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|image= NA019 bloodheat.jpg
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|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|number= 19
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|doctor=Seventh Doctor
|number in range = 19
|number = 19
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|featuring= Liz Shaw (Silurian Earth)
|featuring = Liz Shaw (Silurian Earth)
|featuring2= Jo Grant (Silurian Earth)
|featuring2 = Jo Grant (Silurian Earth)
|featuring3= Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Silurian Earth)
|featuring3 = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Silurian Earth){{!}}the Brigadier
|featuring4= John Benton (Silurian Earth){{!}}Benton
|featuring4 = John Benton (Silurian Earth){{!}}Benton
|enemy= [[Silurian]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s
|enemy = [[Silurian]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s
|setting= [[Silurian Earth]], [[1993]]
|setting = [[Silurian Earth]], [[1993]]
|writer= [[Jim Mortimore]]
|writer = Jim Mortimore
|cover= [[Jeff Cummins]]
|cover = [[Jeff Cummins]]
|publisher= Virgin Books
|publisher = Virgin Books
|release date= [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|release date= 21 October 1993
|format= Paperback Book; 6 Chapters, 309 Pages
|format = Paperback Book; 6 Chapters, 309 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20399-2
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20399-2
|prev= Iceberg (novel)
|prev = Iceberg (novel)
|next= The Dimension Riders (novel)
|next = The Dimension Riders (novel)
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM''{{'}}s "New Adventures order"]]  
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2= Cuckoo (comic story)
|prev2 = Cuckoo (comic story)
|next2= The Dimension Riders (novel)
|next2 = The Dimension Riders (novel)
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'''''Blood Heat''''' was the nineteenth novel in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series of novels. It was written by [[Jim Mortimore]] and features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]]. This is the first New Adventure novel to delve into an [[alternate universe]], spawned from alternate events of ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''.
'''''Blood Heat''''' was the nineteenth novel in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series of novels. It was written by [[Jim Mortimore]] and features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]]. This is the first New Adventure novel to delve into an [[alternate universe]], spawned from alternate events of ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''.
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* [[Jo Grant (Silurian Earth)|Jo Grant]]
* [[Jo Grant (Silurian Earth)|Jo Grant]]
* [[John Benton (Silurian Earth)|John Benton]]
* [[John Benton (Silurian Earth)|John Benton]]
* [[Manisha Purkayastha (Silurian Earth)|Manisha Purkayastha]]  
* [[Manisha Purkayastha (Silurian Earth)|Manisha Purkayastha]]
