Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)
It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home, in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special, starring Matt Smith as the Doctor.
He promises to repay her kindness – all she has to do is make a wish.
Three years later, a devastated Madge escapes war-torn London with her two children for a dilapidated house in Dorset. She is crippled with grief at the news her husband has been lost over the channel, but determined to give Lily and Cyril the best Christmas ever.
The Arwells are surprised to be greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world. Here, Madge will learn how to be braver than she ever thought possible. And that wishes can come true…
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Coming out of Series 6 feeling confused and letdown after the tightly-written and highly-entertaining Series 5, I didn’t have very high expectations about this Christmas episode. After seeing the first trailer with the obvious use of elements from The Chronicles of Narnia, I was left even less enthused. Nonetheless, I sat down to watch it with my family and was entertained enough by the episode. The following review contains some spoilers from the episode!
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