''Captain of Destiny'' (; literally "Cheung Po Tsai") is a

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Hong Kong historical fiction sci-fi television drama created and produced by

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. The drama is a retelling of the story of 19th century Chinese pirate

Cheung Po Tsai Cheung Po Tsai (; born Cheung Po; 1783–1822) was a navy colonel of the Qing dynasty and former pirate. "Cheung Po Tsai" literally means "Cheung Po the Kid". He was known to the Portuguese Navy as ''Quan Apon Chay'' during the Battle of the ...

and his conflict with the Qing imperial army, meanwhile encountering a time-travelling police constable from the 21st century. Development for ''Captain of Destiny'' began in mid-2014. A two-minute trailer was unveiled at the 19th Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) in March 2015, and a second trailer was revealed at the 21st Shanghai TV Festival in June 2015. It was the first of four grand productions to celebrate TVB's 48th anniversary. The drama aired on Hong Kong's

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and HD Jade channels from 21 September till 25 October 2015, every Monday through Sunday during its 9:30–10:30 pm timeslot. It aired for 32 episodes. ''Captain of Destiny'' received mixed reviews during its run, mainly directed at the story's historical inaccuracies and inconsistent characterisation. However, the serial built a popular fanbase, winning My Favourite TVB Drama at the StarHub TVB Awards and the 2015 TVB Star Awards Malaysia.

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received acclaim for his lead performance as the Eleventh Prince, winning My Favourite TVB Actor at both award ceremonies. ''Captain of Destiny'' received two awards in the TVB Anniversary Awards, including Most Popular Male Character for Ruco Chan and Best Supporting Actress for

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Synopsis

During a high-speed motorboat chase with a criminal,

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police sergeant Wong Tai-mui gets herself trapped in a

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, accidentally opening a

time portal Time portals are doorways in time, employed in various fiction genres, especially science fiction and fantasy, to Time travel, transport characters to the past or future. They differ from Time travel, time machines in being a permanent or semi-p ...

. She travels back 200 years to early 19th century Hong Kong, a time when the island was under Qing rule. She encounters a family of Canton pirates, led by Cheng Yat, his wife Shek Giu, and their adopted son Cheung Po Tsai. Using her knowledge of the future, which she keeps in an

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, she saves the pirates from a deadly naval battle against the Qing naval fleet led by Prince Man-ho, the eleventh son of the

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. Puzzled by her mysterious origins, Cheng Yat and Shek Giu remain wary of Tai-mui and are hesitant in trusting her. At

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, Imperial Consort Yim and Imperial Consort Shun manipulate Man-ho to get themselves into a position of higher power. Jaded from politics and family feud, Man-ho decides to let go of his ambition for the crown and flees the palace. On the day the

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covers the sun, another waterspout appears over the Canton sea. Cheung Po Tsai helps Tai-mui open the time portal so she can return to 21st century Hong Kong. In the end they both travel back to the future through the portal.

Cast and characters

Main characters

as Man-ho, the Eleventh Prince (十一貝勒旻皓), a

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prince of the

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family. He was the eleventh son of the

. Treated coldly by his father and unwelcomed by his older brothers, Man-ho often sneaked away from the palace to mingle with commoners. When the Canton naval fleet failed to take down Cheung Po Tsai and his pirates, Man-ho saw this as an opportunity to impress his father and led an expedition to the south, promising his father that he would eliminate the pirates from controlling the Canton port. **also as Bowie, a wanted criminal mastermind from the 21st century and a descendant of Man-ho. The police and the media dubbed him as the modern-day "Bandit King." *

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as Cheung Po Tsai (張保仔), a Red Flag pirate. Cheung Po Tsai was the adopted son of pirate king Cheng Yat, who found him while he and his older brother were attempting to escape from a disaster. As a troublemaker, Cheung Po Tsai used creative ways to take down his enemies. After defeating an enemy ship, he succeeded his father as the lord of the seven seas, earning the name "Bandit King." His character is based on the real-life Chinese pirate,

. *

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as Wong Tai-mui (黃娣妹), a Cheung Chau police sergeant from the 21st century (of the year 2015). While chasing the criminal mastermind Bowie, Tai-mui got pulled into a time portal and travelled back in time to early 19th century Hong Kong, where she encountered Cheung Po Tsai and his crew of pirates. Using her knowledge of the future, she helped Cheung Po Tsai escape from Prince Man-ho's naval forces, but gets herself captured in the process. She was shocked when she sees Man-ho, who strongly resembles Bowie.

