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A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Join Joe Ford as he waltzes all around the world (via whatever means the internet allows) and undertakes Doctor Who commentaries with a wide range of wonderful contributors. Fans, podcasters, online reviewers, writers, actors...the USP of this podcast is it's variety of guests and the fact that they all bring their own unique perspective to the podcast. The guest chooses the story, be it one they love, hate or are completely indifferent, and amongst the gossip is trivia, critique and personal…
Episodes
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Dylan Rees about their choice of The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
Joe, Frazer & Dylan; 'Travel hopefully...' It's the climax of the 13th Doctor's first season and surely I'm not going to find anybody bold enough to celebrate…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Strictly Come Hamster - Season 18 (featuring Lucy McCaul & Jim Allenby)
Join Rod, Joe, Lucy & Jim as we waltz out way through Argolins, Deons, Alzarians, Tharils, Trakens & Logopolitans! A fiesty, fun, laughter packed conversation…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Book Club - Lance Parkin Interview (Part One)
Michael Mills joins me as we speak to one of our favourite Doctor Who authors, Lance Parkin. In part one we discuss Just War, Cold Fusion & The Dying Days and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Trailer - The Doctor Who Creatives
Join Paul Quinn & Joe Ford as they embark on a brand new Hamster venture - discussing the Creatives of Doctor Who. Find out all about it here and who will be…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Book Club - Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Join Joe, Paul, David & James as they read Paul Magrs' idiosyncratic novel, Mad Dogs & Englishmen and discover if it is the journey or the destination, if it…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Paul Quinn about his choice of Orphan 55
Joe & Paul; ‘We’re getting him back!’ The ultimate McCoy homage? The most ruthless episode of Doctor Who? The one that refuses to conform to the rules? The…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jack Rees about his choice of Castrovalva (4/4)
Joe & Jack; ‘Don’t try to make a fool of me!’ The duo reach the end and wonder if they ever really existed at all, and if the holiday has done us some good. Is…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jack Rees about his choice of Castrovalva (3/4)
Joe & Jack; 'we're caught in a space time trap!' Just what are the Master's best and worst disguises? What would it be like to be trapped in recursive…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
SCH 3 - Season Eleven (featuring James Lark & John Bensalhia)
Welcome to Strictly Come Hamster Episode Three. Rod, Joe, James & John discuss the stories of Season 11 - The Time Warrior, Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Death to…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Book Club - The Scarlet Empress
Join Joe, Andrew, Luke & Mark as we head Hyspero with the 8th Doctor & Sam and catch a ride on Iris Wildthyme's 99 to Putney Common! Magic, mysticism and myth…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jack Rees about his choice of Castrovalva (2/4)
Joe & Jack; ‘He’s gone, the Doctor’s gone!’ Zero drama and spectacle, and Jack & Joe take a lovely walk through the English countryside. Is this the point…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jack Rees about his choice of Castrovalva (1/4)
Joe& Jack; ‘we’re heading straight into the biggest explosion in history!’ Can you be subjective about a TV show you loved as a kid? Will we spot Adric’s cock?…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
SCH 2 - Strictly Come Hamster - Christmas and New Years Specials
Welcome to Episode Two of Strictly Come Hamster, featuring guests Jonathan Morris & Jason Thompson. Discussed this week are The Christmas Invasion, The End of…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Book Club - Damaged Goods
Joe & the dazzling Michael Mills discuss the first piece of Doctor Who that Russell T Davies wrote. Where is the line? Is this Doctor Who? Are there better…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Paul Quinn about his choice of Ghost Light (3/3)
Joe & Paul; 'Even remains change! It's this planet, it can't help itself!' The final instalment of our walk through Paul's brilliant mind and the Victorian…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Strictly Come Hamster - The Christmas Specials
Join Joe, Rod, Toby Hadoke & Michael Mills as they traverse the Doctor Who Christmas Specials in the first episode of Strictly Come Hamster! Debate, laughter…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Paul Quinn about his choice of Ghost Light (2/3)
Joe & Paul; 'quintessence of evil...corruption incarnate...' We're all toys, we're just Josiah's toys. How many allusions, references and examinations can one…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Paul Quinn about his choice of Ghost Light (1/3)
Joe & Paul; 'is this an asylum with the patients in charge?' What to make of this brilliant, layered, complex story with its dramatically juxtaposed…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of The Gunfighters (4/4)
Joe & Rob; heading for a dangerous climax! Why is Doctor Who not involved in his own show anymore? Why must women (Dodo) meddle? And why is the final shootout…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of The Gunfighters (3/4)
Joe & Rob; 'the meanest gunslingers in the West...' Enter Jonny Ringo, the meanest outlaw in the West. Rob is happy about the injection of some tension, and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Book Club - The Glorious Dead
Join Joe & James as they take a side step into the the Doctor Who comic strips to talk about the Eighth Doctor graphic novel, The Glorious Dead.
