The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe

Yes, that is the title of the 2011 Christmas special, and for those that haven’t seen it yet, here is the trailer:

I don’t know about you, but for some reason I’d love to see a Target novelization of this story with the title “Doctor Who and the Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe”. Actually they should be doing Target novelizations for all the new series stories, especially if they could be published under such titles as “Doctor Who and the Silents Invasion of Earth”, “Doctor Who and the Shopping Mall-Base” and “Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters - Again!’

Posted by Luca on Tuesday, November 22 at 8:15 am

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7 Comments...

Does this fall under the theme of ‘Doctor = God’?

Posted by christine on 11/23 at 05:22 AM

Am I the only one whon noticed that the title ” The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe” is a reference to the book ” The Lion , The Witch and The Wardrobe” by C. S Lewis?

Posted by Nicole on 11/23 at 11:58 AM

Nicole, I noticed it to. The background setting to the beginning of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is the second world war, and I believe that so does “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe”. I’m slightly apprehensive about this episode - how different to the story is this going to be to be a unique episode, yet obviously there’s going to be similiarities between the two as well. It could be a great one episodic story, or it could just fall flat. We’ll have to wait and see!

Posted by Rachel on 11/25 at 05:16 AM

Actually, that’s what I was referencing in my earlier post; clearly the connection was a bit too oblique, my apologies. By parallel, the Doctor would be the Lion, ie Aslan, ie Christ/God.

Posted by cct on 11/25 at 10:17 AM

er, and cct = christine

Posted by christine on 11/25 at 10:19 AM

It’s now Nov. 25, with one month to go until Christmas. Shouldn’t Space and BBC America have confirmed their airdates by now? Just sayin’...

Posted by Alex on 11/25 at 03:46 PM

I am very excited about the Christmas special.There is too long a time between episodes.Do know if the show will be back in January?

Posted by Christine on 12/06 at 12:18 PM