Yellow Fever and How to Cure It (TV story)

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Yellow Fever and How to Cure It is an unproduced story for Doctor Who. It was to be the third appearance of the Autons as part of the aborted 1985 season of Colin Baker's Doctor.

It was meant to be scripted by Robert Holmes, and the story was to run for three forty-five minute episodes.

Plot outline
It was to take place in Singapore and feature the return of the Autons, with suggested appearances by the Master, the Rani and the Brigadier on holiday. This story was written later than the rest for this season, thus it's script was only in it's basis at the time of it's cancellation.

Legacy

 * This is the only story of the original Season 23 that did not have any adaptation. This is due to two main reasons. For one, Robert Holmes, the writer for this episode, died in 1986, and thus was unavailable in 1990 when Telos published the other stories. Despite this, Bif Finish has been known to finish barely stated stories for their Lost Stories series, most notably with their adapting the original Season 27.
 * The other reason for Big Finish would be the involvement of Anthony Ainley as The Master, who had died long before the series began.
 * The Autons would finally return to the screen in DW: Rose.