At the word 'whipped' the Doctor's face froze and then he tried to struggle, which was about as effective as he'd have imagined. He knew that he shouldn't actually show anything akin to fear, that had only ever encouraged, but... Whipping? That was just brutal. He blinked twice as he glanced to the side, trying to think of the best way to talk himself out of this one. "I'd rather no strikes at all, if it's all the same to you. And I promise, I have as much maddening nonsense to share as you want to hear. Probably quite a bit more. I'm a fund of maddening nonsense."