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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 Genesis of the Daleks (2/4)
Joe, and Frazer, and Si; dodging bullets and bodies! Director David Maloney comes under the microscope and we have lots of complimentary things to say about…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to his best buds Simon Hart & Frazer Gregory about Genesis of the Daleks (1/6)
Joe, and Si, and Frazer; caught in a 60 minute cassette! Here we are, in total agreement that this is a classic Doctor Who. How many superlatives can we point…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark McManus about his choice Death to the Daleks (4/4)
Joe & Mark; and question time! How much did Jon Pertwee exaggerate stories? What is the difference between Dicks and Holmes? What last minute treats does Death…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark McManus about his choice of Death to the Daleks (3/4)
Joe & Mark; doing some very simple stratagem tests! The plot is falling off a cliff but there’s still much to admire. Especially that moment where Sarah Jane…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark McManus about his choice of Death to the Daleks (2/4)
Joe & Mark; dissecting their (very different) styles of podcasting! More great atmosphere, bizarre music, loud Daleks, machine guns, sacrifices, hoover…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark McManus about his choice of Death to the Daleks (1/4)
Joe & Mark; in nostalgic heaven! We have absolute affection for this four part adventure, with a chilling first episode that is dripping in atmosphere. The…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Four to Doomsday (4/4)
Joe & Steven; monopolising (or monoptoconising) the pool! Time to bring this classic to close; but does the plot make ANY sense? Can we make sense of this…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Four to Doomsday (3/4)
Joe & Steve; slightly hysterical as their tussle over Four to Doomsday reaches its penultimate episode. We might have different opinions but we are loving…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Four to Doomsday (2/4)
Joe & Steven; remember @stealexanderuk! No stone is left unturned as we lock horns over this classic; Tegan’s tantrums, unexpected trainers, macho Adric, weak…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Four to Doomsday (1/4)
Joe & Steve; having an absolute riot in the flesh time! No stone goes unturned as Steve fights for this story’s rights; the sets, the direction, the regulars…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of The Sensorites (6/6)
Joe & Gary; and the tables have turned! Joe interviewed! A discussion that has spanned the multi media universe of Doctor Who comes to a close with a very…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Gary Russell (kind of) about The Sensorites (5/6)
Joe & Gary; and cows on the moon! This commentary has become a full blown interview! We turn our mind to the comic strips, more Big Finish and the importance…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of The Sensorites (4/6)
Joe & Gary; and at least 3.5 minutes of discussion on The Sensorites! Instead we talk about the pros and cons if bringing old monsters back, Gary’s time with…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of The Sensorites (3/6)
Joe & Gary; screwing it up and laughing their heads off. A treatise on fandom and the impact our opinion can have, on how the quality of the picture can affect…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of The Sensorites (2/6)
Joe & Gary; discussing the nature of soap operas through the years and how that relates to The Sensorites! There’s no soap left unturned! It’s the rarest of…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of The Sensorites (1/6)
Joe & Gary; in love with sixties Doctor Who. At this point we have lots of lovely things to say about The Sensorites; from the performances to the immediacy to…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Daleks’ Masterplan (6&7)
Joe & Jason; Christmas special double bill! Can Doctor Who spend an entire 25 minutes knocking up a fake bit of gubbins to fool the Daleks and then follow it…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Daleks’ Masterplan (5/12)
Joe & Jason; facing the trippiest transported through space special effects of all time! We’re confused by some episode titles, and also what the hell happened…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about The Two Doctors (3/3)
Joe & Si & a very rude Frazer; finally cutting out all this politeness bollocks and disagreeing with each other! It’s a tricky episode; blood, cyanide and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about Twitter’s choice of The Two Doctors (2/3)
Joe & Si and Frazer; discussing just how far Doctor Who can go. Three guys; one troublesome story, lots of opinions. However we find more up like than not…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Pete Lambert about his choice of The Stones of Blood 🩸 (4/4)
