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Doctor Who Specials • Christmas Special

The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

64% 9,893 votes

First aired Sunday, December 25, 2011
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Farren Blackburn
Runtime 60 minutes
Story Type Christmas
Time Travel Past
Locations Earth
UK Viewers 10.77 million
Appreciation Index 84
Synopsis

Christmas Eve, 1938. Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel, the Eleventh Doctor, who promises to repay her kindness – all she has to do is make a wish. Three years later, Madge escapes war-torn London with her two children for a dilapidated house in Dorset. Crippled with grief at the news her husband has been lost over the English Channel, she wishes to give her children the best Christmas ever. The Arwells are greeted by the Doctor, who acts as their madcap caretaker. However, a mysterious Christmas gift from him leads them into a wintry, magical world. Madge must learn how to be braver than she ever thought possible... and that wishes can come true.

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