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
Journey into Narnia: Creating The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe the DVD edition of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" or in online previews of "Prince Caspian". After standing and watching for approximately 10 to 15 minutes, the audience exited through a hallway that was decorated with several costumes from the film. This attraction closed permanently on January 2, 2008 so it could be converted into the new attraction, "", which officially opened on June 27, 2008. It is scheduled to remain until the third film in the series, "Journey into Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader", is released in May 2010. It has since been replaced by "The