Ohohoho, the whole Colin Baker Fifth Doctor bit descended into a bit of a parody at John Nathan-Turner's expense. He didn't
actually get
Doctor Who filming all over Europe (the programme was shot overseas three times in its classic run: in Paris for "City of Death", in Amsterdam for "Arc of Infinity" and in Seville for "The Two Doctors") but that's one of the notorious stereotypes that's cropped up around him, that he wanted to shoot outside Britain because he liked continental holidays, so I couldn't resist having a bit of fun with it.
Odd casting choices
were a bit of a feature of his time on the show. "John Inman as a hardened mercenary captain" was a deliberate exaggeration of Beryl Reid being cast as an unconvincing tough-as-nails Ellen Ripley type in "Earthshock".
One thing I've noticed throughout this TL is that a lot of people like the Peter Wyngarde update; I imagine it's just the most dramatic instalment in the story. I remember
@The Red said to me that Wyngarde was his favourite (this was in between Malik and Head, I think) because while it's a shame to see a bunch of nasty old homophobes hounding a guy out of a job, it was nice to see the fans and the production team in general supporting him and the campaign against him backfiring in the long run.