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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * In 2015, [[Jim Mortimore]] self-published a "Director's Cut" of ''Blood Heat'' and included the prelude as part of it (which the published novel had not). Several changes were made: | ||
**Kchtaal is replaced with [[Chtaachtl]], and Chtaachtl also replaces [[Bokka K'to]] as someone Morka thinks is stupid for believing humans can speak (which evidently doesn't stop her torturing them for fun). | |||
**Morka and Chtaachtl bring "no raptors" rather than "no herrerasaurus". | |||
**When trying to link with Chtaachtl, he starts hearing "[[Benny Summerfield|Berenice]]". | |||
**Morka's father doesn't mention Okdel and instead names the city they're going to head for (Ophidian). | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
Revision as of 19:32, 16 March 2021
Prelude Blood Heat was, as the name suggested, a prelude to Blood Heat by Jim Mortimore. It did not appear in the published novel.
Summary
The Silurians Morka and Kchtaal kill primitive humans for fun. Their tribe's leader, Morka's father, tells Morka he must go hunting for primitive humans to take into the shelters to make up for the ones that were killed.
Morka and Kchtaal encounter a tribe which attacks them with rocks and sticks, killing Kchtaal and injuring Morka. He brings Kchtaal's body back to the city. They must evacuate the city because of an earthquake, and Morka must decide whether to bury Kchtaal there, leaving him behind, or carry him to the northern city.
Characters
References
- Morka rides a dilophosaurus, while Kchtaal rides a plateosaurus.
- A volcanic eruption causes an earthquake which endangers the Silurian city and buries the entrance to the shelter.
- Okdel is the leader of the northern city.
- Morka thinks K'to is stupid for thinking humans can speak words.
Notes
- In 2015, Jim Mortimore self-published a "Director's Cut" of Blood Heat and included the prelude as part of it (which the published novel had not). Several changes were made:
- Kchtaal is replaced with Chtaachtl, and Chtaachtl also replaces Bokka K'to as someone Morka thinks is stupid for believing humans can speak (which evidently doesn't stop her torturing them for fun).
- Morka and Chtaachtl bring "no raptors" rather than "no herrerasaurus".
- When trying to link with Chtaachtl, he starts hearing "Berenice".
- Morka's father doesn't mention Okdel and instead names the city they're going to head for (Ophidian).
Continuity
- Most of the Silurians have gone into hibernation. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
External links
- The entire text of the piece at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
