... I said it before and I'll say it again. Rose Tyler, you are brilliant.
You're right, of course. But I was a bit... shocked, to say the least, being faced with my old... nemesis? Oh, that's a good term for him--faced with him after thinking he was trapped or even dead on Xeraphas. And then Tegan had tried to throw a dagger into him--he caught it, fortunately--er. Unfortunately? Anyway, no blood shed there. That's always a relief for me.
And then the Master offered either the dagger or his own preferred weapon, the Compressor.