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}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' 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 Comics|Marvel]] era in [[Doctor Who comic stories|''Doctor Who'' comic strip]] history. | }}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' 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 Comics|Marvel]] era in [[Doctor Who comic stories|''Doctor Who'' comic strip]] history. | ||
Thanks to [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]]'s ''[[The Universal Databank]]'' and [[John Ainsworth]]'s echo of it in [[DWCC 3|''DWCC'' #3]], it became fashionable to represent the title as '''''kcaB to the Sun'''''. However, as can be seen in the image at | Thanks to [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]]'s ''[[The Universal Databank]]'' and [[John Ainsworth]]'s echo of it in [[DWCC 3|''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 {{w|mirror writing|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|''DWCC'' #24]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Third Doctor investigates a new energy complex in [[Wales]]. | The Third Doctor investigates a new energy complex in [[Wales]]. | ||
