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 Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe "The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe" is an episode from the dramedy series "Ugly Betty", which aired on October 26, 2006. Internationally, it is the sixth episode overall, but in the United States and Australia it aired as the fifth due to the delayed airing of "Swag." The episode name is a play on words of the novel and subsequent film titled "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in the "Chronicles of Narnia" series, which incidentally was produced by The Walt Disney Company, the parent company of "Ugly Betty"s co-producers, ABC