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|name= Blood Heat
|image = NA019 bloodheat.jpg
|image= NA018_bloodheat.jpg
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|number= 19
|number in range = 19
|doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]]
|number = 19
|companions= [[Ace]]<br />[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|enemy= [[Silurian]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|year= [[England (Blood Heat)|England]], [[1993]] ([[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]])
|featuring = Liz Shaw (Silurian Earth)
|writer= [[Jim Mortimore]]
|featuring2 = Jo Grant (Silurian Earth)
|publisher= [[Virgin Books]]
|featuring3 = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Silurian Earth){{!}}the Brigadier
|release date= [[October]] [[1993]]
|featuring4 = John Benton (Silurian Earth){{!}}Benton
|format= Paperback Book, 309 Pages
|enemy = [[Silurian]]s, [[Sea Devil]]s
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20399-2
|setting = [[Silurian Earth]], [[1993]]
|prev= Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg (novel)
|writer = Jim Mortimore
|next= The Dimension Riders (novel)}}
|cover = [[Jeff Cummins]]
'''''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]]''.
|publisher = Virgin Books
|release date= 21 October 1993
|format = Paperback Book; 6 Chapters, 309 Pages
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20399-2
|prev = Iceberg (novel)
|next = The Dimension Riders (novel)
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2 = Cuckoo (comic story)
|next2 = The Dimension Riders (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''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]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''Not men, Ace. Silurians. The original rulers of the Earth.''
''Not men, Ace. Silurians. The original rulers of the Earth.''


The [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is attacked by an alien force; [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] is flung into the [[Time Vortex|Vortex]]; and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Ace]] crash-land on [[Earth (Blood Heat)|Earth]].
[[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] is attacked by an alien force; [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] is flung into the [[Time Vortex|Vortex]]; and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Ace]] crash-land on [[Silurian Earth|Earth]].


An attack by [[Baryonyx|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.
An attack by [[Baryonyx|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 [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Blood Heat)|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...
Then they meet the embittered Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Silurian Earth)|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 ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Blood Heat)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Silurian Earth)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Liz Shaw (Blood Heat)|Liz Shaw]]
* [[Liz Shaw (Silurian Earth)|Liz Shaw]]
* [[Jo Grant (Blood Heat)|Jo Grant]]
* [[Jo Grant (Silurian Earth)|Jo Grant]]
* [[Benton (Blood Heat)|Benton]]
* [[John Benton (Silurian Earth)|John Benton]]
* [[Manisha (Blood Heat)|Manisha]]
* [[Manisha Purkayastha (Silurian Earth)|Manisha Purkayastha]]
* [[Alan (Blood Heat)|Alan]]
* [[Alan Tomson|Alan]]
* [[Julia Adams|Julia]]
* [[Jan Martin|Jan]]
* [[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]]
* [[Imorkal]]
* [[Chtaachtl]]
* [[Chtorba]]
* [[Ophidian]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
 
=== Aquatic vessels ===
=== [[:Category:Aquatic vessels|Aquatic vessels]] ===
* The ''[[HMS Revenge]]'' carries [[nuclear missile]]s.
* The ''[[HMS Revenge]]'' carries [[nuclear missile]]s.


=== [[:Category:Biology|Biology]] ===
=== Biology ===
* Morka injects [[Bernice Summerfield]] with a [[virus]] which cures the [[Race Memory fear]].
* Morka injects [[Bernice Summerfield]] with a [[virus]] which cures the [[race memory malaise]].
* The [[Silurian virus]] is known as "the Nightmare".
* The [[Silurian virus]] is known as "the Nightmare".


=== [[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor has two more ribs than a [[human]].
* The Doctor has two more [[rib]]s than a [[human]].
* [[Morka]] killed the alternative third Doctor, shocking the Doctor.
* [[Morka]] killed the alternative Third Doctor.
* Finding the Brigadier's actions terrible however, the Doctor performs a [[Time Ram]] to destroy this universe to save his own after lying to Ace and Benny about ensuring the Alternative Universe has a semi-natural lifespan.
* The Doctor performs a [[time ram]] to destroy this universe to save his own.
 
=== The Doctor's items ===
* Ace finds a [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] in the (dead) Third Doctor's pockets.


=== [[:Category:The Doctor's items|The Doctor's items]] ===
=== Individuals ===
* Ace finds a [[sonic screwdriver]] in the (dead) third Doctor's pockets.
* [[Jo Grant (Silurian Earth)|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 (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.
* [[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.
* [[Harry Sullivan]] serves as the HMS Revenge's surgeon.


