Well, we've seen in the various posted-chapters of the Canon that Doug is somewhat curious.
Remember from DWII that when he believed that he was only going to be in BGC-world for a day or so, he went out of his way to see the state of the world there. However he did only a cursory examination of the place.
Further, remember from the concordance of the Harry Potter step that Doug really only skimmed any books not immediately relevant to him. That's why he never quite makes the connection between The Boy Who Lived and Harry Potter, despite the fact that this is a Very Big Deal Indeed throughout the British magical world. I think the equivalent would be . . . hmm . . . not figuring out that the guy in the plexiglass car with the funny hat on is this "pope" fella everyone in Rome is going on about. Well, perhaps not, but close.
Doug was certainly curious enough to go towards the hellmouth in the Buffy-step, but that may have just been him figuring out that when he lands in a world and something is just screaming "bad news," that's his cue to get stuck in it, have a wacky misunderstanding and a fight scene, and then leave that world.
Remember from DWII that when he believed that he was only going to be in BGC-world for a day or so, he went out of his way to see the state of the world there. However he did only a cursory examination of the place.
Further, remember from the concordance of the Harry Potter step that Doug really only skimmed any books not immediately relevant to him. That's why he never quite makes the connection between The Boy Who Lived and Harry Potter, despite the fact that this is a Very Big Deal Indeed throughout the British magical world. I think the equivalent would be . . . hmm . . . not figuring out that the guy in the plexiglass car with the funny hat on is this "pope" fella everyone in Rome is going on about. Well, perhaps not, but close.
Doug was certainly curious enough to go towards the hellmouth in the Buffy-step, but that may have just been him figuring out that when he lands in a world and something is just screaming "bad news," that's his cue to get stuck in it, have a wacky misunderstanding and a fight scene, and then leave that world.