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Rob Valentine about his choice of The Gunfighters (2/4)
Joe & Rob; 'How do we proceed?' There's flashy direction and wild comic performances and great set pieces...but there are also missed opportunities and insane…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the brilliant Robert Valentine about his choice of The Gunfighters (1/4)
Joe & Rob; 'I must say this is most unprofessional!' Doctor Who squeezing the most cinematic of genres into a tiny BBC studio? With wit and warmth. Hartnell on…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Joe & Si - BFI Church of Ruby Road (zero spoilers)
A day of visiting Doctor Who landmarks, meeting our hero, and watching the Christmas Special to come. There’s no spoilers, but there’s a ton of enthusiasm!
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Discussion - (Always) Going Woke
Join Joe & Paul in this special episode as they dissect the thorny subject of wokeness in Doctor Who as we ask the question ‘are we upsetting the right people?’
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Interview - Jonathan Morris (Part Two)
Joe takes Jonny for a walk through his myriad of brilliant Big Finish stories; discussing the conception of Flip, Vienna, Thomas Brewster, what succeeds, and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Interview - Jonathan Morris (Part One)
Joe talks to Jonny Morris; a writer of more excellent Doctor Who stories in print, on audio and adorning the pages of DWM than you could possibly mention. In…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jack Shanahan about his choice of Wild Blue Yonder
Joe & Jack; 'that was really therapeutic!' The duo are back together again to talk about this very special Doctor Who episode. What will they make of the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Book Club - Paul Magrs Interview
Paul Magrs is a staggeringly creative author, who writes books full of humanity, warmth, imagination and a lust for life. The Bookclub was very fortunate to…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Guest Podcast! We're All Stories in the End with host Iain Martin
What's this? A episode of Hamster without Joe? Never fear, this is an episode of We're All Stories in the End with Iain Martin. If you like the Hamster Book…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the lovely David Gillespie-Pratt about his choice of The Unquiet Dead
Joe & David; 'Can it be that I have the world entirely wrong?' Gatiss is hailed the new hero of Doctor Who with his traditional script with a bigger budget but…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Book Club - Day of the Doctor by Steven Moffat
Join Joe, Andrew, Mark and Luke as they traverse the pages of Steven Moffat's novelisation of the Day of the Doctor. Does it do the episode justice? Are the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks solo (with the Fam) about his choice of the The Star Beast
Joe (and the Ham Fam!) plus Frazer; ‘We could sell Mad Paddington for a million quid!’ Tennant & Tate, Beep the Meep, gorgeous Yasmin Finney, a new TARDIS…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of The Power of the Doctor
Joe, Si & Frazer; ‘Doctor whoever I’m about to be…tag, you’re it’ Right up to date with the brilliant Jodie Whittaker bowing out in style. Energy, wit…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Rawlins about our choice of The TV Movie
Joe & Mark; ‘Rival Time Lord…oh my God!’ It’s the mid point between classic and new - prepare yourselves for a chaotic, quote filled, love-in. Mark & Joe owe…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about our choice of An Unearthly Child (4/4)
Joe, Frazer & Si; ‘Fear makes companions of all of us…’ The end of the beginning; and triumph is little more than getting back to the TARDIS alive. Surely…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about our choice of An Unearthly Child (3/4)
Joe, Si & Frazer; ‘We’re never going to get away from this dreadful place!’ We make a case that this is one of the most realistically dramatic episodes of…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about our choice of An Unearthly Child (2/4)
Joe, Frazer & Si; ‘You will not make fire!’ According to fan lore the first episode is great and the rest of the story is a dull chore. The Trio are here to…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about our choice of An Unearthly Child (1/4)
Joe, Si & Frazer; ‘It’s alive!’ Happy anniversary! We’re going right back to the beginning of this magical show and watching the pilot episode of Doctor Who…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jim Allenby about his choice of The Tomb of the Cybermen (4/4)
Joe & Jim; ‘The energy levels are low…’ Time for the rousing conclusion of this four part SF horror with the Cybermen on the move and the villains up to…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jim Allenby about his choice of Tomb of the Cybermen (3/4)
