"Nah, they've got one in Florida, but it's kept pretty top secret hush-hush business I'm not supposed to know about," the Doctor said. But, of course, the New Years' drinks with Benton and Yates always ended with one of them telling him all about the supersecret things he wasn't supposed to know about.

The Doctor took Alan's hand enthusiastically. "Jackson. Like Maria Jackson, Sarah's friend?" He let out a laugh. "Oh, I've heard quite a bit about you two. Trouble on the planet, saving the universe from your kitchen and attic. That is brilliant."

He paused, and concern momentarily hit his face. "Odd, running into you without warning like this."