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'''''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 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/ | 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/20120222121719/http://ministerofchance.com/ '''''The Minister of Chance''''' website via the Wayback Machine]</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]]". | ||
== Synopsis == | |||
Now in [[Second Minister of Chance|his second regeneration]], defrocked [[Time Lord]] The [[Minister Of Chance]] finds himself saddled with '[[Kitty (The Broken World)|Kitty]]', an '[[assistant]]' he apparently cannot get rid of - and perilously entangled in the court intrigues and military politics of a forest planet on the brink of [[war]]. [[Sylvester McCoy]], [[Paul McGann]] and [[Paul Darrow]] join [[Julian Wadham]] (''The Iron Lady'') and [[Lauren Crace]] (''[[EastEnders (series)|EastEnders]]'') in an audio adventure that will take you to a spectacular world where [[science]] is heresy and [[magic]] is law... | |||
== Stories == | == Stories == | ||
