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'''''The Minister of Chance''''' was a series of fantasy | '''''The Minister of Chance''''' was a series of fantasy stories written by [[Dan Freedman]]. 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]]". | 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]]". | ||
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== Stories == | == Stories == | ||
=== Audio === | === Audio === | ||
Five | Five audio stories plus a ten-minute prologue were produced and released by [[Radio Static]] 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 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> | ||
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=== Book === | === Book === | ||
On [[8 December (releases)|8 December]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], [[Dan Freeman]] announced on | On [[8 December (releases)|8 December]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], [[Dan Freeman]] announced on his [[Kickstarter]] for the unproduced movie 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. | 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. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Despite the audio series | * Despite the limited size of the audio series cast, it had a substantial overlap with ''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]]. | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