=== [[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]] ===
=== Locations ===
* [[Jo Grant (Blood Heat)|Jo Grant]] was sent to retrieve the launch codes the Brigadier planned to use. She goes insane from [[radiation]] exposure and Race Memory fear.
* [[Ophidian]] is a [[Silurian]] city on Earth.
* Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Blood Heat)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] injects a stimulant into [[Jo Grant (Blood Heat)|Jo Grant]] to get information from her. It kills her.
* [[Sam Meredith]] works with UNIT.
* [[Liz Shaw (Blood Heat)|Liz Shaw]] married a man named [[James Lester]]. He hit his head looking for food and died.
* The Doctor notices that [[Zanzibar]] is almost totally submerged.
* Bernice gets shot while trying to stop the nuclear missiles.
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Blood Heat)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] bursts into tears over all the death he caused, including the shattered eggs of the Silurians.
* [[Manisha (Blood Heat)|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]]'')


=== [[:Category:Military|Military]] ===
=== Military ===
* Ace has been out of the [[Spacefleet]] for a few months, though she still wears the uniform/body armour.
* Ace has been out of the [[Spacefleet]] for a few months, though she still wears the uniform/body armour.


=== [[:Category:Species|Species]] ===
=== Species ===
* The [[Dilophosaurus]] is a type of theropod [[Dinosaur]].
* The [[dilophosaurus]] is a type of theropod [[dinosaur]].
* The Doctor refers to [[Silurian]]s as psionosauropodomorpha.
* The Doctor refers to [[Silurian]]s as psionosauropodomorpha.
* Ace adopts a [[compsognathus]] as a mascot.
* An [[edmontonia]] knocks the TARDIS into a tar pit.
* The Doctor, Ace and Jo ride [[ornithomimus]]es into a herd of [[seismosaurus]]es.
* The large theropod dinosaur [[baryonyx]] is shown to hunt the human survivors horses.
* A pack of [[raptor]]s attack Mamisha's house.
* A large species of [[pterodactyl]] are used by the Silurians as mounts.
* [[Sea Devil]]s use [[kronosaur]]uses and [[plesiosaurus]]es to attack the submarine, The HMS Revenger.
* Silurains are revealed to use [[mammoth]]s for food and presumably milk and wool.
* Silurians use [[herrerasaurus]]es as hunting beasts.
* Other dinosaurs are featured including [[tyrannosaurus rex]], [[triceratops]], [[brontosaurus]], [[hadrosaurus]], [[stegosaurus]], [[camarasaurus]], [[deinonychus]], [[diplodocus]], and [[archaeopteryx]].


=== [[:Category:TARDIS|TARDISes]] ===
=== 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 ===
* Ace's new variant of [[Nitro-9]], Nitro-9 smart bombs, can fly and accept verbal commands.
* [[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]].


=== [[:Category:Weapons|Weapons]] ===
=== Food and beverages ===
* Ace's new variant of [[Nitro-9]], Nitro-9 smart bombs can fly and accept verbal commands.
* 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]].
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Blood Heat)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] launches a [[nuclear warhead]] at the Silurian capital city in [[Africa]].
* Ace has an oval scar on her stomach cause by a [[Special Weapons Dalek]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* A 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'' 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]]''.
* 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.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* ''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]]''.
* The Seventh Doctor, Ace, and Benny also encountered Silurians and UNIT in an alternate universe in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Final Genesis (comic story)|Final Genesis]]''. Both adventures were described by the Doctor as having the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' as their starting points.
* A similar journey into an alternate universe (which has an alternate version of UNIT and Silurians) occurred in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Final Genesis (comic story)|Final Genesis]]''.
* The Doctor's original TARDIS is lost in a tar pit. It will be returned to him in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''.
* ''Blood Heat'' references [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' as its starting point for the divergent timeline. ''Deadly Genesis'' also branches off from the events seen in that story.
* [[Manisha]] was first mentioned in [[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]''.
* The Doctor's original TARDIS (here lost in a tar pit) is returned to him in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''.
* The TARDIS similarly falls through a puncture in the time vortex into an alternate universe in [[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''.
* Manisha was mentioned in [[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]''.
 
* The TARDIS similarly falls through a puncture in the time vortex in [[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel]]''.
== Illustrations ==
* The Doctor may have been partially aware of the events of this story, including his own involvement with them, prior to his arrival in the alternative timeline as his [[Sixth Doctor|previous incarnation]] once commented to his companion [[Evelyn Smythe]] that, from what he has heard, his future self is "always blowing up planets." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The 100 Days of the Doctor]]'')
* 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>
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true">
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 Three Call To Colours.jpg|Part Three: Call To Colours
File:Part Four Isomorphic.jpg|Part Four: Isomorphic
File:Part Five Ground Zero.jpg|Part Five: Ground Zero
</gallery>
 
== Cover gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
NA019 bloodheat.jpg|Original cover
NA019 bloodheat sketch cover.jpg|Sketch cover
Blood Heat DC cover.jpg|''Director's Cut'' cover
</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]
* {{Dwrefguide|who_na19.htm|Blood Heat}}
{{dwrefguide|who_na19.htm|Blood Heat}}
* {{whoniverse|NA19.php|Blood Heat}}
* {{whoniverse|na19|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://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]


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prose stub

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]

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

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]