Supporting characters

Pirates

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as Shek Kiu (石嬌), a Red Flag pirate. She was the wife of pirate lord Cheng Yat and a close companion to Cheung Po Tsai. A natural-born leader, she assumed control of her husband's fleet after his death. She was bent on destroying the Qing army, who she believed murdered her husband. Her character is loosely based on the real-life female pirate Ching Shih, who ruled the

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during the early 1800s. *

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as Suen Sau-choi (孫秀才), Cheng Yat's right-hand man. He was educated and acted as Cheng Yat's strategist. **also as Ip Hok-ming（葉學明） *

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as Lau Sing (劉星), a Red Flag pirate who grew up with English-speaking pirates. * Tai Yiu-ming as Shum Ho (沈蠔), a Red Flag pirate. He was one of Cheung Po Tsai's loyal followers. *

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as Cheng Yat (鄭一), lord of the Red Flag pirates and the husband of Shek Giu. His character is based on the real-life pirate captain, Cheng I. *

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as Wong Yi (黃義), a Black Flag pirate and Cheung Po Tsai's rival. **also as Chu Yiu-kai（朱耀楷） * Oceane Zhu as Wu So-na (烏素娜), a pirate from a different country **also as Kam Mei-kei（甘美琪）

Qing Imperial Court

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as the

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. * Susan Tse as Imperial Consort Shun (淳皇贵妃), Man-ho's mother who had fallen out of favor with the emperor. **also as Ip Wing-shan（葉詠珊） *

as Imperial Consort Yim (炎貴妃), a Manchu royal from the

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. The emperor's favorite concubine, Yim was the most powerful figure among the royal harem. Afraid that Man-ho would eventually gain the emperor's favor and strip her from power, she attempted to dispatch a spy to follow Man-ho in his expedition to the south. **also as So Fung-nei（蘇鳳妮） *

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as Fok Yee-tai (霍爾泰), Consort Yim's uncle. Originally the admiral of Canton naval fleet, he got demoted from his rank after failing to capture the southern pirates. * Otto Chan as Siu-fu (小虎), Man-ho's assistant. He helped Man-ho fight the pirates and assists in overcoming obstacles put up by Fok Yee-tai. Became friends with Man-ho at underground fighting competition for money and the two became sworn brothers. *

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as Ha-sim (夏禪), an imperial maid who serves Man-ho. Touched by her kindness and innocence, Lai Gung-gung arranged Ha-sim to accompany Man-ho in his expedition to the south. Ha-sim was extremely loyal to Man-ho and cared a great deal of his well-being. *

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as Tung-suet (冬雪), a palace maid who served Consort Yim. *

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as Lai Gung-gung (禮公公), an imperial eunuch who was the emperor's personal attendant. Lai was very loyal to Consort Shun, who he regarded as his saviour. Although Man-ho was unliked by the emperor, Lai remained supportive of him. **also as Cheung Shing-mui（張勝妹）

Wong family

* Joel Chan as Wong Yat-hin (黃逸軒), a risk-taking merchant and Tai-mui's ancestor. *

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as Chu Suk-kwan (朱淑君), a prostitute and later Yat-hin's wife. *

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as Wong Wing-yu (黄詠妤), Yat-hin's younger sister. **also as Cheung Man-fung（張文鳳）

21st century Cheung Chau

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as Wong Tai-nui (黃娣女), Tai-mui's older sister. *

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as Fu Ma (傅碼), Tai-nui's stingy husband who spent most of his money to flatter the members of the Cheung Chau

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. *

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as Leung Kim-fung (梁劍峰), the senior inspector of Cheung Chau's police division and Tai-mui's direct superior. Carefree and untroubled, Leung was also a

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specialising in the

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. *

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as "Sam" Ching Sum (程森), a VIPPU police officer and Tai-mui's boyfriend.

Guest Appearance

* Raymond Wong Ho-yin as Un-named Pirate, an un-named pirate that crossed through the portal into the 21st century, bringing with him Cheung Po Tsai's former pirate associates. *

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as Cheung Po Tsai, a character originally played by Raymond Wong in the television drama ''

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'' (2013).

