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Doctor Who
Blood Heat
1993
First Published
3.75
Average Rating
309
Number of Pages

Part of Series

‘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…

Avg Rating
3.75
Number of Ratings
387
5 STARS
26%
4 STARS
35%
3 STARS
28%
2 STARS
10%
1 STARS
1%
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Author

Jim Mortimore
Author · 18 books

Jim Mortimore is a British science fiction writer, who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series, principally Doctor Who, but also Farscape and Babylon 5. When BBC Books cancelled his Doctor Who novel Campaign, he had it published independently and gave the proceeds to a charity – the Bristol Area Down Syndrome Association. He is also the writer of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio play The Natural History of Fear and their Tomorrow People audio play Plague of Dreams. He has also done music for other Big Finish productions. He released his first original novel in 2011, Skaldenland.

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