El Ministerio del Tiempo/The Ministry of Time — Episode 3: Cómo se reescribe el tiempo/How Time Gets Re-written: A Review

30th November, 2018.

Yes: in amongst everything else … ?

Christmas has come early.

As, in order to make sure of having bought the right item and make sure of some of the Black/Cyber Monday deals?

I’ve now got a new phone: a rather shiny Huawei P-Smart.

Which is a lot better than the Alcatel Pixi I got for myself in March.

Can I make a suggestion … ?

Don’t get the Alcatel Pixi: it’s not good!

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At any rate … ?

The past few days have been busy … ish.

After all, an interview, buying the phone, internal jobhunting … 

Oh, and making Teaser videos.

I’m slowly getting the hang of using iMovie: although quite when it wants to export as 1080, or 720 resolutions?

I’ve spent time doing important stuff, in other words.

He says, staring thoughtfully at the nearest available iMovie manual … 

At ANY rate … ?

I like the odd TV show.

You’ve possibly worked that out.

I’ve written extensively about Dr Who … and others … 

And, right about now?

I’ve been watching Series 1 of El Ministerio del Tiempo/The Ministry of Time.

This is really good stuff … 

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Episode 3 — Cómo se reescribe el tiempo/How Time gets rewritten —  opens in 1940: with Juan and Ángel, a pair of French resistance fighters, being pursued across the Spanish border by Nazi troopers.

Only to make their way to Montserrat Monastery … where they’re  helped to escape by rogue Ministry agent, Lola Mendieta (Natalia Millán).

At the Ministry’s 21st century office?

Undersecretary Salvador Martí (Jaime Blanch), the Ministry’s chief?   Is giving the Ministry’s chief Facial reconstruction expert a ticking off.

It seems Diego Velaquez (Julián Villagrán) … has been revising bits of his work.

Three years after he finished it!

It’s at that point … ?

Undersecretary Martí gets a phone call.

Someone is just about to alter Spain’s history.

For the worst.

By persuading General Franco joining the war — on Germany’s side — is a good idea.

The team — Julián, Amelia and Alonso (Rodolph Sancho, Aura Garrido and Nacho Fresneda) — are going to have their work cut out for them.

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Now … 

Good … ?

Oh, yes.

This episode is as strong as the preceding two: and gives Amelia (Aura Garrido) a chance to shine, doing opening and closing narrations.

And, in between dark moments?   Isn’t ignoring the funny side.

Alonso, it seems, has a thing about motorbikes, General Franco really didn’t like Adolf Hitler … 

And the opening scene, of Velaquez getting a ticking off?

Well, what CAN I tell you … ?

Apart from ‘Watch El Ministerio del Tiempo.’