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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 & Si Hart about their choice of The Seeds of Death (5/6)
Joe, Frazer & Si; and Seeds of Doom! There’s foam galore, cute as a button companions, terrifying monsters and a desperate Doctor. But all that is nought…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the gorgeous Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of The Seeds of Death (4/6)
Joe, Si & Frazer; but Frazer is taking a week off to grow his sideburns! Can Doctor Who survive with the Doctor? Can Fewsham survive this nightmare? Can the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of The Vanquishers
Joe & Dylan; and guest star Jodie Whittaker (or rather quotes from interviews). How will this ambitious season climax? Will every plot be ticked off? Will the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Si Hart & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I talk to Si Hart about his choice of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a brilliant, bonkers and philosophical SF comedy from the pen of Douglas Adams. Can…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Book Club - Festival of Death by Jonathan Morris
Joe Ford, Nathan Bottomley, Simon Hart & Frazer Gregory head into the pages of 2000’s Festival of Death. The Doctor dies, Romana meets herself and K.9 turns…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to gorgeous Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of The Seeds of Death (3/6)
Joe, Si & Frazer; ‘we want to live!’ There’s only two names on our lips this week; Terrance and Fewsham! Is Mr Dicks the ultimate repairman? Was Fewsham right…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Simon Hart about their choice of The Seeds of Death (2/6)
Joe, Frazer & Si; go, mirilon, go! What does Frazer think is the best scene in this? Would it make a good soundtrack? Is Michael Ferguson one of the best…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to his best buds Simon Hart & Frazer Gregory about The Seeds of Death (1/6)
Joe, Si & Frazer; the boys are back in town…on the moon! Frazer thinks this is average, Si thinks this is the second best of the year and Joe thinks this ranks…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jim Allenby about his choice of The Snowmen
Joe & Jim; that’s the way to do it! It’s back to Matt Smith and one of the finest Christmas specials; a poetic, fantasy romp with magical visuals and a real…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the scrumptious Dylan Rees about his choice of Survivors of the Flux
Joe & Dylan; loving life with this season! Too much to talk about l, too little time. The most magnificent Yaz, the oily Grand Serpent, the fabulous Barbara…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of Village of the Angels
Joe & Dylan; in the nightmare village! Dylan has always loved this and was a little ambivalent this time, whereas Joe’s been a little on the fence and loved it…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of Once, Upon Time
Joe & Dylan; exploring each others backstories. Experimental, unique, visually stunning and busy. Once, Upon Time a Doctor Who episode upset a lot of…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of War of the Sontarans
Joe & Dylan; we wanted to ride a horse. A funny, dominant, desperate, improvising thirteenth Doctor, glorious camp villains, brilliant Sontarans, superb…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the Fluxxing brilliant Dylan Rees about his choice of The Halloween Apocalypse
Joe & Dylan; facing the end of the universe! New characters, plots, revelations. Drama, laughs and performance pieces. Epic visuals, longform storytelling and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Evil of the Daleks (7/7)
Joe & Jason; the final end! How do you bring a story as ambitious and epic as this to a climax? How do you write out the Daleks satisfactorily? Is this…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Evil of the Daleks (6/7)
Joe & Jason; scrapping the Victorian setting in a violent way and off to Skaro! What is the human and Dalek Factors? How will they spread? Does this make any…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of Evil of the Daleks (5/7)
Joe & Jason; in our last jaunt in Victorian England. Arthur Terrell = pointless? This is all gearing up to the terrific reveal of the human Daleks. Can Doctor…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Extra - Frazer Gregory & Red Dwarf
The first of many Hamster Extra episodes featuring established Hamster guests talking about other shows they love. Frazer Gregory kicks us off with Red Dwarf…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of Evil of the Daleks (4/7)
Joe & Jason; in the one where Joe’s DVD failed to play 🤣 Lots of action and great music, with Troughton popping to Ealing for the afternoon to film some…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of Evil of the Daleks (3/7)
Joe & Jason; off to be by ourself for a while, d’you mind? What purpose does Arthur Terrell serve? Why does Maxtible have a house full of traps? Where did…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of Evil of the Daleks (2/7)