* [[Alan Tomson|Alan]]
* [[Alan Tomson|Alan]]
* [[Julia Adams|Julia]]
* [[Julia Adams|Julia]]
* [[Jan Martin|Jan]]
* [[Jan Martin|Jan]]
* [[Frank Hobson]]
* [[Frank Hobson]]
* [[Rod (Silurian Earth)|Rod]]
* [[Sam Meredith]]
* [[Harry Sullivan (Silurian Earth)|Harry Sullivan]]
* [[Billy Wilson]]
* [[Gill Lewis]]
* [[Kevin Barker]]
* [[Lee Wood]]
* [[Prescott (Silurian Earth)|Prescott]]
* [[Robin Ridgway]]
* [[Tony Mitchell (Silurian Earth)|Tony Mitchell]]
* [[Hobson (Silurian Earth)|Hobson]]
* [[Tomo]]
* [[Morka (Silurian Earth)|Morka]]
* [[Morka (Silurian Earth)|Morka]]
* [[Imorkal]]  
* [[Imorkal]]
* [[Chtaachtl]]
* [[Chtaachtl]]
* [[Chtorba]]
* [[Chtorba]]
* [[Ophidian]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Aquatic vessels ===
=== Aquatic vessels ===
* The ''[[HMS Revenge]]'' carries [[nuclear missile]]s.
* The ''[[HMS Revenge]]'' carries [[nuclear missile]]s.
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* Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Silurian Earth)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] injects a stimulant into Jo Grant to get information from her. It kills her.
* Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Silurian Earth)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] injects a stimulant into Jo Grant to get information from her. It kills her.
* [[Liz Shaw (Silurian Earth)|Liz Shaw]] married a man named [[James Lester]]. He hit his head looking for food and died.
* [[Liz Shaw (Silurian Earth)|Liz Shaw]] married a man named [[James Lester]]. He hit his head looking for food and died.
* [[Manisha Purkayastha (Silurian Earth)|Manisha]] saw her version of Ace die, an inversion of events in the primary universe, where Ace saw Manisha die when her flat was firebombed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'')
* [[Manisha Purkayastha (Silurian Earth)|Manisha]] saw her version of Ace die, an inversion of events in the primary universe, where Ace saw Manisha die when her flat was firebombed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
* [[Rod (Silurian Earth)|Rod]] was part of the group getting supplies.
* [[Rod (Silurian Earth)|Rod]] was part of the group getting supplies.
* [[Harry Sullivan]] serves as the HMS Revenge's surgeon.
* [[Harry Sullivan]] serves as the HMS Revenge's surgeon.
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* Silurains are revealed to use [[mammoth]]s for food and presumably milk and wool.
* Silurains are revealed to use [[mammoth]]s for food and presumably milk and wool.
* Silurians use [[herrerasaurus]]es as hunting beasts.
* Silurians use [[herrerasaurus]]es as hunting beasts.
* Other dinosaurs are featured including [[tyrannosaurus rex]], [[triceratops]], [[brontosaurus]], hadrosaurus, [[stegosaurus]], camarasaurus, [[deinonychus]], [[diplodocus]], and archaeopteryx.
* Other dinosaurs are featured including [[tyrannosaurus rex]], [[triceratops]], [[brontosaurus]], [[hadrosaurus]], [[stegosaurus]], [[camarasaurus]], [[deinonychus]], [[diplodocus]], and [[archaeopteryx]].


