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|doctor = Third Doctor
|doctor = Third Doctor
|companions =  
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|enemy= [[Nigel Lomax|Sir Nigel Lomax]], [[Volcano creature]]
|enemy= [[Volcano creature]]
|setting = [[Wales]], [[1970s]]
|setting = [[Station 40]], [[Wales]], [[1970s]]
|writer = [[Dennis Hooper]]
|writer = [[Dennis Hooper]]
|artist = [[Gerry Haylock]]
|artist = [[Gerry Haylock]]
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
At the request of the [[British government|government]], the [[Third Doctor]] investigates [[Station 40]], a new [[solar energy]] complex in [[Wales]]. He soon discovers that its director, Sir [[Nigel Lomax]], is in the thrall of an [[volcano creature|alien life-form]].
At the request of the [[British government|government]], the [[Third Doctor]] investigates [[Station 40]], a new [[solar energy]] complex in [[Wales]]. He soon discovers that its director, Sir [[Nigel Lomax]], is in the thrall of [[volcano creature|an alien life-form]].


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Peter Tait]]
* [[Peter Tait]]
* The [[Minister (Back to the Sun)|Minister]]
* The [[Minister (Back to the Sun)|Minister]]
* [[Volcano creature|Volcano Creature]]
* [[Volcano creature]]


== References ==
== References ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor previously faced similar [[Fire Person|fire-based creatures]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Trial of Fire (comic story)|Trial of Fire]]'') He would later meet [[Pyrovile|another volcanic species]] in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
* The Doctor previously faced similar [[Fire Person|fire-based creatures]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Trial of Fire (comic story)|Trial of Fire]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 23:04, 24 April 2023

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Back to the Sun marked the return of the Third Doctor to TV Action after a three-issue, one-month absence — one of the longest gaps in the pre-Marvel era in Doctor Who comic strip history.

Summary

At the request of the government, the Third Doctor investigates Station 40, a new solar energy complex in Wales. He soon discovers that its director, Sir Nigel Lomax, is in the thrall of an alien life-form.

Characters

References

Notes

  • Thanks to Jean-Marc Lofficier's The Terrestrial Index and John Ainsworth's echo of it in DWCC #3, it became fashionable to represent the title as kcaB to the Sun. However, as can be seen in the image at right, the word "Back" is actually mirror written, not reverse-ordered. Thus, although frequently styled as kcaB to the Sun, it is more accurate to think of the name of the story as Back to the Sun, and to note the artistic license taken by the letterer in both the original printing and the reprinting in DWCC 24.

Continuity

External links