The Minister of Chance (series): Difference between revisions

|release date = [[2011 (releases)|2011]]-[[2014 (releases)|2014]]; [[2022 (releases)|2022]]

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|clip        = Dan Freeman reads Chapter 1 of The Minister of Chance

'''''The Minister of Chance''''' was a series of fantasy audio and video stories written by [[Dan Freedman]] and produced and released by [[Radio Static]]. The series centered on [[Minister of Chance|the eponymous Minister]], who was introduced in Freedman's [[Seventh Doctor]] webcast ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'', and his involvement in court intrigue on the planet [[Thea (planet)|Thea]].

The eponymous main character, the Minister of Chance, is portrayed and characterised consistently with his debut appearance in ''Death Comes to Time''. Although in this series he was played by [[Julian Wadham]] rather than [[Stephen Fry]], initial promotional material for the series explained this by describing him as a "defrocked [[Time Lord]]" "now in his second [[regeneration]]".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120121011622/http://www.ministerofchance.com/ The Minister of Chance: Tales of a defrocked Time Lord... (21 January 2012, via The Internet Archive)]</ref> The events of ''Death Comes to Time'' are alluded to as a tragedy in the Minister's past, and following from the Seventh Doctor's revocation of his [[TARDIS]] in that story, the Minister travels through time and space by "the scientific [[formula for doors]]".

Five one-hour audio stories and a ten-minute prologue were released from [[2012 (releases)|2012]] to [[2013 (releases)|2013]].<ref>[https://fourble.co.uk/podcast/moc '''''Minister of Chance''''' at Fourble]</ref>

The episodes were later remastered, split into four parts, and re-released as a weekly podcast from [[5 October (releases)|5 October]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] to [[23 February (releases)|23 February]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]].<ref>[http://www.ministerofchance.com/ www.ministerofchance.com]</ref>

''The Pointed Hand'', a prologue to the series, introduced [[Paul McGann]] as [[Durian]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] as [[Persidian III|the Witch Prime]].

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|''[[The Pointed Hand (audio story)|The Pointed Hand]]''<br>{{sm|(third release)}}

|[[Durian]], [[Persidian III|the Witch Prime]]

|[[13 July (releases)|13 July]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]{{note|Despite being released between episodes 2 and 3, ''[[The Forest Shakes (audio story)|The Forest Shakes]]'' and ''[[Paludin Fields (audio story)|Paludin Fields]]'', this prologue was intended to be listened to before episode 1, ''[[The Broken World (audio story)|The Broken World]]''.}}

|1

|rowspan=5|The [[Second Minister of Chance|Minister of Chance]], [[Kitty (The Broken World)|Kitty]]

|rowspan=2|[[13 January (releases)|13 January]] 2012

|2

|3

|[[20 July (releases)|20 July]] 2012

|4

|5

On [[8 December (releases)|8 December]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], [[Dan Freeman]] announced on the [[Kickstarter]] that the series would be made into a novelisation.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/934034666/the-minister-of-chance-movie-episode-1/posts/1759216 Kickstarter: We're making The Minister of Chance into a novel!]</ref>

On [[1 June (releases)|1 June]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]], [[Arcbeatle Press]] released a short webcast on their [[YouTube]] channel titled ''[[He is Coming… (webcast)|He is Coming…]]'', and on [[30 June (releases)|30 June]] 2022, [[The Minister of Chance (novelisation)|''The Minister of Chance'' novelisation]] was released.

* Despite the audio series' cast's limited size, it had a substantial overlap with the ''Doctor Who'' and related productions, including [[Sylvester McCoy]], [[Paul McGann]], [[Julian Wadham]], [[Lauren Crace]], [[Jenny Agutter]], [[Paul Darrow]], [[Beth Goddard]], [[Tamsin Greig]], [[Peter Guinness]], [[Kemi-Bo Jacobs]], [[Gethin Anthony]], [[Simon Hickson]], [[Mark Lewis]], [[Sophie Aldred]], [[Daniel Easton]], [[Richard Garaghty]], [[James Manley-Buser]], [[Gareth Jones (BBCi actor)|Gareth Jones]], and [[George Murphy]].

MoC parsec.jpg|Promotional image for the series.

Frostbridge.jpg|Promotional image by [[Lee Sullivan]], released to tie into ''[[The Forest Shakes (audio story)|The Forest Shakes]]''.

MoC artwork.jpg|Promotional artwork by [[Lee Sullivan]], featuring the [[Second Minister of Chance|Second Minister]] and [[Kitty (The Broken World)|Kitty]].

 

Minister of Chance series cover.jpg|Standard series cover.

 

MoC film poster.png|A poster for the ultimately [[The Minister of Chance (unproduced TV movie)|unproduced feature-length movie adaptation]].

 

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