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 Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Threads ⏯️ WATCH: Al…

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: @Whol…

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 v…

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 wheth…

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 …

This week we’re continuing our journey through the Classic Doctors as we visit ‘The Ark in Space’. Join us as we talk about this 70s TARDIS Trio, the bug-like Wirrn and ask the question: which is worse, the bubble wrap mutations or the ‘futuristic’ 70s haircuts? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @Whol…

We're continuing our anniversary celebrations by diving into the Third Doctor's era! We follow a teeny tiny Pertwee and Manning into the 'Carnival of Monsters'. Join us as we talk ropey greenscreen, camp costumes and our love for the 'Bond' Doctor. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs and Sam Player. 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on TikTok, BlueSky, X, Instagram and Th…

This week we’re taking a trip to Telos as we discover ‘The Tomb of the Cybermen’. We’re joined by the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria as we uncover frozen Cybermen, talk about robotic voices, Victoria’s iconic scream and ask the question - were the Doctor and Jamie madly in love?! 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotr…

This week we're going back to that junkyard where it all began with a rewatch of 'An Unearthly Child'. Join us as we talk creepy junkyards, William Hartnell's performance as the Doctor and a few times the episode, ahem... shows it's age... 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twit…

This week, we put on our tuxes and headed to Wales to attend the BAFTA Cymru 2024 red carpet! Join us as we look back on the event, share our red carpet interviews and reveal which Doctor Who locations we visited while we were there! Featuring interviews with Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Playe…

🎉 Episode 100 of Wholala! 🎉 We made it! This week, we’re getting nostalgic, reflecting on the last 100 episodes, and answering your burning questions. We offer some questionable opinions, and maybe even a sensible thought or two. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), I…

This week on Wholala, we’re diving into series 11 for Sam’s first time getting taken away by the Solitract! Join us to chat about the TARDIS fam, hungry moths, Grace's return and a delightful talking frog. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Threads ⏯️ …

This week we're back on Gallifrey and joined by Beth Axford as we rewatch the Series 9 finale ‘Hell Bent’. Join us as we talk about the Doctor’s home-world, the fate of Clara Oswald, the arc of the three-parter and most importantly… ORANGE SOUP! 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok…

This week we're continuing our journey through the Series 9 finale as we watch 'Heaven Sent' with Louis Le Gall! Join us as we talk about the incredible direction, the plot from the Time Lords and ask the question... why didn't he use the shovel? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik To…

This week on Wholala we're taking a trip to Trap Street as we get ready to face the raven with Josh Whipps! Join us as we talk Rigsy's return, the mysterious Trap Street and reveal which of us got a nosebleed on original watch of the episode! 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, T…

This week on Wholala we're taking a trip to Sweetville as we rewatch 'The Crimson Horror'! Join us as we talk alien parasites, silly Sontarans and our thoughts on THAT kiss... 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Threads ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Lin…

This week we’re travelling to Victorian England as we watch Peter Capaldi’s debut in ‘Deep Breath’. Join us as we talk T-Rex, remember childhood memories of the Clockwork Droids and ask the question - is anything more iconic than the newspaper scene? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Ti…

Surprise, it’s a Bonus Episode! Join us as we spill all the tea on the Doctor Who 2024 Prom and try to relive the best day of our lives. We talk all things Jinkx Monsoon, Catherine Tate’s teleprompter flubs, magical music and Mrs. Flood’s surprise cameo. Did you go to the Prom? What did you think? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Pl…

girl, it's so confusing sometimes to be a companion Fire up the chip fryer, we're going back to school! This week, we're going back to one of our all-time favourites, 'School Reunion', to explore the tragic relationship between the Doctor and their companions. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @Wholal…

You've been invited to the wedding! And don't worry, it's a perfectly normal wedding, with the ordinary angel of death, time loop and a robot dog. Yes, we're back for another instalment in the Trickster trilogy! It's 'The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on T…

We take a nostalgic drive back through Foxglove for 'The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith'. We're chatting about Sam's big dreams of doing a Trickster drag routine, Rob Madge’s Whoniverse debut, "I'm Victoria Beckham", and CBBC’s 2008 scheduling. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok,…

“Be fabulous but forgettable.” Get ready to glide past reception and locate the lifts! This week, we’re slipping into something a little more provocative to revisit a scandalous and underrated classic - The Secret Diary of a Call Girl. We’re back with Hannah Baxter, remembering shock moments, A-list cameos and our personal highs. Content note: this…

