The WORST episodes of The Ministry of Time

Every episode of The Ministry of Time ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Ministry of Time!

A warrior from the 16th Century, the first female university student from the 19th Century, and a paramedic from the 21st Century join, the Ministry of Time, a secret government institution dedicated to preventing Spain's history from being changed using time-traveling doors.

Last Updated: 9/20/2024Network: TVEStatus: Ended
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Against Time
star
6.80
117 votes

#1 - Against Time

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/25/2017

The patrol is dispatched to 1976 after learning that Adolfo Suárez is not among the candidates for prime minister of Spain.

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Time of Witchcraft
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7.01
106 votes

#2 - Time of Witchcraft

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/15/2017

When Gustavo Adolpho Bécquer writes one too many "Letters from My Cell" the patrol travels to 1864 Trasmoz, where a woman is accused of witchcraft.

Directors: Koldo Serra
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Time of Conquest
star
7.05
98 votes

#3 - Time of Conquest

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/25/2017

The disappearance of a Spanish priest key to Hernán Cortés's conquest of Mexico sends Alonso and Pacino to the 16th-century Yucatán Peninsula.

Directors: Koldo Serra
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Time of Censorship
star
7.11
124 votes

#4 - Time of Censorship

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/18/2017

When Luis Buñuel's "Viridiana" fails to pass Francoist censorship, Irene travels to 1961 with Pacino and Alonso to ensure the film wins at Cannes.

Directors: Abigail Schaaff
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Separated by Time
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7.13
127 votes

#5 - Separated by Time

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/2/2016

Irene looks into a mystery involving a group of avant-garde women artists who've been forgotten. The Ministry discovers the Vampire of Raval is free.

Directors: Abigail Schaaff
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Oil Painting Over Time
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7.17
132 votes

#6 - Oil Painting Over Time

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/25/2016

A Velázquez painting is auctioned off in 2016. The only problem is it burned in a 1734 fire. The team heads to the Alcázar of Madrid to investigate.

Directors: Jorge Dorado
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A Virus from Another Time
star
7.18
148 votes

#7 - A Virus from Another Time

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/14/2016

Irene contracts the Spanish flu while on a mission in 1918. Susana insists she be brought back to the present, putting the entire Ministry at risk.

Directors: Abigail Schaaff
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Time of Verbena
star
7.19
86 votes

#8 - Time of Verbena

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/16/2017

A cancellation of the premiere of "La Verbena de la Paloma" sends three Ministry workers to 1894. Alonso interrogates Arteche, who tells his life story.

Directors: Miguel Alcantud
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With Time on His Heels
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7.19
131 votes

#9 - With Time on His Heels

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2017

Mourning a loss, the patrol is sent to foil a plan to kidnap Alfred Hitchcock during the premiere of "Vertigo" at the 1958 San Sebastián Film Festival.

Directors: Marc Vigil
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Time of the Brave (1)
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7.26
142 votes

#10 - Time of the Brave (1)

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/28/2016

While hiding out in the Philippines in the 19th century, Julián makes a promise to a dying soldier that gets him into a dangerous situation.

Directors: Marc Vigil
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Time of Splendor
star
7.29
94 votes

#11 - Time of Splendor

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/29/2017

The trio travels to 1605 Valladolid after the attempted poisoning of a British envoy threatens the signing of a peace treaty between Spain and England.

Directors: Oskar Santos
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Time of the Enlightened
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7.29
102 votes

#12 - Time of the Enlightened

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/2017

In the present-day Prado Museum, an invisible force slashes Goya's "Nude Maja", sending the Ministry to 1799 to convince the artist to repaint it.

Directors: Jorge Dorado
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Til Time Do Us Part
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7.31
130 votes

#13 - Til Time Do Us Part

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/16/2016

Ortigosa and Natalia's wedding is complicated by a hidden time portal and a romantic legend from the 13th century.

Directors: Jorge Dorado
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Time of Magic
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7.33
141 votes

#14 - Time of Magic

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/21/2016

The team travels to 1920s New York, into the world of magic and Houdini, as the Ministry's own existence is placed in peril.

Directors: Paco Plaza
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Refugees in Time
star
7.34
90 votes

#15 - Refugees in Time

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/9/2017

Moorish refugees from 1609 inundate the Ministry headquarters. Alonso and Pacino must stop an assassination plot against Simón Bolivar in 1828 Bogotá.

Directors: Gabe Ibáñez
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Lost in Time
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7.38
87 votes

#16 - Lost in Time

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/5/2020

The patrol is reunited after three years to investigate a debuting actor who looks exactly like Julián, who was believed to have been killed in action.

Directors: Chiqui Carabante
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Past Imperfect
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7.38
60 votes

#17 - Past Imperfect

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/16/2020

In 1832, King Ferdinand VII is being poisoned. The Ministry takes him to 2020 for medical treatment and replaces him with a stand-in, but they must ensure no one discovers the switch.

Directors: Koldo Serra
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Undoing Time
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7.38
73 votes

#18 - Undoing Time

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/2/2020

After Lola is kidnapped, Pacino decides to alter the past to save her, but messing with the timeline comes at a high price.

Directors: Carles Torrens
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Time of Spies
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7.40
113 votes

#19 - Time of Spies

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/2017

A Spanish spy's capture in Nazi-occupied France in 1943 jeopardizes Britain's Operation Mincemeat, critical to the Allied victory of World War II.

Directors: Jorge Dorado
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The Schism of Time
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7.41
99 votes

#20 - The Schism of Time

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/2/2017

To find a portal to the future, the Exterminating Angel abducts Abraham Levi, who escapes to 1417 Peñíscola and begs Antipope Benedict XIII for help.

Directors: Miguel Alcantud
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Any Time in the Past Was Better
star
7.42
196 votes

#21 - Any Time in the Past Was Better

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2015

The patrol must go to 1981 Madrid to find a copy of a missing bill of sale for Picasso's "Guernica" to ensure the masterpiece is returned to Spain.

Directors: Abigail Schaaff
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Time of Rogues
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7.42
172 votes

#22 - Time of Rogues

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2015

The patrol meets the novella-inspiring Lazarillo de Tormes while visiting 1520 Salamanca to capture a fugitive hiding from the law via time travel.

Directors: Marc Vigil
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Time of Revenge
star
7.45
186 votes

#23 - Time of Revenge

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/6/2015

The patrol travels to 1844 to stop the assassination of Isabel II at the hands of a Ministry rebel.

Directors: Jorge Dorado
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Time of the Occult
star
7.46
135 votes

#24 - Time of the Occult

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/9/2016

On a tour of the Ministry, redesigned to look like a regular office, a suspicious paranormal expert barges past a barrier and through one of the doors.

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The Labyrinth of Time
star
7.46
71 votes

#25 - The Labyrinth of Time

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/12/2020

Alonso and Irene travel to the 1600s to the royal court of Philip IV. Meanwhile, Pacino and Lola must ensure that Pedro Almodóvar casts Antonio Banderas in his film "Labyrinth of Passion" in 1981.

Directors: Marc Vigil
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