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      Doctor Who (2011)

      The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

      Doctor Who

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      After being evacuated to an old house in Dorset, a woman and her children encounter the Doctor.

      Cast & Crew

      Matt Smith
      Karen Gillan
      Arthur Darvill
      Bill Bailey
      Claire Skinner
      Maurice Cole
      Holly Earl
      Alexander Armstrong
      Sam Stockman
      Paul Bazely
      Arabella Weir
      Spencer Wilding
      Paul Kasey
      Steven Moffat

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      • Jul 02, 2023

        Absolutely appalling. Not only is it boring and forgettable, it barely even does what it's trying to do well

      • Jul 09, 2021

        While this is certainly not as good as the two Christmas stories that surround it (being the wonderful A Christmas Carol and the solid The Snowmen), I really do not understand why many people consider it to be perhaps the worst, some even calling it one of the worst stories of the entire franchise. I'd definitely put this one above The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride, The Next Doctor or The Return of Doctor Mysterio, all of which were varying shades of mediocrity. The Doctor The Widow and the Wardrobe has some solid imagination, some nice moments of sentimental sweetness, a great visual style and a really happy ending that wraps up the semi-incomplete finale of Season 6. I don't make sure to put it on every December like some others, but if I have some time for some extras, it's one I'll happily pop in during the Holiday Season.

      • Jan 24, 2019

        Weird, very different and underdeveloped. Has a strong story but is muddled up and misses the entertaining special Doctor who can bring.

      • Jan 23, 2019

        I find this episode to be a bit of a guilty pleasure, a nice small watch, I liked the scene where Marge pulled out the gun, though I didn't like that stuff about 'strong' and 'weak' i don't really see the logic of it. (don't know why this is all caps nothing else is).

      • Jan 02, 2019

        The biggest pile of nonsense and balderdash I have ever seen in my life

      • Dec 31, 2018

        The end could have been a little stronger BUT over all a really good special! I was very happy with it and excited to see more!

      • Dec 31, 2018

        Everything about this is poor.

      • Dec 15, 2018

        Continues the tradition of terrible Christmas television because of how drunk the audience is.

      • Dec 11, 2018

        Wasn't a bad episode but nothing that mind blowing happened

      • Oct 11, 2018

        This might be my favorite Doctor Who episode, well at least one of them. I found this episode especially comforting for anyone who has suffered loss. The part where he talks to the Widow after she laments that she doesn't know why she keeps shouting out her kids were so beautiful and it made me cry. The whole episode is the perfect holiday watch being so magical and Christmassy. It's all about our family connections and the people who feel like home to us. My whole family enjoyed it, even the family who had never seen Doctor Who before. It has become a holiday tradition to watch, and the young and old seem to equally love it, laugh and cry and this beautifully crafted episode.

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