This week we’re celebrating Pride on the pod as we listen to voice notes and messages sent in by our listeners about how they find the show relates to the queer community, and special characters and moments that mean a lot to them. We also look back on the show’s latest era and ask the question; was our community well represented? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Bluesky ⏯️ WATCH: All our co...
Jun 26, 2025•52 min•Season 7Ep. 135
This week we're looking back on the roller coaster that was Season 2 of Doctor Who, and reflecting on Ncuti Gatwa's era as a whole. Join us as we mourn the loss of 15, look back on episodes and monsters we loved, discuss the journey that Belinda and Ruby took over this season and ask the question, what does the future of the show look like now? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Bluesky ⏯️ WAT...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 134
This week on Wholala, it’s a bumper episode as we dive into The Reality War! Bone beasts are provoked, wish babies evaporate, Ruby is gaslit and the Rani gets gobbled. Plus: the regeneration that left cinemas in tatters and our social feeds in meltdown. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. Disco by Dalekium...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Season 6Ep. 133
On a special bonus episode of the pod, we’re reunited with the iconic Christina Rotondo as we celebrate her return to the Whoniverse in ‘The Interstellar Song Contest’. Join us as talk talk about the debut of Liz Lizardine, reminisce on Janis Goblin, and discuss a potential return to the show… 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Bluesky ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi...
May 31, 2025•35 min•Season 6Ep. 132
Everything is not what it seems this week as we take a trip to the Rani’s ‘Wish World’. Join us as we talk about the new Rani (both of them!), Conrad’s return, our theories for the finale and reaction to THAT reveal. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Bluesky ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. Disco by Dalekium / Peter Miles Hosted on A...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 131
This week we’re taking a trip to the Harmony Arena to watch ‘The Interstellar Song Contest’. Join us as we discuss camp acts, flying confetti canons, shocking cameos, gaggy reveals and our thoughts on the episode’s political themes… 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Bluesky ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. Disco by Dalekium / Peter M...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 130
This week, we're lucky to be joined on the pod by writer and producer Dominic G. Martin to talk about 'The Story & The Engine'! Join us as we discuss this historic episode of Doctor Who, poignant themes, a flipping massive spider and THAT surprise cameo... 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. Disco by D...
May 15, 2025•48 min•Season 6Ep. 129
This week on Wholala, we’re checking in on the Sundays for ‘Lucky Day’. We talk conspiracies, clout-chasing, trauma, tasers, and the moment Kate Stewart finally snaps. It's a very honest review this week - and it’s not exactly love at first Shreek. But one thing we can all agree on: the real villain is a podcaster. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy...
May 08, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 128
This week we’re taking a trip to a familiar planet and join the Doctor and Belinda as we visit ‘The Well’. Join us as we talk about this surprise sequel, disability representation, the intricate set design, exciting theories and how we’re feeling about the season so far… 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr....
May 01, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 127
Join us for an extra special bonus episode with the Fans from Lux: Bronté Barbé, Samir Arrian and Steph Lacey! We discuss special read-through memories, moments on set, favourite Who episodes, and the impact of that scene. Plus, we discuss the possibility of a return… 👀 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr....
Apr 24, 2025•25 min
This week, we're taking a trip to Miami, 1952 to discuss ‘Lux' and uncover the mystery of the Palazzo movie theatre! We get into the iconic Mr Ring-a-Ding, the stunning animation, how Doctor Who keeps breaking boundaries (quite literally). We give our reaction to that scene and ask ourselves… are we real? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-F...
Apr 21, 2025•53 min•Season 6Ep. 125
This week we're joined by Reece and Carrot of the Gallifrey Cabaret as we dive into the newest season of the show. Join us as we talk about performing for Bad Wolf, the debut of Belinda Chandra, our thoughts for the season going ahead and are joined by a very special canine! 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme -...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 124
It's almost time! This week, we're sitting down to talk through our predictions for Season 2 of Doctor Who. Join us for a leak-free yap about our predictions for the season, talk theories, what we'd like to see in the show, and what the future of Who might look like after Season 2. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who ...
Apr 10, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 123
This week on Wholala we’re celebrating 20 years of New Who by sitting down with an actor from the episode that started it all - Adam McCoy, aka Clive’s son! Join us as we look back on his memories of the shoot, what Doctor Who means to him now and our collective shared love for Billie Piper. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: D...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 122
This week on Wholala — the world’s on fire, Martha’s got blisters, and the Doctor’s floating. Martha walks the Earth while the Master burns it down with kids in orbs. We get into the horror, the heartbreak, and a sad goodbye to one of our faves. Is this one of the most unexpected resolutions in Who history? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 121
This week on Wholala… here come the drums. A hypnotic Prime Minister backed by Sharon Osbourne, Freema Agyeman stunt driving, John Simm giving the performance of a lifetime and some anaemic prop chips. Oh, and maybe one of the best cliffhangers ever? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. Disco by Dalekium / ...
