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|name        = ''The Minister of Chance''
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|author      = Dan Freedman
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|publisher    = Radio Static
|publisher    = Radio Static
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|publisher2  = Arcbeatle Press
|release date = [[2011 (releases)|2011]]-[[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|type        = Audio series, webcast, prose
|format      = Audio serial
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|release date = [[2011 (releases)|2011]]-[[2014 (releases)|2014]]; [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
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'''''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.
'''''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.


== Overview ==
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".
=== Cast and crew connections ===
Despite the cast's limited size, it has 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]].


=== Connections with the DWU ===
== Publisher's summary ==
The eponymous main character, the [[Minister of Chance]], is portrayed and characterised consistently with his debut appearance in ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]''. Although in ''The Minister of Chance'' 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".
 
=== Publisher's summary ===
A world not our own: Kitty is a barmaid in the occupied city of Tantillion. When a stranger arrives looking for an outlawed scientist, her curiosity is piqued, so she follows him into the forest. When he constructs a doorway to another world it is piqued further, so she follows him across the Frost Bridge and into a terrifying land where the laws of physics themselves are broken.
A world not our own: Kitty is a barmaid in the occupied city of Tantillion. When a stranger arrives looking for an outlawed scientist, her curiosity is piqued, so she follows him into the forest. When he constructs a doorway to another world it is piqued further, so she follows him across the Frost Bridge and into a terrifying land where the laws of physics themselves are broken.


=== Stories ===
== Stories ==
==== Audio ====
=== Audio ===
Five one-hour audio stories and a ten-minute prequel were released from [[2011 (releases)|2011]] to [[2013 (releases)|2013]]. In [[2020 (releases)|2020]], the episodes were remastered and re-released as a podcast, with each episode split into four parts.
Five one-hour audio stories and a ten-minute prequel were released from [[2011 (releases)|2011]] to [[2013 (releases)|2013]]. In [[2020 (releases)|2020]], the episodes were remastered and re-released as a podcast, with each episode split into four parts. ''The Pointed Hand'', a prologue to the series, introduced [[Paul McGann]] as Durian and [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the Witch Prime.
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|''The Pointed Hand''
|''The Pointed Hand''
|Introduces [[Paul McGann]] as Durian and [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the Witch Prime.
|Durian, Witch Prime
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|-
|1
|1
|''The Broken World''
|''The Broken World''
|Introduces [[Julian Wadham]] as the [[Minister of Chance]] and [[Lauren Crace]] as Kitty, his [[companion|assistant]].
|[[Minister of Chance]], [[Kitty (The Broken World)|Kitty]]
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|-
|-
|2
|2
|''The Forest Shakes''
|''The Forest Shakes''
|''to be added''
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|3
|3
|''Paludin Fields''
|''Paludin Fields''
|''to be added''
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|-
|4
|4
|''The Tiger''
|''The Tiger''
|''to be added''
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|-
|-
|5
|5
|''In a Barque on the River Hex''
|''In a Barque on the River Hex''
|''to be added''
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|}
|}


==== Film ====
=== Film ===
A video adaptation of the prologue was released in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020194720/https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hi6TmyHzTK4 The Minister of Chance: Prologue (YouTube, via The Internet Archive]</ref> to promote a Kickstarter for a full film adaptation of ''The Minister of Chance'',<ref>[https://gizmodo.com/ex-doctor-who-spinoff-the-minister-of-chance-wants-a-mo-1643759526 iO9: Ex-''Doctor Who'' Spinoff ''The Minister of Chance'' deserves a Movie adaptation]</ref> but its ultimately failed to meet its fundraising goal.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/934034666/the-minister-of-chance-movie-episode-1/ Kickstarter: The Minister of Chance Movie]</ref>
A video adaptation of the prologue was released in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020194720/https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hi6TmyHzTK4 The Minister of Chance: Prologue (YouTube, via The Internet Archive]</ref> to promote a Kickstarter for a full film adaptation of ''The Minister of Chance'',<ref>[https://gizmodo.com/ex-doctor-who-spinoff-the-minister-of-chance-wants-a-mo-1643759526 iO9: Ex-''Doctor Who'' Spinoff ''The Minister of Chance'' deserves a Movie adaptation]</ref> but its ultimately failed to meet its fundraising goal.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/934034666/the-minister-of-chance-movie-episode-1/ Kickstarter: The Minister of Chance Movie]</ref>


==== Book ====
=== Book ===
A novelisation of ''The Minister of Chance'' was announced but never released.<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>
A novelisation of ''The Minister of Chance'' was announced in 2016,<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> and was eventually released in [[30 June (releases)|30 June]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] by [[Arcbeatle Press]].
 
== Notes ==
* 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]].


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