The Doctor, of course, immediately went over to the sphere and examined it. "Now, that's interesting," he noted. "It almost appears to be a spatio-temporal hyperlink, but not quite." He took his screwdriver out of his jacket and began to scan, frowning a little as it shorted out intermittently. "Oh, this old thing," he grumbled. "It's never been the same since I crashed." The Time Lord was anything but dissuaded regarding the matter, however; he couldn't rest until he'd poked everything in the vicinity with a stick.

Possibly twice. "Come on, you," he murmured, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. "Let's see what you're about."