犹他州的时间节点，慷慨赴死的博士没想到又出了问题。宇宙再次陷入混乱，一切时间发生在同一时间。博士在宇宙集市与人赌死亡象棋，获得了无头僧侣和寂静教会的秘密。

博士冒险进入无头僧侣的存头处（无头僧侣的头不朽，永远存活并进食一切生物），知晓：为了使宇宙的秩序恢复，博士必须被宋河杀死。宋河不想杀博士，便在一个金字塔里控制时间，使其永不前进，自己就将不杀博士。

然而金字塔中的寂静徒却变得极端活跃，突破了防线而围困了博士...

When Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) answers the TARDIS telephone in the middle of the night, she learns the Doctor carries on a very active social and adventuring life while his companions sleep. The Doctor (Matt Smith) then enters the TARDIS carrying a goldfish, whom he claims is actually a British Queen. Amy tries to piece together how the fate of the Commonwealth could possibly be affected by the Doctor, an unseen River Song, an unnamed Prince of Wales and the goldfish. She wants to have a serious conversation with the Doctor about her uneasy sleep, but the Doctor calls for her husband Rory (Arthur Darvill) to come deal with her emotions when he realises that he picked up the wrong goldfish.