Joe & Pete; questioning whether a story can take a lurch into slapstick. There’s still much to love; witticisms, campness, a clever use of the Key and more…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about Twitter’s choice of The Two Doctors (1/3)
Joe & Si & Frazer; together for the first time on their - one year anniversary. Two Doctors, Peri & Jamie, Sontarans, Jackie Pearce, Dastari’s glasses, and a…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Pete Lambert about his choice of The Stones of Blood 🩸(3/4)
Joe & Pete; discussing how Doctor who marries comedy and drama so well at times. The Doctor has a new assistant for this episode, and we simply can’t get…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Pete Lambert about his choice of The Stones of Blood 🩸 (2/4)
Joe & Pete; Untoppable (at least one of us is…) Cosy cottages, Good Life characters sacrificed to living stones, brandished truncheons, Shirley Bassey, K.9’s…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Pete Lambert about his choice of The Stones of Blood 🩸
Joe & Pete; whoring away on other podcasts. It’s rural England, spooky happenings and sausage sandwiches…Pete is in heaven. Add in four fabulous women and we…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the increasingly cheeky Daniel Knight about his choice of Frontier in Space (6/6)
Joe & Daniel; not in bed together! Is this a disappointing climax to the story or do the Daleks sweep in save the day? We celebrate Roger Delgado as our…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Daniel Knight about his choice of Frontier in Space (5/6)
Joe & Daniel are heading to Draconia! Given that they are such a well defined species, we are shocked that you never see the Draconians again. A transitionary…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Daniel Knight about his choice of Frontier in Space (4/6)
Joe & Daniel; improvising for half an hour whilst the plot grinds to a halt. We adore the dialogue and the interplay in this one, and it gives us a chance to…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Daniel Knight about his choice of Frontier in Space (3/6)
Joe & Daniel; accused of a list of crimes by the Sirius Commissioner! Katy Manning (and Jo Grant) love, more future fashion admiration, feminism, new prisons…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the tea drinking, cake munching Daniel Knight about his choice of Frontier in Space (2/6)
Joe & Daniel; discussing Doctor Who and space opera. More fabulous prisons and outfits, a trip to the BFI (possibly MFI), impressive design and lighting…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Daniel Knight about his choice of Frontier in Space (1/6)
Joe & Daniel; starting their tour of the prison cells of the universe. Or are they starting the Moonbase 3 podcast? The design and direction gets so love, and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the 🐹 fam about Survivors of the Flux
Joe; getting by with a little help (and questions) from my friends! I’m not teasing you! Lots of plot threads and characters…and delivering on a scene to scene…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of The Caves of Androzani (4/4)
Joe & Mark; making an argument that this is the single best episode of Doctor Who. Battered, bloody, dirty and exhausted…will the Doctor get out of this one…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of The Caves of Androzani (3/4)
Joe & Mark; with no third episode syndrome. Is this the rudest episode of 🐹? Joe is distracted by bearded bullies, Mark is obsessed with handcuffs, Joe’s…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of The Caves of Androzani (2/4)
Joe & Mark; casting Morgus’ mother! The tightest Doctor Who script? The best of Robert Holmes? More troubling treatment of women? The best villain the show…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of The Caves of Androzani (1/4)
Joe & Mark; in danger the second they leave the TARDIS. We have so much to say about this one, and not all of it is positive. However we both accept this is…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to partner in crime Mark Rawlins about his choice of Auton 2: Sentinel
Joe & Mark; facing a giant CGI vagina on top of a church! Verona Chard is out, but Natasha Alexander is in! Mark’s love for 90s spin offs knows more bounds and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the magnificent Jack Coyer about his choice of The Brink of Disaster (2/2)
Joe & Jack; and the Dawn of a new solar system! Much TARDIS talk, including all the innovations over years abc celebrating William Hartnell owning the show at…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jack Coyer about his choice of The Edge of Destruction
Joe & Jack; ducking scissors, avoiding spiked drinks! How can you have this much fun talking about such a derided story? Everybody is acting out of character…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of The End of the World
