"I always did amass followers, didn't I?" he replied. He realized that was a very Valeyard-like thing to say, but it was true. The Doctor pulled people towards him. He made them gravitate towards him the way that a moon gravitated towards a planet. And it was the same, even back at Gallifrey. Though the Master's prank did keep him alone for quite a few weeks.

He realized that he'd been staring. The Master's eyes were brown, now, but the Doctor could remember when they were green and blue. He knew him. He knew him.

"I'm so tired," he said.