Specials (2011-2012)
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
Last Updated 02 Mar 2013 by Harry Ward
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
Story Number: 225
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Farren Blackburn
Starring: : Matt Smith, Claire Skinner, Alexander Armstrong, Bill Bailey, Paul Bazely, Arabella Weir
No of Episodes: 1
First Broadcast: Sun 25 Dec 2011
Running Time: 58 minutes 22 seconds
Average Audience: 10.77 Million Average AI: 84
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 world. Here, Madge will learn how to be braver than she ever thought possible. And that wishes can come true…