Production

Development and filming

In November 1999, TVB pitched a series called ''Cheung Po Tsai'' at its annual sales presentation event. A co-production with Mainland China's

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, the project was to star

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, and Joe Ma. However, ''Cheung Po Tsai'' was later scrapped after a series of cast dropouts and high production costs. In May 2014, TVB announced that it had green-lit a time-traveling series, which would be produced by Leung Choi-yuen.

was the first actor to be cast in the new series. In August, TVB confirmed that the new series would be called ''Cheung Po Tsai'', and had cast

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in the titular role, with

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to star alongside. Both Wong and Chan later turned down their roles due to schedule conflicts. Raymond Wong Ho-yin was then reported to star. A costume-fitting press conference was held on 3 September in the common room of TVB Studio 1 at

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began in

a few days later. A week into filming, Raymond Wong was diagnosed with

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and had to withdraw from the series.

was cast to replace him. Hung only had one week to prepare for his role. Wong, however, did return to make a brief cameo appearance in the last episode of the drama. A blessing ceremony was held on 12 September. Filming moved to

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, and the

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Region in November, where they shot at

and CCTV Wuxi Film & TV Base. The final phase of production officially ended in early January. At least a million HKD per episode was invested on the project, and an addition $3 million HKD in

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, which took at least six months to complete due to the series' heavy demand for CG effects.

Soundtrack

Hong Kong musician Alan Cheung and lyricist Yeung Hei were hired to compose and write the drama's official soundtrack. The main opening theme, "Sailing" (揚帆), is performed by

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. The ending theme "Next Century" (下世紀), is performed by Ruco Chan.

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performs the drama's episode plug, "Everlasting Heart" (一顆不變的心), which has lyrics written by Sandy Chang. ;Track listing ;Music video

Release and promotion

In October 2014, TVB released a promotional poster for ''Captain of Destiny'' as an image for TVB's 2015 calendar. The image was attached to the month of October 2015. In March 2015, TVB released the first look of ''Captain of Destiny'' at the 19th Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART), unveiling a two-minute trailer that primarily featured CGI footage. During an episode of the entertainment program ''Scoop'' in April, TVB introduced the early post-production stages of ''Captain of Destiny'' and interviewed the drama's visual effects team. In June, Ruco Chan, Tony Hung, and Grace Chan went to Shanghai to promote the drama at the 21st Shanghai TV Festival, where they introduced the drama's second trailer. ''Captain of Destiny'' was announced as the first of four grand productions to celebrate TVB's 48th anniversary on 3 September. It is slated to premiere on Hong Kong's

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and

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on 21 September 2015, airing seven days a week from 9:30 to 10:30 pm.

Historical inaccuracies

*In the drama, Wong Tai-mui travels back in time to the fourteenth year of

Jiaqing The Jiaqing Emperor (13 November 1760 – 2 September 1820), also known by his temple name Emperor Renzong of Qing, born Yongyan, was the sixth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from ...

(1809), and encounters a fleet of pirates led by Cheng Yat, a character inspired by the real-life pirate captain Cheng I, who lived during the late 18th century. The real Cheng I died in 1807. *According to history, the Jiaqing Emperor only had five sons, not fourteen sons like the drama claims. *The given names of Jiaqing's sons all start with the character 綿 (

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: ''mian'';

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: ''min''), not 旻 (''min''; ''man''). The usage of 旻 in the drama may be inspired by Jiaqing's successor the

Daoguang Emperor The Daoguang Emperor (; 16 September 1782 – 26 February 1850), also known by his temple name Emperor Xuanxong of Qing, born Mianning, was the seventh Emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the sixth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning ...

, who changed the first character of his given name from 綿 to 旻 after becoming emperor in 1820. *Most of the characters in the drama, with the exception of

, Cheng I, Shek Giu, and the

, did not exist in history. Imperial Consort Shun may be inspired by

Empress Xiaoshurui Empress Xiaoshurui (孝淑睿皇后), of the Manchu Plain White Banner Hitara clan (喜塔臘氏) was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and first empress consort of Yongyan, the Jiaqing Emperor. She was Empress consort of Qing from 1796 ...

. *The position of admiral for the Canton naval fleet was not established until 1811.

Reception

Viewership ratings

International broadcast

Awards and nominations

References

External links

TVB.com
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