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‘Hmmm,’ said the Doctor, and then: ‘Hmmmmmm.’

Aldridge elbowed Susan.

‘He does the whole hmmmm routine when he’s looking for faults, but can’t find any.’

Hogwarts, it is not, thought the Doctor, realising that no one would appreciate this reference for almost a century.

Oh, how I wish I had already regenerated to become the tall one with the dicky bow, thought the Doctor, who occasionally had visions of his future selves.

‘Sorry, Mister Time Lord, sir. But it’s really difficult to take you seriously wearing nail polish.’

‘Call yourselves Time Lords? How pompous is that? Someone previously registered Temporal Emperors, had they? A pity, you could have shortened it to Temperors.’

Temperors, thought the Doctor. That’s almost amusing.

Называете себя Повелителями Времени? Не слишком ли помпезно? А может, титул «Временны́е Императоры» был уже занят? Жаль, вы могли бы сокращать себя до Временаторов…

Only the Doctor maintained something of his faculties, as near-death experiences were more or less his speciality.