=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
* The TARDIS falls through a puncture in the [[Time Vortex]].
* The TARDIS falls through a puncture in the [[Time Vortex]].
* Ace lifts [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Blood Heat)|the TARDIS belonging to the alternate Doctor]] (which had fallen on its doors) single-handedly ''and'' with a broken arm.
* Ace lifts [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|the TARDIS belonging to the alternate Doctor]] (which had fallen on its doors) single-handedly ''and'' with a broken arm.
* Ace makes the (alternate universe) TARDIS materialise around the entire planet Earth, placing everything in a state of [[temporal grace]].
* Ace makes the (alternate universe) TARDIS materialise around the entire planet Earth, placing everything in a state of [[temporal grace]].
* The Doctor uses the secondary [[console room]].
* The Doctor uses the secondary [[console room]].
* The Doctor takes his third self's [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Blood Heat)|TARDIS]] from the alternate universe as his is lost in a [[tar pit]]. This TARDIS has a working Chameleon Circuit.
* The Doctor takes his third self's [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|TARDIS]] from the alternate universe as his is lost in a [[tar pit]]. This TARDIS has a working Chameleon Circuit.


=== Weapons ===
=== Weapons ===
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* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Silurian Earth)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] launches a [[Nuclear missile|nuclear warhead]] at the Silurian capital city in [[Africa]].
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Silurian Earth)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] launches a [[Nuclear missile|nuclear warhead]] at the Silurian capital city in [[Africa]].
* Ace has an oval scar on her stomach caused by a [[Special Weapons Dalek]].
* Ace has an oval scar on her stomach caused by a [[Special Weapons Dalek]].
=== Food and beverages ===
* The Doctor produces from his pockets two rounds of hot [[bacon sandwich]]es, a [[Mars Bar|Mars bar]], and a litre carton of fresh chilled [[orange juice]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* A [[Prelude Blood Heat (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 205]].
* A [[Prelude Blood Heat (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 205]].
* ''Blood Heat'' marks the beginning of the pentalogy of New Adventure novels loosely known as the Alternative Universe Arc. This is comprised of this novel, ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'', ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'', ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'', and ''[[No Future]]''.
* ''Blood Heat'' marked the beginning of a pentalogy of linked New Adventure novels loosely known as the Alternative Universe Arc: ''Blood Heat'', ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'', ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'', ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'', and ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]''.
* In 2015, Jim Mortimore self-published a "Director's Cut" version of the novel with several significant changes from and expansions of the original:
* Jim Mortimore's 2015 novel ''[[Blood Heat Second Iteration (novel)|Blood Heat Second Iteration]]'' is a "Director's Cut" version of ''Blood Heat'' with several significant changes from and expansions of the original.
** All of the non-original characters were renamed to avoid copyright violation; their backstories were also altered to connect to the book's themes.
** Nearly every scene was expanded, including new added action sequences.
** The novel was given a more in-media-res start by moving the original book's beginning to near the end.
** Minor original characters from the original novel were given fuller characterisations.
** The roles of "Berenice" and "Joanne" were significantly expanded, with the former joining a "Siluria'an" Caravan and raising [[Imorkal]], and the latter featuring in multiple flashback scenes.
** Mortimore created a new mythology for the Silurians, including an explanation of the [[Ice Warrior]]s and [[Draconian]]s as descendants of Silurian space-farers.
** The Doctor and his TARDIS were replaced by "Dr. Jon St.Myth" and his "Trisected Abutment Reality Disconnect", and the alternate universe arc was replaced by a plotline about the universe undergoing a quantum collapse.
** The book had a different ending, a cliffhanger to be continued in Mortimore's further "Director's Cut" novels.
* Following his "Director's Cut" of ''Blood Heat'', Jim Mortimore collaborated with [[Niki Haringsma]] to make the comic ''To Be Born'', which presented an alternative take on a scene from the Director's Cut and was published in the 2019 [[Charity publication|charity anthology]] ''Unbound: Adventures in Time and Space''.<ref>[https://nikiharingsma.wordpress.com/2019/02/12/to-be-born-an-adventure-in-sequential-mindfuckery/ To Be Born: An Adventure in Sequential Mindfuckery]</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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== Illustrations ==
== Illustrations ==
* Includes five illustrations by [[Tim Keable]].
* Includes five illustrations by [[Tim Keable]]. The uncropped illustrations and three unused colour illustrations were posted by Jim Mortimore on this DeviantArt.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/jimmortimore/gallery/43251881/doctor-who-blood-heat-art DeviantArt: Jimmortimore]</ref>
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File:Part One Future Past.jpg|Part One Future Past
File:Part One Future Past.jpg|Part One: Future Past
File:Part Two World of No Tomorrows.jpg|Part Two World of No Tomorrows
File:Part Two World of No Tomorrows.jpg|Part Two: World of No Tomorrows
File:Part Three Call To Colours.jpg|Part Three Call To Colours
File:Part Three Call To Colours.jpg|Part Three: Call To Colours
File:Part Four Isomorphic.jpg|Part Four Isomorphic
File:Part Four Isomorphic.jpg|Part Four: Isomorphic
File:Part Five Ground Zero.jpg|Part Five Ground Zero
File:Part Five Ground Zero.jpg|Part Five: Ground Zero
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</gallery>


== Cover gallery ==
== Cover gallery ==
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NA019 bloodheat.jpg|''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' cover
NA019 bloodheat.jpg|Original cover
NA019 bloodheat sketch cover.jpg|Sketch cover
Blood Heat DC cover.jpg|''Director's Cut'' cover
Blood Heat DC cover.jpg|''Director's Cut'' cover
</gallery>
</gallery>