Outside the government, beyond the police... This week, we're revisiting Torchwood's second series for a cautionary tale about chasing down alien carnivores on your hen night. Join us for a post-watershed romp with murders, Scissor Sisters and the devious 'Banana Boat'. May contain bad Welsh accents. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam…

Welcome to Season 5 of Wholala! We're diving into the premiere of this season but watching the Series 3 premiere episode, 'Smith and Jones'. Join us as we talk about the iconic Martha Jones, chat about camp villains and truly spend half the episode laughing. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaP…

This week, we look back of the entirety of the Fifteenth Doctor’s first season. What worked and what flopped? And did Season One succeed as a soft reboot for the show? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Threads ⏯️ WATCH: All our content via Linktree, o…

This week, we're jumping into the TARDIS and taking a trip through the camp and queer moments of Season One to celebrate Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 🎙 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 W…

"Dust. Anybody? No? Dust." As we reach end of Season 1 of Doctor Who we decide if we think Russell T Davies stuck the landing. Buckle in for our (very honest) highs and lows, and our thoughts on the questions left unanswered. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Insta…

"The One Who Waits, revealed!" This week, we head to UNIT Tower to expend the nuclear output of Europe, break some child labour laws and give Susan Triad a makeover. Clown with us as we hurtle towards the season finale and throw out some of our wildest theories. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @Whol…

This week we're donning our feathers and heading to Regency England as we watch 'Rogue'! Join us as we discuss cosplaying alien birds, Kylie Minogue, a certain smooch, and ask... is everything canon now? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Threads ⏯️ WA…

This week, we turn up in Finetime and discuss our differing opinions on Dot and Bubble. Join us to talk about space slugs, Ncuti Gatwa's stellar performance, that twist ending, and the important themes of the episode. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and…

Is she still following me? This week we’re talking about the latest episode of Doctor Who; the suspenseful ’73 Yards’. Join us as we discuss that terrifying woman, Susan Twist, insane Prime Ministers and ask the question; did Ruby Sunday really look 40? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on…

Sharp scratch 😀 This week, things heat up as we watch Steven Moffat's 'Boom'! Buckle in for tension, sulky holograms, dead companion, fl*shlights, religious discourse and an antelope. We ask: which lines were most Clara Oswald-coded, and which writer understands the Doctor the best? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@⁠⁠alasdairgibbs⁠⁠) and Sam Player (@⁠⁠sa…

You called? It's a double feature as Wholala discuss the first two episodes of the brand new series of Doctor Who! We've been watching 'The Devil's Chord' (several times) to discuss camp performances, throwback references and *that* dance number. And in our first ever Theory Corner, we ask: is a certain family member coming back, and who is Ruby Su…

They're not just babies, they're SPACE BABIES! This week we're diving into the first episode of Season One of Doctor Who as we watch 'Space Babies'. Join us for monsters made of snot, talking babies, familiar scenes and ask: can Doctor Who ever be too silly? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaP…

Welcome to Hell Religious trauma! Satan! Mortgages! This week on Wholala, we go back to the scariest story of them all. While 10-year-old Alasdair was praying the villain away, 8-year-old Sam had Mum censoring Toby's face with masking tape in his Doctor Who Adventures magazine. Almost twenty years later, are we any less scared? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gi…

Let’s get Lost in the Dark Dimension In 1992, BBC Enterprises planned a celebration of the show's 30th anniversary, a straight-to-video multi-Doctor special to thank loyal fans. What could possibly go wrong? Join us for the bizarre true story of budget miscalculations, offended actors, Cybermen with claws, Daleks in graveyards, dead Doctors and Alb…

This week we’re taking a trip to Bristol as we watch the series 9 thriller with a teeny weeny TARDIS; ‘Flatline’. Join us as we celebrate the icon that is Doctor Oswald, talk about 2D monsters in a 3D world, and how the Pandorica gets a surprise cameo in the episode… 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@⁠⁠alasdair_gbs⁠) and Sam Player (@⁠⁠samwhotried⁠⁠) 📲 FOL…

The Revival Companions - Part 4 This week we’re looking back at the history of the Impossible Girl as we spend a whole episode talking about Clara Oswald! Join us as we chat about how much we love Jenna Coleman, talk about her toxic relationship with the Doctor, and find out if Alasdair is an M&S lover… 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@⁠⁠alasdair_gbs⁠) an…

