Unbiddenly, the Doctor’s lips fell apart slightly as he’d never expected Liam to have guessed his daughter’s wrongdoing so accurately.

“I’m genuinely sorry for any inconvenience she might have caused you, Doctor. It’s all my fault,” Liam said to the Doctor, a soft smile on his handsome pale face.

The Doctor waved at him, “No, no. It’s okay” he chuckled before stealing a glance at where Daniella was still holding Liam’s other hand, “I think I understand the great bond between you two,”

The Doctor didn’t allow his final words to digest well to those he’d delivered them to before he adjusted his glasses and cleared his throat and continued,...