Joe & Steven; happy 17th to the destruction of the Earth! Here’s a chance to see what Doctor Who can do to a ridiculously high standard. Laughs, tears…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory about his choice of Remembrance of the Daleks (4/4)
Joe & Frazer; coming up with a huge list of reasons why this is one of the best Doctor Who stories ever. We talk episode fours, McCoy’s range, explosions…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory about his choice of Remembrance of the Daleks (3/4)
Joe & Frazer; full of praise for the 7th Doctor. What scene does Frazer thing Chris Chibnall would be crucified for? Is this the ultimate Keff Jive session?…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory about his choice of Remembrance of the Daleks (2/4)
Joe & Frazer; and it’s Joe’s turn for a Tale of Youth (TM Simon Hart). Explosions, super weapons, bringing down racism, Peter Halliday, Keff McCulloch, a…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory about his choice of Remembrance of the Daleks (1/4)
Joe & Frazer; celebrating their anniversary! A story that offers up everything; a great setting, a marvellous cast of characters, production value, continuity…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about their love of Invasion of the Bane
Step up, laugh and quote with Joe & Si as they step into the glorious world of The Sarah Jane Adventures. So many beautiful men, glorious colours, smart kids…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Dodyk about his choice of Mummy on the Orient Express
Joe & Mark; in the train carriage, with the mummy rags. Mark struggled with this season, but this was his salvation. Much talk of the new, crabby Doctor, his…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the fabulous Lucy McCall about her choice of School Reunion
Joe & Lucy; and a hell of a tribute to Lis Sladen. So much to enjoy here; Anthony Head’s villain, creepy monsters, a memorable setting, emotional and great…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven B from New to Who about his choice of Tooth and Claw
Joe & Steven; falling in love with the Doctor and Rose and series 2! Why is this the modern day Horror of Fang Rock? What about the direction? And why is this…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about Frazer’s choice of Victory of the Daleks
Joe & Si & Frazer; and the most contentious commentary yet. Si thinks this starts well but ends terribly. Frazer thinks this is better than it’s reputation…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Simon Hart about Frazer’s choice of Robot of Sherwood
Joe & Frazer & Si and half of the hamfam; all singing, all dancing, all critiquing! It’s early Capaldi in the firing line and we’re entranced by pretty…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Daleks’ Masterplan (4/12)
Joe & Jason; remembering one of the daughters of the Gods. We cover the death of companions in some depth. Is it responsible? Dramatic? Impactful? Should it…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Daleks’ Masterplan (3/12)
Joe & Jason; waiting for the hair raising climax to this episode. We talk the length of this story, the nature of padding in Doctor Who and why and how this…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Daleks’ Masterplan (2/12)
Joe & Jason; in fear of the conquest of the universe! We’re heading to Kembel to the great space conference of universal powers! And even more shocking…moving…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Daleks’ Masterplan (1/12)
Joe & Jason; beginning the nightmare. Much discussion of the wonderful William Hartnell and the MVP of this story; director Douglas Camfield. This really…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his insane ambition to talk about Mission to the Unknown
Joe & Jason; steeped Dalekmania! There’s no Doctor but that doesn’t mean there is no suspense, action, excitement and drama. We’re embarking on a 13 part…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of Mawdryn Undead (4/4
Joe & Frazer & Si; counting how many ways they can praise this story! Is the ending too convenient or optimistic? What is the Tegan moment we all adore? And…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about their choice of Mawdryn Undead (3/4)
Joe, Frazer & Si; wandering corridors trying not to meet thenselves. Conceptually, this might be the most interesting episode but we have some complaints at…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about their choice of Mawdryn Undead
Joe, Frazer & Si; in possibly the best episode of this story. Things are getting timey wimey, and we’re impressed with how simple and sophisticated the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of Mawdryn Undead (1/4)
Joe & Si & Frazer; loving life together! So much to talk about in this one…new murderous companions, the Brigadier is back, terrific design, insane music and a…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of The Pilot
Joe & Si; we love Pearl Mackie. A fine introduction to Doctor Who, to the possibilities of the show, to a warmer 12th Doctor, and to a fun and likeable…