Strategies include AI emails, Lenny Henry, web games and deleting your whole account After Sam trips the TARDIS thermo-links and gets ejected into E-Space, Alasdair takes a solo trip through some of the BBC's most memorable choices when marketing Who. 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@⁠⁠alasdairgibbs⁠⁠) and Sam Player (@⁠⁠samwhotried⁠⁠). 📲 FOLLOW: @Wholala…

I just wanna go back, back to 1999 We're taking a trip back to the fan-favourite parody 'The Curse of Fatal Death'. This week, we admire the Master's Dalek "bumps" and revisit possibly the most star-studded special Doctor Who will ever have. Meet five new Doctors - Rowan Atkinson, Richard E. Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant and Joanna Lumley! 🎙 HOS…

Get your Cyberkini ready… This week, we’re taking a trip to Cardiff Bay as we rewatch the infamous 2006 classic ‘Cyberwoman’. Join us as we delve into Wholala’s first episode of Torchwood and discuss cyber kitten heels, ropey dialogue and discover the mastermind behind this story… 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotrie…

Surprise! In this bonus episode of Wholala, Sam and Alasdair react to the new Disney+ trailer for Season One of Doctor Who, and discuss their thoughts on the new air time and format! What do you think of these changes? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram an…

This week the boys are recording on holiday in the sun as they talk about the cold world of the Cybermen in their revisit of ‘Age of Steel’. Join them as they discuss who today’s John Lumic would be, ties to ‘The Five Doctors’ and Rose’s abandonment issues… 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPo…

This week, we’re travelling across the void to a parallel world as we rewatch ‘Rise of the Cybermen’. Join us as we discuss meeting Billie Piper, the Cybermen’s chiselled features, Rose the honking dog and our childhood crush; Jake Simmons… 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibbs) and Sam Player (@samwhotried). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twi…

Atomic clocks, space snakes and wigs! This week, we’re taking a trip into the wilderness years to watch the 1996 classic ‘Doctor Who: The Movie’. Join us as we discuss the insane behind the scenes of this movie, the directions it almost went in, the 7th Doctor's demise and our thoughts on the Doctor in America… 🎙 HOSTS: Sam Player (@⁠⁠samwhotried⁠⁠…

This week, we indulge in some wine and chat about some of our listeners' picks for underrated stories - 'The Rings of Akhaten', '42' and 'The Beast Below'. Plus: did we clown too hard for the 60th? 🎙 HOSTS: Sam Player (@⁠samwhotried⁠) and Alasdair Gibbs (@⁠⁠alasdairgibbs⁠⁠). 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on Tik Tok, Twitter (X), Instagram and Threads ⏯️ WA…

Robbing a whole bank, beat that for a date! This week, Sam is joined by friend of the Pod Josh as they take a trip to the Bank of Karabraxos as they rewatch ‘Time Heist’. Join them as they discuss Jonathan Bailey’s Doccy Who debut, the Teller’s fantastic prosthetics and most importantly; Clara’s ICONIC outfit… 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdairgibb…

No tea Harry… This week the boys are taking a trip back to 1975 and watching the iconic Tom Baker serial; ‘Genesis of the Daleks’. Join them as they discuss Sarah Jane’s iconic yellow jacket, whether they’d put the wires together and Sam asks the most important question of all; was Mr Burns inspired by Davros? 🎙 HOSTS: Sam Player (@samwhotried) and…

Egg… stir… min… ate! This week, we’re being sent to the snowy planes of the Asylum of the Daleks! We gossip about Amy and Rory’s relationship issues, gag at Jenna Coleman’s dramatic debut, and ask if this story have been better with Cybermen? 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@⁠⁠⁠alasdair_gbs⁠⁠⁠) and Sam Player (@⁠⁠⁠samwhotried⁠⁠⁠) 📲 FOLLOW: @WholalaPod on …

This week we’re excited to be joined by the creator and Showrunner of ‘Dead End: Paranormal Park’; Hamish Steele! And who better to dive into the world of the 2006 classic ‘Love & Monsters’. Join us as we discuss talking concrete, green monsters from the North, and our joint love for the Electric Light Orchestra... 🎙 HOSTS: Alasdair Gibbs (@alasdai…