"Q is omnipotent, as I've said..." He has no answers, as he hadn't known the energy was wrong. But it's the Doctor's next move that has him accelerating suddenly backward and away, leaving a black streak on the shining floor.

"I don't know. How is it that you can't tell? Is it because of the energy difference? Or maybe it's because I've spent a year in here with her? I've modified my scanners with the help of this century's technology. And I've interacted with, well, you! Maybe - maybe she's allowing it! Maybe she needs someone to talk to!"

Now don't do anything crazy, Doctor. He's on alert again.