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) Edmund. He advises Peter on the upcoming battle against the Witch and her army and informs him that he himself cannot promise to be there. Later that night, Susan and Lucy who have noticed Aslan's sorrowful state since his conversation with the Witch, accompany Aslan out of the camp. They reach the Stone Table where Aslan tells them to stay hidden. The Witch and her army are waiting there where they bind Aslan to the stone table, shave and muzzle him. The Witch then reveals that Aslan had agreed to be killed instead of Edmund and tells Aslan, that nothing