We shouldn't forget that during Colin Baker's period as the Doctor, a story was going to be commissioned called Yellow Fever and How to Cure It written by the legendary Dr Who Writer Robert Holmes. John Nathan-Turner the producer of Dr Who and the production team initially took steps to fully commission the script. The story was very ambitious and expensive to mount. The story was set in Singapore and included return appearences of the Master (Anthony Ainley) and the Rani played by (Kate O'Mara). And the return of the Autons. Both John Nathan-Turner and two other members of the production team visited parts of Singapore in 1985. The story itself was a three parter, and even as early as 1985 the production team started delivering studio design and planning shooting locations. The Autons were going to be more frightening than ever before. Some early designs were drawn up apparently. All three episodes had been fully commissioned on Feb 6th 1985. Judging by what i've read about this story, it would seem that Robert Holmes wanted to make Yellow Fever even more darker in story and tone than Spearhead from Space and Terror of the Autons. Yellow Fever was rejected by the BBC heads and was scrapped altogther with the unmade season of Dr Who in favour of Trial of a Time Lord (1986). This story had all the hallmarks of being up there with Caves of Androzani as Robert Holmes's best Dr Who Story of the 1980's.
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