"Machines, even sentient ones, are logical beings," the Doctor said, thinking over John's words. "You, your mother, and your future resistance against them must really be a threat to them if they're coming after you in the past. If they could have stopped that threat in their present, I can't imagine they would have bothered with time travel... Creating a time machine isn't like building a car." Or maybe it was, but only in Earth movies.
The Doctor brightened at the subject of time travel. "Strange? Not at all!" he replied, his tone chipper. "It can be a bit disorienting when you realize you wound up in, say, 1875 instead of 1775, but strange...? Never."
He grinned at John. "Me settling down in one place and time—that's what would be strange. I tried it once—well, I was forced to once, in the 1970s, or the 80s?—but it didn't last terribly long, and I'm glad for that. Really, there's too much out there in the universe to just stay put. I'd miss out on all sorts of things!"
Not that he hadn't thought about having that sort of life... on occasion. There had been a lot of almosts, but he always, always kept running in the end. His grin faded.
"But losing people, people that I—" the Doctor said, cutting off suddenly. He was silent for a moment before finishing, "—that I care about... It's always hard, but it would only be harder if I stopped."
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The Doctor brightened at the subject of time travel. "Strange? Not at all!" he replied, his tone chipper. "It can be a bit disorienting when you realize you wound up in, say, 1875 instead of 1775, but strange...? Never."
He grinned at John. "Me settling down in one place and time—that's what would be strange. I tried it once—well, I was forced to once, in the 1970s, or the 80s?—but it didn't last terribly long, and I'm glad for that. Really, there's too much out there in the universe to just stay put. I'd miss out on all sorts of things!"
Not that he hadn't thought about having that sort of life... on occasion. There had been a lot of almosts, but he always, always kept running in the end. His grin faded.
"But losing people, people that I—" the Doctor said, cutting off suddenly. He was silent for a moment before finishing, "—that I care about... It's always hard, but it would only be harder if I stopped."