"I am not sure what looking at buildings here will tell you, Doctor" he replied. "There isn't much to see, they are just buildings. Although I have read through the electronic communications relay, that there may not be a way for us to return to our previous points in... well, this may sound absurd, but... time, our own... worlds" he explained as best he could. Had he known less about what was going on, or lived in denial, he might have thought the Doctor nothing but drunk or mad.