[ He hums thoughtfully, pacing the room for probably the hundredth time. ]

Break humanity free... of course.

[ He works much better thinking out loud than he does through text, which is why a second later John gets a call from him-- and without much in the way of a 'How do you do?' ] The distress signal I picked up. I had picked it up in the time vortex, originating from somewhere near this time-space coordinate. I thought it was another Time Lord, stranded here. Probably should have expected something like this... unfortunately I was a little more prepared for your standard alien kidnapping, not my own personal occultist fan club.

[ It doesn't take too many guesses to figure out what he probably doesn't want to still be around when they decide to siphon power from him. Whatever it is they have in store can't be too pretty. ]

The question is: how did they manage to broadcast that signal? Because from everything I've gathered from our encounters indicates that the occult is terrestrial in nature. I've never seen it be able to have this sort of reach before...

[ The question should actually be: where am I and how do I get out of this. But the Doctor's mind is nothing if not fixated. ]