The Doctor nodded. "Seemed to. Pointed me this way."
In the Doctor's experience, wizards usually knew the way of things. That was just a thing that was. And it sounded like Harry was talking about just getting up today. This whole thing with the Gates was not just today. Not at all.
The Doctor regarded the outburst with a degree of amusement. He grinned momentarily. "It's just the Doctor," he said. "But yes. TARDIS. Time and relative dimension in space. Good wizard, you. Excellent."
And also a bit irrelevant for the moment.
"So tell me, why is today different from other days, here in York? What's happened?"