Mar 20, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 120
This week we're taking a trip to the end of the universe as we rewatch ‘Utopia’, and begin our journey into the Series 3 finale. Join us as we discuss Captain Jack's return, feel sorry for Martha Jones and discuss the iconic return of THAT character... 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. Disco by Dalekium ...
Mar 13, 2025•59 min•Season 6Ep. 119
Pack your bags, we’re off to Gloucester! This week, we’re revisiting Fugitive of the Judoon - an episode that gave us space rhinos, lens flares, and a very gaggy reveal. Join us as we untangle the Fugitive Doctor’s place in the timeline, and why Jo Martin instantly feels like the Doctor. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, Bluesky, X and Instagram ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Docto...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 11 min
This week we're taking a trip to the East End as we rewatch 'Dimensions in Time' and do a deep dive into the history of Doctor Who and Eastenders! Join us as we talk about the return of the Rani, actors that appear in both shows and unearth some fun crossovers, including Stacey Slater's trip in the TARDIS... 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Threads ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 117
This week we’re saying hi to the Seventh Doctor as we reminisce on ‘The Remembrance of the Daleks’. Join us as we talk about 7 and Ace, discuss Davros as the Emperor Dalek, the mysterious girl with a creepy tune and look back on the legacy of Dursley McLinden. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Threads ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr....
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 116
This week we're taking a trip to the Industrial Revolution with the Sixth Doctor as we watch 'The Mark of the Rani'. Join us as we talk about the iconic debut of the Rani, turning people into trees, and how we made a listener cry. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, X, BlueSky and Instagram. ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. Disco by Dalekium / Peter Miles Hosted ...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 5 min
This week we’re saying goodbye to the Ponds as we rewatch ‘The Angels Take Manhattan’. Join us as we talk about Angels in America, River’s relationship with her parents and talk about our thoughts on Amy and Rory’s final goodbye… what are your thoughts on their ending? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, X, BlueSky and Instagram. ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. ...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 104
This week we're jumping to Series 5 and revisiting the crash of the Byzantium as we rewatch 'The Time of Angels' and 'Flesh and Stone'. Join us as we talk the return of River, the Angel's new abilities, and ask the question... is it a worthy follow up from 'Blink'? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, X, BlueSky and Instagram. ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. Disc...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 113
This week, we’re watching Blink and asking the important questions. Can you kill a Weeping Angel with a sledgehammer? Who would Sheridan Smith play in ‘Sparrow & Nightingale’? And does this episode deserve its reputation as one of the best Doctor Who stories of all time? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, X, BlueSky and Instagram. ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme ...
Jan 23, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 112
What if Doctor Who Season One had the luxury of a full 13 episodes? We roll up our sleeves and get to work reimagining how we’d produce an extended series. We also challenge ourselves to chop down the 2005 series to just eight stories. Do the Slitheen still make the cut? 👀 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, X, BlueSky and Instagram. ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme -...
Jan 16, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 111
This week we're celebrating Christmas as we review the 2024 Special, 'Joy to the World'. Join us as we talk Time Hotels, our love of chair night and reveal what we thought about the starry ending. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, X, BlueSky and Instagram. ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. Disco by Dalekium / Peter Miles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 110
I'm gonna get killed by a Christmas Tree! This week we're FINALLY watching the iconic 2005 Christmas Special 'The Christmas Invasion'. Join us for killer Christmas trees, robot santas, menacing Sycorax and we ask the question - was Harriet Jones right after all? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Threads ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - D...
Dec 26, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 109
This week on Wholala, we’re tackling The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe! Join us a slightly hungover romp in the forest with Claire Skinner’s delightfully chaotic Madge and the kids whose names you’ve forgotten. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs and Sam Player. 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on BlueSky, TikTok, X, Instagram and Threads ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree , or buy us a Ko-Fi! 🎧 THEME: Doctor Who Theme - Dr. Disco by Dalekium / Peter Miles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
Dec 19, 2024•53 min
Remember: if it’s too good to be true, it’s probably a dream crab. This week - Santa Claus, brain-eating crabs, and dreams within dreams! We break down Last Christmas, from Clara’s emotional farewell to an imagined Danny to the Doctor’s total aversion with hugs. Plus, Shona’s potential as a companion, Moffat’s love of psychological games, and whether Clara left at the right time. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs and Sam Player. 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on BlueSky, TikTok, X, Instagram and Threads ⏯️ WATCH...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 5 min
The gang’s all here! Well, except Tom Baker, who’s otherwise engaged. We unpack The Five Doctors, from the Third Doctor towing Sarah up a hill like she’s luggage, to the Master’s campiest scamper in a cape yet. We’ll discuss the Raston Warrior Robot as the ultimate lycra assassin, Susan’s return feeling a little... frosty, and our personal fashion highlights. Does this story still hold up? Tell us your thoughts! 👀 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@ alasdairgibbs ) and Sam Player (@ samwhotried ). 📲 F...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 14 min
