"I'm the Doctor. Just the Doctor, mind you, nothing beyond that." Normally, he likes to hear the 'who' question that so often comes up, but today he could do without a reminder of all the times he's heard that question before. "And behind that door are two of my best friends," he says, smiling fondly at the very memory of them even if he hadn't been able to get past the Angel to see them. "There's a disturbance in the timeline. I can't get back there, not in any conventional way," he says, hands folded before him as though he still needs to move them, but can't bear to do it any way but this, sombre version.

"I don't think I'll be seeing them again, despite my hopes otherwise."