Review The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)

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Doctor Omega

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Your thoughts on this story.....

It's Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. 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 ...






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chainsaw_metal1

chainsaw_metal1

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Gave this one a reviewing last night, and it still holds up for me, even if Matt does give more than his usual all. The story is pretty tight, taking inspiration from CS Lewis, but going in a sci-fi direction instead of a Xtian allegory. And maybe it's because it's a Christmas special, but Moff's usual "everybody lives" BS doesn't make the end any less lovely. And I love The Doctor showing up at the Pond's.
 
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