We are having a similar problem with a timeline widget not appearing in some installations of Internet Explorer. This page http://www.icwa.org/_twTest1c.htm displays the widget correctly on one computer with IE 10, but not on another (but it does display correctly with Chrome on both computers). On the computer where it does not display the IE console says:
DOCTYPE expected (although there is a Doctype).
SCRIPT16389 Unspecified error, widgets.js, line 27 character 2293
SCRIPT16389 Unspecified error, widgets.js, line 27 character 2293
SCRIPT5007 Unable to get property ‘doc’ of undefined or null reference, widgets.js, line 34 character 2471