Minister of Chance

The Minister of Chance was one of only five Time Lords who survived the Second War in Heaven and the destruction of Gallifrey. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

At some point, General Tannis' plans to infect the planet Alnelan with a deadly plague were thwarted by a visiting stranger known to the inhabitants as 'Manaster', most likely the Minister, whose female assistant 'wandered off' on the planet, prompting the Minister to defy the requirement that he tavel with a companion. Following Tannis' defeat he agreed to the Treaty of Karselai and signed away any rights to alien planets. Despite this, the Canisian military, led by Tannis, brutally conquered the Santine Republic, confining the leading members of the Republic to a prison camp. The Minister, who was able to transfer a virus to a Canisian computer via speech, took the place of the Doctor in seeding a rebellion on Santiny while the Doctor investigated the deaths of two Time Lords on Earth. Tannis was also working towards wiping out the last members of the Fraction and by massacring the Santine prisoners he provoked the Minister into breaking the rules about non-interferance, forcing the Doctor to confront the Minister and revoke his TARDIS. (WC: Death Comes to Time)