Gripping Rose hand back, he grinned in an oddly joyful manner before sparing Max a look of amusement. "For me its more of a case of 'been there, done that'. Though the one I met was much more... wellllll, grr-ish? Big beast thing, very interesting to meet. A lot more intimidating than this one."

This one was a bit of a let down, not because he wasn't a big growl beast, more because he hadn't done anything big and awe inspiring yet.

"And I defeated him, sort of, so I'm sure we'll be fine with this one," John remarked, even though that wasn't him but his Time Lord counter part. Same thing, really. "Do we have to sit around and wait for you to fall asleep?"