Joe & Jason; ‘What are they called, these creatures?’ Things are really hotting up now. Moving pictures! Molly Dawson! Brilliant Dalek reveals! Bubbling…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Evil of the Daleks (1/7)
Joe & Jason; on the hunt for the TARDIS! Is this the all conquering classic of repute? Is the first episode all padding? How cool is the Tricolour Coffee Bar?…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of It Takes You Away
Joe & Dylan; the strangest, most beautiful duo…and we’ve barely started! A beautifully atypical episode; creepy, malleable, freaky, disquieting, emotional and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of Fury from the Deep (6/6)
Joe & Mark; and the discussion of the companion exits. Pros - Jo, Tegan and little Victoria. Cons - Dodo, Ben, Polly & Leela. How do you get this right; a…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of Fury from the Deep (5/6)
Joe & Mark; and the almost last episode of (foamy) Death! Troughton as an actor studied, character drama for Jamie, Megan Jones celebrated and how is the plot…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of Fury from the Deep (4/6)
Joe & Mark; exploring impeller shafts. What the hell is the motivation of the Weed? Is not seeing the monster scarier? Would we be able to cope as Doctor Who…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of Fury from the Deep (3/6)
Joe & Mark; and a nice trip back to the TARDIS for some of experiments! Huge love for Megan Jones, a strong female character who pops up to sort all this…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of Fury from the Deep (2/6)
Joe & Mark; heading down the impeller shaft! Why the hell did Derrick Sherwin piss so many people off? What do we think of the animation? How do the domestic…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of Fury from the Deep (1/6)
Joe & Mark; trying to figure the scariest moments in Doctor Who. Is this a beautiful send off for Victoria or a protracted story where we just want shot of…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark McManus about his choice of Into the Dalek
Joe & Mark; we would make good Daleks! It’s a mixture of sitcom comedy, Honey I shrunk the kids, and pop psychology. Plus cool exploding Daleks. We really like…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark McManus about his choice of The Doctor’s Wife
Joe & Mark; and a huge event has taken place since we last spoke! How many ways do we love this quirky, emotional episode? Great drama, character work…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Q&A The 70s Part One
Joe & Mark attack the Ham Fam’s questions and discuss everything from 7 parters, Mrs Slocombe, Hawthorne & Benton, double acts, Jeremy Brett as the Doctor and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of The Robots of Death (4/4)
Joe & Steve; we might have a chance to use one of these! Well squeak mouse! I must free my brothers from bondage! Let me iiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnn!!!!
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of The Robots of Death (3/4)
Joe & Steve; obsessed with all things robot! Jedikiah’s robot, Styre’s robot, the Federation security robot! None of them hold a candle to these robots! The…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of The Robots of Death (2/4)
Joe & Steve; uncanny valley… We discuss the psychological angle to this story, and the body horror. We can’t hope but quote this story because the dialogue…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Robots of Death (1/4)
Joe & Steve; heading to Storm Mine Four for traces of lucanol! What inspired this story? Does anyone not like it? How many varied and spectacular ways can we…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Brendan Jones & Si Hart about their choice of Terminus (4/4)
Joe, Brendan and Si; and it’s almost the end of everything! Will the space dog triumph? Will Nyssa get her clothes back? Can this troubled production pull it…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Brendan Jones & Si Hart about their choice of Terminus (3/4)
Joe, Brendan and Si; facing Lazars, Garm, and Vanir! More talk about production disasters, but also (almost inadvertent) triumphs! Are big ideas enough? It’s…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of Shada
Joe & Rob; trying to determine which members of the cast to date! What is the Shada-i-est Shada? Was this story being incomplete the most Douglas Adana thing…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of Full Circle (4/4)
Joe & Si; and special guest star James Bree! A rousing conclusion, a sibling death, evolutionary surprises, geographical prisons and much mirth! Simon Hart…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of Full Circle (3/4)
Joe & Si; ‘towards the embarkation!’ Is this Lalla Ward’s finest hour scaring the bejesus out of us? Is the story still going strong? And how is best out of…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to to Si Hart about his choice of Full Circle (2/4)
Joe & Si; ‘we’re taking over your ship!’ Marshmen on the rampage - let’s head for the Starliner! One of the more impressively realised spaceships in Doctor…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of Full Circle (1/4)
Joe & Si; two friends, kicking back, loving Doctor Who.
