"Ugh," the Doctor said, shaking his head. "Can't stand them. Time travel without a capsule's a killer."

And that's what it felt like. Like he'd just been pulled inside out through a vortex of time. Like he'd stood too long at the doors of the TARDIS in flight.

"And my ship happens to be a brilliant piece of technology," he added, defensively. "Time radiation only leaks during dire emergencies, but it could explain the temporal distortion."

Unless...unless there was something the Doctor was missing.