Brilliant. The Doctor picked up the jug and gave the liquid a cautious sniff, mostly for show. If Jack said it would be good, he sincerely doubted it wouldn't.

"Well, we started out on this story a bit worse for wear," he said. "You in that bar, me fresh from leaving Christina behind. I think we were fairly destined to this sort of a----" he cringed a little at the word, "---relationship."

Because that was what it was. A with with, as he'd promised Jack the night before. No more games, he'd promised, but he couldn't even keep that.