That was pretty much what she suspected, so she just nodded. "I don't really watch sci-fi television much myself--it makes me so mad when they say stupid things like 'the singularity is about to explode' or 'weapons at maximum' and I just can't enjoy it," she said.

"Anyway, that's not the point. The point is, sir, that there is a TARDIS on this island. The Doctor's, well, time machine, for lack of a better word. It's the most amazing thing I've ever seen. I thought Jack Harkness was pulling my leg when he told me about it, but he took me over there this morning to check it out, and I've never seen tech like this before. I thought it was a hologram, or an illusion, or come kind of very elaborate fabrication, but it isn't. It's absolutely real."