"Oh, quite right. quite right. And I agree entirely." He hadn't found a whole lot of ways to be useful, unfortunately. More to be bothersome. "Though I think some would rather just be shipped off to the city and be done with it." Even the Doctor had to admit he was curious about where this William Olsen worked. But if he were shuffled out of this place, and the TARDIS were somewhere within... Then again, the ship could be anywhere on the planet.

A frown creased his face at that thought, and he did his best to shove it aside, returning to the subject at hand. "Not much call for an old man such as myself, I'm afraid. Which leaves me to my studies, I suppose, but I would like to feel more useful."