The Doctor raised an eyebrow at the outburst. It wasn't what he'd expected at all, but he wasn't sure what to expect from this strange man. But, if the Doctor had ever seen a confession, that was it.

"So you did do this," he said, shaking his head. "Whatever that was attached to, you were using it to calculate time around yourself, change what I know about you. That's why I've got your things in my pocket, is that it?"

That had to be the answer, didn't it? Of course it did! "You've done something, and now you're removing yourself from my memory. But what you're doing is causing holes in the fabric of reality, you're killing the timeline."