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The character of the Minister of Chance was first introduced in the 2001 Doctor Who webcast Death Comes to Time. In 2013, he returned in a six-part podcast, played by Julian Wadham instead of Stephen Fry this time. Unlike Death Comes to Time, which is explicitly set in some version of the Doctor Who Expanded Universe, any connection between The Minister of Chance and that continuity is oblique at best.Despite being entirely crowdfunded, it has attracted an impressive cast (including former Doctors Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann) and won a Parsec award for best short-form audio drama. A short film version of the prologue episode is currently in post-production, with a feature-length adaptation of the whole series proposed as the next step. |
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Magic from Technology |
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Magic from Technology: Quite possibly. Clarke's Third Law is explored through the reality warping powers of the Minister's people, but clear answers as to how exactly it all works are never forthcoming. |
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Book Burning |
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Book Burning: By the Sezians, as part of the campaign to impose their magic-based belief system on Tanto. |
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Reality Warper |
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Reality Warper: The Minister, his people, and General Lord Rathen. |
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Language of Magic |
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Language of Magic: Possibly Codeka Alba, as spoken by the Minister and the Horseman. |
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Doorstop Baby |
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Doorstop Baby: Kitty, who was found in the woods and raised by an innkeeper. Leading to Muggle Foster Parents, to the limited extent to which she counts as a non-Muggle. |
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You Look Familiar |
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You Look Familiar: Fans who followed the Minister from the Doctor Who universe will immediately notice the highest-profile actors in this production, the former Doctors playing the Witch Prime and Durian. |
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Eccentric Mentor |
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Eccentric Mentor / Fair-Weather Mentor: The Minister to Kitty. |
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Only One Name |
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Only One Name: Sunflower, which she freely admits is a pseudonym. |
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Rebel Leader |
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Rebel Leader: Sunflower. |
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Another Dimension |
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Another Dimension: The Minister and people like him can move between worlds and even take humans with them. |
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Friend to All Children |
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Friend to All Children: Subverted with Durian, whose playful teasing of the young Tanto princess is heart-meltingly sweet - right up until his true colours are revealed. All the more chilling that he keeps chatting to her in the same playful way moments after putting his Evil Plan into action. |
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Villain with Good Publicity |
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Villain with Good Publicity: Durian, who is so popular and charming that the Minister concludes it can only be the result of superhuman powers. McGann describes the role as 'acting like the good guy even while doing evil acts.' |
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Super-Strength |
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Super-Strength: Kitty; her strength may or may not be straight-up superhuman, but it's certainly unusual. |
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Human Sacrifice |
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Human Sacrifice: A young woman is drowned every full moon as a gift to the Sage of the Waves, not that she notices or cares. |
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The Magocracy |
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The Magocracy: Sezuan, ruled by so-called witches and headed by the Witch Prime. |
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Cool Teacher |
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Cool Teacher / Mentor Archetype: Professor Cantha to Kitty. |
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Writing Around Trademarks |
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Writing Around Trademarks: No mention is made of the Minister's origin as a Time Lord, due to the lack of a Doctor Who licence for this production. |
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" |
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The Minister, the Horseman and the Sage of the Waves. |
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Action Girl |
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Action Girl: Kitty, who looks like a breakable young girl but astonishes everyone with her great strength. Usually by kicking their heads in. |
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A God Am I |
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A God Am I: General Lord Rathen. |
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Ambadassador |
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Ambadassador: Durian's Establishing Character Moment. |
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Assassin Outclassin' |
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Assassin Outclassin': Thanks to a tip-off from Rathen, Durian evades an undercover assassin, and even goes on to use her as a political tool against both the Witch Prime and Jura. |
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