It wouldn’t make much of a difference because the animation budget and the tv series budget are two separate things

But what if they could put that money into the animations

I don’t know how much the animations cost, but I would imagine that the each episode of the TV show is significantly more expensive than the animations. Especially with the all the Disney money they have now, they could probably animate the rest of the missing episodes if they did that. It is obviously not possible though, since the money comes from different places.

They could have had it done years ago. They would rather sell the lost episodes in drips. First as books, then audios, then reconstructions. Now they will animate them and sell it again. The BBC doesn’t lack the money. Dr who is a money making asset now.

But how much money do the animations actually make?

I mean assuming they lost money somehow (which I doubt) they were already “sold” to the public upon airing, then as a reconstruction, audio with described action and now a cartoon. Every time it is purchased (and if you stream it on a legit service you just paid for it) the bbc has more than made the money to complete the rest and to a high standard. I would also be interested in the figures for sure :)

Well the church on ruby road didnt do tell from what ive seen

Nobody watches anything on actual tv. You can’t get a look at how well the show is doing based on ratings since nobody is watching it like that. Streaming figures are strong. Also considering the show is recovering it’s audience from the last era I’ll be glad to give it a chance. Also not everyone who likes this show tunes in Christmas Day. Crazy thing people, spending time with family and watching the show later on demand like a normal person.

So how do we judge if its on the verge of being canceled again