Publisher's Summary
'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...
Notes
Part of the Alternative Universe Arc.
Characters
The Doctor, Bernice Summerfield, Ace, (Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart alternate version), (Liz Shaw alternate version), (Benton alternate version), (Manish alternate version)
References
Time Vortex, Secondary Console Room, Silurians, Nitro-9, Psi-Powers, Silurian Virus, Third Doctor, Cyclotron, Parallel Universe(s), Jo Grant, Nuclear missiles, Sonic Screwdriver, Manisha
Continuity
- Blood Heat marks the beginning of the pentalogy of New Adevnture novels loosely known as the Alternative Universe Arc. This comprises this novel, The Dimension Riders, The Left-Handed Hummingbird, Conundrum and No Future and the Doctor Who Magazine commic Deadly Genesis.
- Blood Heat references 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.