Gingerbread house

Gingerbread houses or cottages were a popular celebration item. (PROSE: Conundrum ^[+]Loading...["Conundrum (novel)"], The Tree of Life ^[+]Loading...["The Tree of Life (novel)"]) They could also reference a fairy tale. (PROSE: My Special Book ^[+]Loading...["My Special Book (short story)"])

While in the forest that grew in London overnight, Clara Oswald told her class "any minute now we're going to find a gingerbread cottage with a cannibal witch inside". (TV: In the Forest of the Night ^[+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"])

In regards to Rose Tyler, the Tenth Doctor likened a parallel Earth to a gingerbread house, "all those temptations calling out." (TV: Rise of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"])