It was strange, but the Doctor felt like the gesture for the man's manipulator might've been going too far. Like he'd been asking for something that was best left with Captain Jack. Stupid thought, of course, why would someone hold sentimental value over a manipulator? Those things rarely worked right on a good day.

"Time has altered somehow, Captain," the Doctor snapped. "My ship is trying to compensate for the changes, and if you know where it started, I need to know that information! I have to help her."

He said the words in a slow, patronizing tone, as though talking to a very annoying child. Which, in a way, is exactly what Jack was.