Night of the Big Heat story
Aliens are suspected when a freak heat wave hits a remote island somewhere off the English coast during the dead of winter.
9 total · 9 major
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attack from outer space by a powerful conquering enemy | major | Scientist Godfrey Hanson uncovered that Fara Island was being used as a site of an invasion by extraterrestrials, whose extremely high temperature burns any living creature that gets too close to them. |
| coping with being in a heat wave | major | The residents of Fara Island were suffering through a freak winter heat wave. |
| husband and wife | major | Jeff and Frankie Callum. |
| love triangle | major | Jeff had cheated on his wife, Frankie, with his secretary Angela Roberts. |
| resisting a temptation | major | Jeff tried as he might to resist his young secretary's amorous advances. |
| romantic infidelity | major | Angela Roberts was intent on luring Jeff away from his wife, Frankie. |
| romantic love | major | Jeff and his wife Frankie. On the other hand, Jeff regarded Alice as "a common slut" in his words. |
| thermophilic being | major | The extraterrestrials that used Fara Island as a site for invading Earth were so hot that they burned any living creature that gets too close to them. |
| unrequited love | major | Angela Roberts at Frankie Callum. |