History ShoutOut / TheMinistryOfTime

* The murderer the team is going after is called Morán. [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmes Had his name been Sebastian]], then it would have been far easier.

* Bennett dropping the "[[Franchise/JamesBond Bond, James Bond]]" line and comparing J. Edgar Hoover to [[Franchise/XMen Magneto]].

* Silvia infatuated with Julián. Silvia is [[spoiler:Amelia's granddaughter and has a big chance that she might be related to Julián too]]. [[Film/BackToTheFuture This has been seen before]].

* Pacino [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the RescueRomance plan comparing it to the first ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' film.

* The shot of the [[spoiler:Francisco Morales']] walkman at the end is quite similar to Peter Quill's introduction in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''. Coupled with the fact that it was a present from his mother.

* Goya telling Velázquez, who is a great admirer of his work, to "Go yourself to the shit!"[[note]]In Spanish, "¡Váyase usted a la mierda! ¡A la mierda!"[[/note]] is a reference to actor Fernando Fernán Gómez's angry response to a fan.

* Amelia reads Lope's ''La Dama Boba'' ("The Foolish Lady") at the end of the episode. Her own actions in the episode are more in line with the book's plot that she realizes.
* The 16th century agent is named Gil Pérez, just like legendary miracle of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1593_transported_soldier_legend 1593 transported soldier]].

* Julián adopts the alias "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curro_Jim%C3%A9nez Curro Jiménez]]" as an ActorAllusion to Rodolfo Sancho's father, the late Sancho Gracia, who played the titular bandolero. The circumstances (an impromptu decision while in a tavern from around the time the reference work was set in) is also [[ImMrFuturePopCultureReference reminiscent]] of ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

* While it might be unintentional, the earlier openings of the series evokes strongly the Russian animation-esque visual style of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', an anime series whose premise orbits similarly around TimeTravel. The plot of both series also shares a dark-haired, no-nonsense female character bent on changing history for the better (Lola Mendieta in ''El Ministerio'' and Homura Akemi in ''Madoka'') who has an ambivalent relationship with a sweet, naive female lead entasked with protecting her world (Amelia Folk and Madoka Kaname, respectively).

!General

!Episode 1 ("El tiempo es el que es")

!Episode 2 ("Tiempo de gloria")

!Episode 3 ("Cómo se reescribe el tiempo")

!Episode 4 ("Una negociación a tiempo")

!Episode 5 ("Cualquier tiempo pasado")

!Episode 6 ("Tiempo de pícaros")

!Episode 7 ("Tiempo de venganza")

!Episode 8 ("La leyenda del tiempo")

!Episode 9 ("Tiempo de leyenda")

!Episode 10 ("El tiempo en sus manos")

!Episode 11 ("Tiempo de hidalgos")

!Episode 12 ("El monasterio del tiempo")

!Episode 14 ("Tiempo de magia")

!Episode 15 ("Tiempo de valientes (I)")

!Episode 16 ("Tiempo de valientes (II)")

!Episode 17 ("Óleo sobre tiempo")

!Episode 18 ("Separadas por el tiempo")

!Episode 19 ("Tiempo de lo oculto")

!Episode 20 ("Hasta que el tiempo nos separe")

!Episode 21 ("Cambio de tiempo")

!Episode 22 ("Con el tiempo en los talones")

!Episode 23 ("Tiempo de espías")

!Episode 24 ("Tiempo de hechizos")

!Episode 25 ("Tiempo de ilustrados")

!Episode 27 ("Tiempo de esclavos")

!Episode 29 ("Tiempo de conquista")

!Episode 31 ("Refugiados por el tiempo")

!Episode 32 ("La verbena del tiempo")

!Episode 34 ("Entre dos tiempos")

!Episode 35 ("Perdidos en el tiempo")

!Episode 36 ("El laberinto del tiempo")

!Episode 37 ("Bloody Mary Hour")

!Episode 38 ("La memoria del tiempo")

!General

* While it might be unintentional, the opening of the series evokes strongly the Russian animation-esque visual style of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', an anime series whose premise orbits similarly around TimeTravel. The plot of both series also shares a dark-haired, no-nonsense female character bent on changing history for the better (Lola Mendieta in ''El Ministerio'' and Homura Akemi in ''Madoka'') who has an ambivalent relationship with a sweet, naive female lead entasked with protecting her world (Amelia Folk and Madoka Kaname, respectively).

* The ending is an [[spoiler:elipsed]] sortie against a CGI besieging army many times over, like the climatic scene in ''Film/TheReturnOfTheKing''.

* Once again, to "Vincent and the Doctor", with Miguel de Cervantes as Vincent, [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming visit to the future to learn about his role in history included.]]]]

* While it might be unintentional, the opening of the series evokes strongly the Russian animation-esque visual style of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', an anime series whose premise orbits similarly around TimeTravel. The plot of both series also share a dark-haired, no-nonsense female character bent on changing history for the better (Lola Mendieta in ''El Ministerio'' and Homura Akemi in ''Madoka'') who has an ambivalent relationship with a sweet, naive female lead entasked with protecting her world (Amelia Folk and Madoka Kaname, respectively).

* While it might be unintentional given the exotic of the source, the opening of the series evokes strongly the Russian animation-esque visual style of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', an anime series whose premise orbits similarly around manipulating the time. The plot of both series also share a dark-haired, no-nonsense female character bent on changing history for the better (Lola Mendieta in ''El Ministerio'' and Homura Akemi in ''Madoka'') who has an ambivalent relationship with a sweet, naive female lead entasked with protecting her world (Amelia Folk and Madoka Kaname, respectively).

* Julián adopts the alias "[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120946/ Curro Jiménez]]" as an ActorAllusion to Rodolfo Sancho's father, the late Sancho Gracia, who played the titular bandolero. The circumstances (an impromptu decision while in a tavern from around the time the reference work was set in) is [[ImMrFuturePopCultureReference reminiscent]] of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', but also manages to count as ActorAllusion.

* The 16th century agent is named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1593_transported_soldier_legend Gil Pérez]].

!Episode 3 ("Como se reescribe el tiempo")

* Since both series are produced and aired by the same channel, rumor was that, after the nod to ''Isabel'', some ''Series/CuentameComoPaso'' (Tell Me) character would make a cameo. It turns out that, unlike ''Isabel'', ''Cuéntame'' is a fictional series in-universe and Julián jokingly refers to the 1981 safe house as "the home of the Alcántaras".

* Spínola, in a fight, shouts "Yippie-kai-yay, hideputas", medieval Spanish version of a certain [[Franchise/DieHard action film hero]]'s CatchPhrase. Also an ActorAllusion.

* The 1981 newspaper reporting about the disappearance of Pacino is ''El Caso''. This is a nod to [[Series/ElCaso another TVE series]], which premiered three weeks after this episode was aired, set in the editorial office of said newspaper.
** In fact, each of the series' Twitter accounts tend to refer to each other pretty often.

* Gil Pérez mentions his favorite movie, 1981 ''El Crack'' (also an ActorAllusion).

* Sonia, desperately trying to find anything that will prove she has not traveled back in time, points to a beggar, saying she has seen him in Series/{{Isabel}} and Series/AguilaRoja. Also an ActorAllusion[=/=]CastingGag.

* Alonso and Pacino decide to take, as their aliases, the names [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657004/ Andrés Pajares]] and [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0261681/ Fernando Esteso]], a fellow comic duo.

* Arteche (the guy that has the same regenerative power as ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}) tells the forensic doctor that he will [[Film/PulpFiction go medieval on his guts]] if he does not drop his scalpel.