The Doctor nods once at the comment about a hologram. "Hard-light, I presume. Meaning it has solid form. You can pick up things, bump into people, and the like?"

While not completely satisfied with the answer. As with the TARDIS, it was... enough. "If there's anything I can do to help. Let me know."

He's a bit more daring than his earlier selves, but he also has the knowledge and experience of being quite a bit older. There will always be some level of control to his madness.