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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 Twitter’s choice of The Armageddon Factor (2/6)
Joe & Frazer & Si; both agreeing and disagreeing. Cold War allusions, effective budget saving devices, Tom Baker versus Graham Williams, a protracted K.9…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to his boys Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about Twitter’s choice of The Armageddon Factor (1/6)
Joe & Si & Frazer; young men who are dying for it! The worst of the duffers or unfairly maligned? John Woodvine love abounds, plus we’re positive about the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Death in Heaven (2/2)
Joe & Steven; surrounded by the dead! Missy is sick and silly, the Doctor is distant and contradictory, Clara is hyper confident and falls apart, Danny is…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Dark Water (1/2)
Joe & Steven; going to hell. Is this the darkest Doctor Who? How far is too far? Is this a riveting conceptual horror or a paceless bore? Danny Pink; charisma…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the awesome Colin Neal about his choice of Flatline
Joe & Colin; we think this is perfection. Technically, emotionally, conceptually, creatively perfect. This was enough to salvage Doctor Who for Joe, and to…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Tsuranga Conundrum
Joe & Jason; courting contention! Exposition, cute monsters, talking about adventures more exciting than what we’re watching, great sets, a verbose Doctor…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to David Maskell about his choice of Knock Knock
Joe & David; flat-sharing in hell! Why did Pearl Mackie only have one year? David is in love with David Suchet, the atmosphere, the twists and the horror. Joe…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Leon Turner about his choice of The Seeds of Doom (6/6)
Joe & Leon; violent pleasuring! Can this magnificent story end satisfactorily? 2 or 5 planes? Delicious monster model work! A lecture on making television? The…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Leon Turner about his choice of The Seeds of Doom (5/6)
Joe & Leon; sex therapy! Negroni’s have been downed and Leon can still summarise this excellent story! Doctor Who; black and white or colour? What separates a…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Leon Turner about his choice of The Seeds of Doom (4/6)
We talk podcast titles, in jokes and artwork. The best possession horror in Doctor Who? The best greened out bald spot? Anxious, distressed music? Joe’s…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Leon Turner about his choice of The Seeds of Doom (3/6)
Joe & Leon; hard for Operation Nuthouse! Action! Amelia! Amazing cliffhanger! Mad eccentric old women, machine guns spitting fire, Sarah Jane on mortal…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Leon Turner about his choice of The Seeds of Doom (2/6)
Joe & Leon; slightly sozzled. Scorby & Keeler come under the microscope, so does the Doctor and his relationship with guns & violence. We celebrate the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Leon Turner about his choice of The Seeds of Doom (1/6)
Joe & Leon; not drink yet… Who Back When superstar features and Joe is fangasming! What does Leon have a hardon for? Fake beard alert! How much like The…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the irresistible Lucy McCall about her choice of The Visitation (4/4)
Joe & Lucy; introvert or extrovert? Was Tegan in love with the Doctor? Can you give their relationship a romantic reading? Peter Moffat’s direction defended!…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Lucy McCall about her choice of The Visitation (3/4)
Joe & Lucy; furniture talk! What connects this and Resolution? Is three companions too many? Is Davison John Wayne? Are we marking time in episode three? Joe…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Lucy McCall about her choice of The Visitation (2/4)
Why is Peter Davison naughty? What do we think of 80s synth music? What are the shortcomings and strengths of the Tereleptil costumes? What links this to The…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Lucy McCall about her choice of The Visitation (1/4)
Joe & Lucy; confessing their loves for leafy forests and creepy history! Why is Tegan so pissed off? Lucy has the answer! Why is the opening so suspenseful?…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Fiona Tomney about her choice of Terror of the Zygons (4/4)
Joe & Fiona; what have we been up to in 2020? Fiona is not impressed with quarry action, Joe is confused by the ambition of four Zygons taking over the world…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Fiona Tomney about her choice of Terror of the Zygons (3/4)
Joe & Fiona; afraid of the evil eye! Revealed - the most disappointing cliffhanger of all time! John Woodnut twinkles, Sister Lamont scares the crap out of us…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Fiona Tomney about her choice of Terror of the Zygons (2/4)
Joe & Fiona; trying to choose between classic and NuWho! We debunk Sarah being in love with the Doctor, and discuss what makes a great companion. Huge Zygon…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Fiona Tomney about her choice of Terror of the Zygons (1/4)
Joe & Fiona; in reminiscent mood! Spooks and scares all the way as the monster is slowly revealed, many convention anecdotes and a gorgeous tale of the time…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to outrageous flirt Matt Michael about his choice of The Time Warrior (4/4)
Joe & Matt; looking at that great spider! Barry Letts as a director comes under the microscope, we adore Ruebish, discuss Holmes’ skilful talent with…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Matt Michael about his choice of The Time Warrior (3/4)
Joe & Matt; heading down a very dark path. Castle design, Boba Fett replaced, comparisons to Lucasfilm productions, Matt’s huge concerns for Baby Yoda, why…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Matt Michael about his choice of The Time Warrior (2/4)
Joe & Matt; one of us is impressed about the others tongue action! A long talk about the Sontarans; their importance, design and rank their appearances. Is…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Matt Michael about his choice of The Time Warrrior (1/4)
Joe & Matt; queueing up to shag Jon Pertwee. We applaud the creative team of Barry Letts & Terrance Dicks, the stunning introduction of Sarah Jane Smith and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jeff Goddard about his choice of The Ghost Monument
Joe & Jeff; winner takes all! Fabulous new titles, a spanking new TARDIS interior, deft and subtle character work, a quest story, gobsmacking visuals, and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the phenomenal Jeff Goddard about his choice of The Rescue (Double bill!)
