Book Appearances: Prince Caspian
Movie Appearances: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Overview: Edmund’s electric torch is a modern Earth object associated with Prince Caspian, where it helps mark the children’s return to Narnia in both the book and the Walden Media adaptation.
In the story
The torch matters because it is one of those small modern objects that Lewis lets into Narnia without fanfare. That contrast is part of the charm. Ancient ruins, lost kings, and talking beasts sit beside a recently acquired birthday present from wartime England.
It also has a neat afterlife in the Walden film, where Edmund’s line about leaving his new torch in Narnia turns the object into a memorable closing beat.