Joe & Jim; 'You will be the first...and you will be the second...' Many people say this is where the story bombs...but not us! Much discussion on the power of…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jim Allenby about Tomb of the Cybermen (2/4)
Joe & Jim; ‘You belong to us…you shall be like us…’ How much can you laugh at this story whilst still being impressed by its premise, atmospherics and chills?…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to lovely Jim Allenby about his choice of Tomb of the Cybermen (1/4)
Joe & Jim; ‘50 pounds to the first man to open those doors!’ We approach the 60th with discussion of a stone cold classic! Talk of quarries, Morris Barry…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Book Club Interview - Steve Lyons
Steve Lyons very kindly entered the Book Club to talk about all of his books and selected audios. We cover his work on Virgin New Adventures, Eighth Doctor…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Book Club - The Crooked World
Join Joe, James, Jason & Ian as they head to Zanytown where there is a spread of swearing, violence and sex with the appearance of three time travellers. We'll…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the glorious Ross Aitken about his choice of The Crimson Horror
Joe & Ross; 'Don't go, Mr Sweet! Don't leave me!' We cannot wax lyrical enough about the hilarious, grotesque, outrageous and unforgettable performance by…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Matt Michael about his choice of Silver Nemesis (3/3)
Joe & Matt; 'We surely do, honey. We surely do!' We bring our riveting date to a conclusion by heading out into the countryside in a stretch limo with an…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Chris Chapman Interview - Blu-rays and Big Finish
The charming & erudite Chris Chapman delights with discussions about documentaries, celebrating people’s lives, powerful audios, honouring history and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Matt Michael about his choice of Silver Nemesis (2/3)
Joe & Matt; 'What matter...it is dead but I live!' Our date continues with ruthless skinheads threatening us for money, Nazi's ping ping pinging Cybermen, a…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Top Ten - Daniel Rawnsley
Hamster community member & and commentator to be offers up his top ten most rewatchable/nostalgic stories.
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Matt Michael about his choice of Silver Nemesis (1/3)
Joe & Matt; 'straight blowing!' The Who Birkin Boyfriends are flouncing around Windsor in period costume, having themselves painted by Frenchmen and avoiding…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Daniel Knight about my choice of The Time Meddler (4/4)
Joe & Daniel; ‘What are we going to do with this fellow? He’s utterly irresponsible!’ Dennis Spooner at this hilarious best with scenes as the Doctor and the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Daniel Knight about his choice of The Time Meddler (3/4)
Joe & Daniel; ‘It’s a TARDIS…the Monk’s got a TARDIS!’ What a Carry On, as we plunder the movies to cast Doctor Who. And William Hartnell is back and we’re…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Daniel Knight about his choice of The Time Meddler (2/4)
Does losing William Hartnell harm the story? Huge love and discussion of Dennis Spooner and his effect on Doctor Who. And we cover the elephant in the room -…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the delightful Daniel Knight about my choice of The Time Meddler (1/4)
Joe & Daniel; ‘Sheer poetry, dear boy!’ Hartnell, Purves and O’Brien in fine form, atmosphere in the studio, a witty, anachronistic script, Edith, celebrity…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Simon Hart about my choice of The Twin Dilemma (4/4)
Joe & Si; ‘You really are mad!’ The finale of the new, bombastic Doctor, the end to Mestor’s evil plot and goodbye to dishy Hugo Lang! This is the worst story…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of The Twin Dilemma (3/4)
Joe & Si; ‘Never argue with me again!’ The plot kicks in and we’re a lot happier. We discuss the nature of enjoying bad stories and why that is perfectly okay…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about my choice of The Twin Dilemma (2/4)
Joe & Si; ‘A bump - A BUMP?’ Titan Three is where we shall repent! Is Peri devout? Is Azmael fabulous? Do we find a part of the production to praise? And does…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about MY choice of The Twin Dilemma (1/4)
Joe & Si; ‘We all know the fate of alien spies!’ Colin arrives in an explosion of energy, turbulence and violence - and that’s just the show! Si is appalled…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Rod Brown about his choice of Extremis
Joe & Rod; monkeying around or not real? Moffat love! Rod loves the era, and the writing and we bring that positivity to hone in on one of Moffat’s most…