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Doctor Who Christmas Movie

The Doctor Who Christmas special entitled “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe” will air on Christmas Day at 7 PM on BBC America.

It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell (Claire Skinner) comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. He promises to repay her kindness – all she has to do is make a wish. Three years later, a devastated Madge escapes war-torn London with her two children – Lily (Holly Earl) and Cyril (Maurice Cole) – for a dilapidated house in Dorset. She is crippled with grief at the news her husband has been lost over the channel, but determined to give Lily and Cyril the best Christmas ever. The Arwells are surprised to be greeted by a madcap caretaker (Matt Smith as The Doctor, of course) whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world. Here, Madge will learn how to be braver than she ever thought possible. And that wishes can come true.

Here is a trailer for The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.