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona19p.htm Prelude to '''Blood Heat''' as published in DWM #205]
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona19p.htm Prelude to '''Blood Heat''' as published in DWM #205]
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* {{whoniverse|na19|Blood Heat}}
* {{whoniverse|na19|Blood Heat}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/bloo.htm The Cloister Library: '''Blood Heat''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/bloo.htm The Cloister Library: '''Blood Heat''']
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv37/beyondthebook.html#bloodheat Beyond the Book: '''Blood Heat''' by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 37]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv37/beyondthebook.html#bloodheat Beyond the Book: '''Blood Heat''' by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 37]
* [http://neilisthebestdalek.blogspot.com/2016/10/doctor-who-virgin-novels-20-blood-heat.html Neil Is the Best Dalek: The Virgin Novels #20 – '''Blood Heat''': Director's Cut by Jim Mortimore]
* [http://neilisthebestdalek.blogspot.com/2016/10/doctor-who-virgin-novels-20-blood-heat.html Neil Is the Best Dalek: The Virgin Novels #20 – '''Blood Heat''': Director's Cut by Jim Mortimore]


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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Blood Heat was the nineteenth novel in the Virgin New Adventures series of novels. It was written by Jim Mortimore and features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. This is the first New Adventure novel to delve into an alternate universe, spawned from alternate events of Doctor Who and the Silurians.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Not men, Ace. Silurians. The original rulers of the Earth.

The TARDIS is attacked by an alien force; Bernice is flung into the Vortex; and the Doctor and Ace crash-land on Earth.

An attack by dinosaurs convinces the Doctor that he and Ace have arrived in the Jurassic Era. But when they find a woman being hunted by intelligent reptiles, he begins to suspect that something is very wrong.

Then they meet the embittered Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, leading the remnants of UNIT in a hopeless fight against the Silurians who rule his world. And they find out that it all began when the Doctor died...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Aquatic vessels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor has two more ribs than a human.
  • Morka killed the alternative Third Doctor.
  • The Doctor performs a time ram to destroy this universe to save his own.

The Doctor's items[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Jo Grant was sent to retrieve the launch codes the Brigadier planned to use. She goes insane from radiation exposure and race memory malaise.
  • Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart injects a stimulant into Jo Grant to get information from her. It kills her.
  • Liz Shaw married a man named James Lester. He hit his head looking for food and died.
  • Manisha saw her version of Ace die, an inversion of events in the primary universe, where Ace saw Manisha die when her flat was firebombed. (TV: Ghost Light)
  • Rod was part of the group getting supplies.
  • Harry Sullivan serves as the HMS Revenge's surgeon.

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Military[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Ace has been out of the Spacefleet for a few months, though she still wears the uniform/body armour.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The TARDIS falls through a puncture in the Time Vortex.
  • Ace lifts the TARDIS belonging to the alternate Doctor (which had fallen on its doors) single-handedly and with a broken arm.
  • Ace makes the (alternate universe) TARDIS materialise around the entire planet Earth, placing everything in a state of temporal grace.
  • The Doctor uses the secondary console room.
  • The Doctor takes his third self's TARDIS from the alternate universe as his is lost in a tar pit. This TARDIS has a working Chameleon Circuit.

Weapons[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Illustrations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Includes five illustrations by Tim Keable. The uncropped illustrations and three unused colour illustrations were posted by Jim Mortimore on this DeviantArt.[1]
  • Part One: Future Past

    Part One: Future Past

  • Part Two: World of No Tomorrows

    Part Two: World of No Tomorrows

  • Part Three: Call To Colours

    Part Three: Call To Colours

  • Part Four: Isomorphic

    Part Four: Isomorphic

  • Part Five: Ground Zero

    Part Five: Ground Zero

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Original cover

    Original cover

  • Sketch cover

    Sketch cover

  • Director's Cut cover

    Director's Cut cover

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ DeviantArt: Jimmortimore
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