"Well, possibly. I have no idea how far ahead in my future you are or what event you might be talking about. You see it hasn't happened for me yet."

Though he did try not to sigh at the mention of Time Lords. They were meddlesome in his time but seemed to have only grown worse as the Time War panic had set in, if the stories his older selves told were to be believed.

"But, in the great scheme of things I would be your Doctor's Third self."

And he would deny being anything like the Master.