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Watch the Doctor Who Christmas episode prequel here

Doctor Who is back in Christmas episode The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe, and you can see the prequel right here.

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Guess who's coming to Christmas dinner? Doctor Who is back in Christmas episode The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe, and you can see the prequel right here.

After cheating death at the hands of the Impossible Astronaut in the most recent series, the Doctor is back in the thick of it in this new 91-second video. He's got his finger on a button that's stopping a spaceship from blowing up -- with him inside. Click play to find out what happens next...

The Narnia-tinged Christmas episode stars Matt Smith as the bow-tied eleventh Doctor, alongside Claire Skinner from Outnumbered and comedians Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir and Alexander Armstrong. Here's the trailer:

The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe is set to be broadcast on Christmas Day.

Who fans got all in a tizzy recently when Harry Potter director David Yates hinted he's working on a Who-llywood Who-vie. But the programme's current top Time Lord Steven Moffat has since denied that, saying, "Any Doctor Who movie would be made by the BBC team, star the current TV Doctor and certainly NOT be a Hollywood reboot."