Madame de Pompadour finds the court at Versailles under attack from sinister clockwork killers. Her only hope of salvation lies with the man who has haunted her dreams since childhood - a mysterious stranger known only as the Doctor.
Before they can finally marry, Gemma and Terry must solve the murder of a wedding guest. However, their other wedding guests, especially Gemma's mum, turn out to be an obstruction that they could really do without.
The mysterious Lady Christina de Souza joins the Doctor on a bus-trip which takes a very unexpected detour into danger on an alien world. Can the Doctor defeat the terrifying Swarm?
Abi Johnston, a talented young curate, comes to train at St Saviour's. Lay Reader Nigel's green with envy, and even Adam's initial enthusiasm at the prospect of someone to cover weekends off soon gives way to doubt in his own abilities as a priest when he realizes just how brilliant she is. When Colin decides his vicar needs cheering up, Adam inadvertently gets the chance to experience religious versus chemical ecstasy.
Adam’s intrigued when a local artist, Mike Tobin, offers to make a £60k donation to St Saviour’s. Finally the Lord has provided a solution to Adam’s financial problems. Nothing will go wrong (everything goes wrong). Meanwhile Adam ropes Ellie in to his campaign against some local litter louts.
