It was such a reference, but the uncertainty in the Doctor's reply made Gabriel laugh out loud. He'd intended it, but it was always nice to discombobulate a man of intelligence.

"That would have been too easy," he pointed out, giving the cream a look of disgust. "What I wouldn't give for a lady of ill-repute to slather this on for me," he muttered, squirting it into his palm, and then added idly, "Either her or me, I wouldn't care which."