890s, then going to the 1930s to type the receipt and leave it with instructions to be mailed to Irene in 1981.

** [[spoiler:[[Creator/MiguelDeCervantes after his chance to see ''Los Baños de Argel'' on the stage goes bunk.]]

** In episode 25, someone inflicts several cuts on Goya's painting "La maja desnuda" in 1799 attempting to destroy it... and the stabs are reflected in the painting in the present at Museo del Prado.

* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: Christopher Columbus introducing himself in episode 19.
** Bennett quotes the line in 1924 New York City.

** Goodness gracious with Antonio Lancha in episode 8 [[ChewingTheScenery chewing the scene]] of his play at the Residence, with decibelies UpToEleven.

** Assuming Gaspar de Entrerríos is meant to be a competent fighter, his duel against Gonzalo Guerrero showcases absolutely wrong technique for the Spanish sword and dagger. Despite wielding a rapier primarily made to pierce, whose correct usage would give him a unsurmountable range Gonzalo could not wade through with his mace without being wounded, Gaspar prefers to use wild, cutlass-like slashes with both of his weapons, which predictably allow Guerrero to outflank him and disarm him of his dagger. From there, Gaspar devolves into cheapshots and a harmless run with his sword down, getting him outflanked again and knocked down for the loss - by this point, as the saying goes, the chronicle of a death foretold.
** Speaking about the same duel, the ''macuahuitl'' Guerrero wields is treated as a baseball bat, hitting without drawing blood, when in real life it was basically an axe, with a tremendous cutting power thanks to its obsidian blades and high center of gravity. His strike to Gaspar's dagger arm, which in the series only makes the Spaniard release the dagger, would have cleanly chopped the arm off and finished the duel right there.

** Being El Cid is not Sergio Peris Mencheta's first time as a medieval general: he had already played Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, ''El Gran Capitán'', in ''Series/{{Isabel}}''.

This Ministry is a secret organization within the Spanish government created in 1491, after a Jewish rabbi called Abraham Levi told the secret of the doors to Queen Isabella of Castile in exchange for protection for him and his family. The Queen set up a secret office that would protect these gates, but in the end [[UngratefulBastard the rabbi ended up being burned alive]] (although behind the Queen's back). Its existence is only known to a few people from outside (such as the King and the Prime Minister), and civil servants from all times work to ensure the well-being of Spanish history.

* AbsenteeActor:
** Julián had to be written out of the first half of the second season because Rodolfo Sancho was busy filming ''Mar de plástico''.
** It has also been confirmed that Aura Garrido will miss several episodes of the third season due to other commitments in the United States.

* CelebrityParadox: The second season establishes ''Series/{{Isabel}}'' as fictional in-universe, yet in the first season, Queen Isabella of Castile was played by the same actress starring in it. Not to mention that the actor playing Fernando of Aragon is the same person playing Julián.

** The woman [[MissFanservice Irene]] seduced in episode 5. Irene is seen with a white shirt (hard nipples are seen through the shirt) and very short panties while her lover is fully naked though we see her bare back. Then a GirlOnGirlIsHot happens before she returns to the Ministry.

* MissFanservice: