The Doctor raised an eyebrow, but he acquiesced readily enough, taking out his screwdriver and flipping through the seconds. Only for a second or two it ended up being pointed toward the gun, but the Doctor's eyes were on the screwdriver and his eyebrows went up. Huh. Well.
He held the sonic screwdriver against John's vortex manipulator, shifting his weight from one feet to the other as a song started to play. He hummed the first few beats of 'My heart will go on', but one glance at Jack's serious expression made him stop the song and, after a few moments, the humming as well. "I was on the Titanic once. Well. Twice. But one time in space. Not the original Titanic, obviously. But it didn't end well either. I met an Alonso there. Maybe I should introduce you some time, Jack."
While he talked he finished up unlocking the settings required to measure radiation. He grabbed John's wrist to have a look, whistling under his breath. "Would you look at that! There really is radiation."
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He held the sonic screwdriver against John's vortex manipulator, shifting his weight from one feet to the other as a song started to play. He hummed the first few beats of 'My heart will go on', but one glance at Jack's serious expression made him stop the song and, after a few moments, the humming as well. "I was on the Titanic once. Well. Twice. But one time in space. Not the original Titanic, obviously. But it didn't end well either. I met an Alonso there. Maybe I should introduce you some time, Jack."
While he talked he finished up unlocking the settings required to measure radiation. He grabbed John's wrist to have a look, whistling under his breath. "Would you look at that! There really is radiation."