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Thanks for TL;DR'ing the linked article. No, really.
Fans have as many individual "solutions" to making Doctor Who as there are... fans. What Chibnall is saying is, the BBC actually want to make the show, but there just isn't money for it at the moment. Hence the tender process they're going to have.
All and any fandom wishes come after that.
What you are completely and utterly failing to understand is... WHY is there suddenly no funding for a DECADES OLD franchise with MILLIONS of fans?
There is certainly failure to understand here, yes. You'll want to look up the concept of publicly funded media like the BBC, and how they differ from purely commercial ones.
And it's not sudden, I think in most countries public service media have suffered cutbacks over decades. Again, that is spelled out in the linked article.
Didn't they just answer that? Because there's less money around and a shoestring budget doesn't work anymore in today's media landscape.
The BBC has the money - when the show goes to tender, they will be paying for it - but they don’t have vast sums to spend on it. So they need to look around and see if any streamers want to come on as funding partners, and if not they need to define what an affordable amount is for the tender.
Clearly not, since production stopped completely when Disney+ dragged their feet and eventually neglected to renew the show. You say it yourself, they absolutely need co-funding to make the show.
I.e., they do not have the money to produce it on their own. I think Chibnall puts that quite plainly.
I never said they absolutely need co-financing, just that it would be preferred.
The "absolutely" was my emphasis, you're right. But I stand by it, and I think it's more realistic.