"Yeah, yeah, go!" The Doctor flapped a hand towards the door. "I'll leave the TARDIS here so you can check in with me. Oh, and watch out. There were some rather unsavoury characters around last time I was here. Which, apparently, was only two days ago. So be careful."
He turned back to D'athe. "Hello, then, D'athe. Do you shake - er - paws? No, I suppose you don't. You have human friends, then? Where you come from?"