“I popped ‘round, but you were out. Which is fine. Everything’s all right, isn’t it? With you two? ‘Course it is. Ponds, always fine. It’s just worrying unnecessarily…”
But what iF HE SAYS GEROMINO RIGHT BEFORE REGENARATING?

It is the way that has always been. The monster and the Doctor. It seems you cannot have one without the other.
Plot twist: The next companion is a normal girl/boy who only dies once in their lifetime and has no remarkable back story but he thinks they’re wonderful because they are human and the Doctor needs reminding that you don’t need to be a mystery to be remarkable.