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Brendan Jones & Si Hart (Gotcha!) about their choice of Terminus (2/4)
Joe, Brendan & Si; we feel so hot… Set design, Big Finish, lighting, visual improvements, CGI, BUGS, Nyssa’s agency, and underwhelming cliffhangers. It’s the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to gym sex God Brendan Jones about his choice of Terminus (1/4)
Joe & Brendan; we’re on a leper ship! Poor Mary Ridge, hot from some of the finest Blakes’ 7 episodes and suffering the production nightmare from hell. We…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of Boom Town
Joe, Si & Frazer; the boys are back in town! Si & Frazer declare this their favourite episode of series 1, and Joe is sticking up for RTD dialogue. All the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Toby Hadoke about his choice of Dr Who & the Silurians (7/7)
Joe & Toby; 5 hours in and still going strong! Thorny moral dilemmas, sexy Pertwee, questioning the hypocrisy of Doctor Who, and an explosive ending that opens…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Toby Hadoke about his choice of Dr Who & the Silurians (6/7)
Joe & Toby; admiring the Pert Tee look! Six episodes in and we're attempting to cure a deadly plague, build bridges with a reptilian species that has claimed…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Toby Hadoke about his choice of Dr Who & the Silurians (5/7)
Joe & Toby; things are getting very plaguey. Some smart questions from Twitter sends us down a morally thorny road, we admire Silurian performances and compare…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Toby Hadoke about his choice of Dr Who & the Silurians (4/7)
Joe & Toby; discussing impressive rubber! We get to wax lyrical about Norman Jones, minster designs and Pertwee’s wonderful 8 week old ability to walk in and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Toby Hadoke about his choice of Dr Who & the Silurians (3/7)
Joe & Toby; being seduced by a kazoo! Can you devote an entire episode to the wonder of Carey Blyton’s music? More discussion of the dense storytelling and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Toby Hadoke about his choice of Dr Who & the Silurians (2/7)
Joe & Toby; exploring the moors! We discuss Liz Shaw (and other companions against the grain), what it takes to write Doctor Who, Doomwatch, Paul Darrow, Tim…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the generous Toby Hadoke about his choice of Dr Who & the Silurians (1/7)
Joe & Toby; going underground to face a prehistoric monster! A conversation about vulnerability, detail and intimacy - before the episode begins! It’s a…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the delightful Mark Cockram about his choice of The Horns of Nimon (4/4)
Joe & Mark; and why these podcasts came to be. Joe isn’t a virgin either! Soldeed and Romana impressions. Lots of Douglas Adam’s talk. And a friendship is…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Cockram about his choice of The Horns of Nimon (3/4)
Joe & Mark (and Mark is not a virgin!). What is the Tower of Technobabble world record? What Seth/Adric delights appear on Teaspoon? What does the Nimon play…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Cockram about his choice of The Horns of Nimon (2/4)
Joe & Mark; entering the labyrinth! The Tories and the Nimon? Graham Crowden as the Doctor? The victims of fabulous indeterminate sex? The Companions page 3…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Cockram about his choice of The Horns of Nimon (1/4)
Joe & Mark; neither virgins (to be revealed later!). A madly flirtatious conversation about this pantomimic classic which we both happen to adore. Joe tries to…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Peter Cuminskey about his choice of The Romans 4/4)
Joe & Peter; delighted that all roads lead to (the Great Fire of) Rome! Who is really to blame for the inferno? Will Ian and Barbara come out of this alive?…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Q & A The 60s Part Two
In our further desire to celebrate the glorious 60s, Joe & Mark answer wonderful questions from the Ham Fam. Sararina lives! Susan recast in different decades!…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Peter Cuminskey about his choice of The Romans (3/4)
Joe & Peter; discussing the troubling rapey nature of Nero! Doctor Who as a sex comedy? Barbara being pursued by a sex pest? The Doctor in the sauna? Ian…