"We, uh... I wasn't quite sure whether to invite Gwen and Rhys and Anwen. When I finally got hold of Jack, I was too busy lecturing him on the virtues of answering his phone because he'd damn near missed the whole thing. But he turned up with them."

Here he had to be cautious.

"A few others came around as well, the Chandras and some of her old friends. You know the Brigadier made a special point of getting out of Peru for the occasion? She was so surprised, and so touched."

"What did she tell you, when you invited her for the trip?" he asked curiously. "I wish she'd mentioned it, we could have worked it out." But, then, that might lead to regrets.

Hurriedly, he pressed on, prompted by the Doctor's nods to do so.

"Clyde and his mother made a big cake."