The Wardrobe was a magical portal in Professor Kirke's House that linked Earth to the world of Narnia , if only for a short time. The Wardrobe as it appears in the Disney/Walden Media film of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe . The Wardrobe was a magical portal in Professor Kirke's House that linked Earth to the world of Narnia, if only for a short time. History The wardrobe was commissioned by Professor Digory Kirke sometime before the Second World War. Its origins, however, stretched back many years earlier to Digory's own adventure in Narnia. During that adventure, Aslan had sent Digory to retrieve an apple from a magic tree and bring it back to him. After Digory did so, the apple was planted in the ground and grew into a beautiful tree with silver bark, known as the Tree of Protection. This tree acted like a shield, keeping the witch Jadis out of Narnia for many years after it was planted. Aslan later gave an apple f...