The Doctor takes it with a smile. "Doctor James Wood, please call me Doctor," he answers. He definitely feels more comfortable being called Doctor, he knows this already, but the name of his other self is just as practical as John Smith. Probably slightly more believable than John Smith at this point, too.
"You know what's going on, then?" he asks, getting to the point immediately.
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"You know what's going on, then?" he asks, getting to the point immediately.