The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe ever". He stated that "nothing is more fun to write" than the Doctor at Christmas, as he considered it "his kind of day. Everything's bright and shiny, everybody's having a laugh, and nobody minds if you wear a really stupid hat". The story is partly inspired by "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (from "The Chronicles of Narnia") by C. S. Lewis. Moffat said that "Doctor Who" and the Narnia stories "come from the same impulse that children have of escaping to another world." The scene in which the Doctor is showing the Arwells around the house originally included
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV serial) sleigh bells and think it is the Witch. However, to their delight, it is not the Witch but Father Christmas who gives gifts to the children - for Peter, a sword and shield, for Susan a horn and bow and arrow and for Lucy a cordial and a dagger. Meanwhile, the Witch come across a group of animals sharing a Christmas feast and demands to know where they got it. A fox reveals that Father Christmas gave it to them for which they are turned into stone. Signs of the Witch's magic being weakened are evident when the snow melts,