"Wasn't really going out of my way to impress it," the Doctor answered, doing his best to ignore the Drudges' grip. It wasn't tight enough to be too painful yet, but that could change.

"Not that it would have been a problem if you'd just listened to me in the first place. We could have had this exact same conversation without the need for guards."

He watched the Master carefully, tilting his head back a degree to study the other Time Lord down the length of his nose.

"So now what?" he asked suddenly. "I'm here, you've got the sonic, so what are you going to do now?"