Oh good, that could have gone a few different ways, there's no telling when you remind someone of someone else. Or something else. I've been compared to a slinky before — which, well, isn't bad, either, come to think of it!

[ His words ease off a bit, though, letting Erik's words hold the weight they deserve to hold — despite all that we've seen, he says, and that means...well, quite a lot to the Doctor, too. ]

I've got a thousand years of seeing it and it gets messy and complicated, you well know, but we'll hold onto hope, your friend and I, from the sound of it. I'd be glad to meet him, though...under better circumstances.