Joe & Jeff; in love with black and white Doctor Who ❤️ We adore everything about this story; William Hartnell, Ian and Barbara, the introduction of Vicki, the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the fabulous Brendan Jones about his choice of Time- Flight (4/4)
Joe & Brendan; happy landings! Why is this the best episode ever according to us, and the worst according to Rob Shearman? Tegan & Nyssa smackdown; who is…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Brendan Jones about his choice of Time-Flight (3/4)
Joe & Brendan; scandalous (unrevealed) sex secrets and scandalous Target tales. An appalling tale about new spin off show ‘Nurse Who.’ We discuss conceptual…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Brendan Jones about his choice of Time-Flight (2/4)
Joe & Brendan; checking out a new Indonesian restaurant. Is Kalid spectacularly racist? Is the Iron Curtain comment a stab at realism or a terrible joke?…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Brendan Jones about his choice of Time-Flight (1/4)
Joe & Brendan; in a hurry to get over the death of a maths nerd. What is a space plane? What was Brendan’s dad doing at 4am? What is the middle ground between…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory and Simon Hart about Twitter’s choice of The Invasion of Time (6/6)
Joe, Frazer and Si; not in agreement on TARDIS design. How many technical difficulties can we have in one episode? Do we agree on Leela’s exit? What is the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about Twitter’s choice of The Invasion of Time (5/6)
Joe, Si and Frazer; stalked by a (really hideous) Sontaran. It’s time for a showdown between Joe and Frazer about comedy in Doctor Who. Who will invade…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about Twitter’s choice of The Invasion of Time (4/6)
Joe, Frazer & Si; illicit VHS dealing! We’re not expecting any great surprises this week - it looks like Doctor Who is about to chalk up another four part…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart and Frazer Gregory about Twitter’s choice of The Invasion of Time (3/6)
Joe, Si and Frazer; we are being invaded! In which we determine who has the hottest accent, suspension of belief, humour, more (anti) Rodan love, refreshing…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about their choice of The Invasion of Time (2/6)
Joe & Frazer & Si; shocking news of Si’s VHS dealer! Will Joe put on the right episode? What is the best Dudley Simpson score? Can we rank the Borusa’s? Huge…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to his boys Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of The Invasion of Time (1/6)
Joe & Si & Frazer; inexplicably evil! It’s Si’s birthday and so we are celebrating a story he loves! Why is the Doctor behaving so strangely? Who has Frazer…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Ross Aitken about his choice of Fugitive of the Judoon
Joe & Ross; no words for how stupid they are - or at least that’s what the Ruth Doctor thinks! A dazzling pre-commentary conversation and then discussion of…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Toby Hadoke about his choice of Frontios (4/4) - plus 25 minute interview!
Joe & Toby; on Kolkakron with the Gravis. We spend some time talking about interviewing Doctor Who stars, why we enjoy all Doctor Who (good and bad), CHB’s…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Toby Hadoke about his choice of Frontios (3/4)
Joe & Toby; decapitated in the excavation machine! We talk about characters who are referred to off screen, the most egregious exposition in Doctor Who, the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the incandescent Toby Hadoke about his choice of Frontios (2/4)
Joe & Toby; one of us came to this episode late! Who’s Round comes under the microscope. What’s the best kind of Doctor Who performance? What is the cheapest…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Toby Hadoke about his choice of Frontios (1/4)
Joe & Toby; eaten by the earth! Part interview, part commentary. What could be a more exciting title than Escargot? Who is giving the best performance? Why…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of The Daleks (7/7)
Joe & Steven; leaping into The Rescue. Will Joe put on the right episode? Does this have a hope of ending satisfactorily? Is this story erroneously called The…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of The Daleks (6/7)
Joe & Steve; leaping a ravine for 25 minutes! Learn about barren Darren, the deadliest of continents on Skaro! Learn also, in a startling revelation how Steven…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of The Daleks (5/7)
Joe & Steven; orgasmic screams on anti radiation drugs. This is it. The reveal of the forbidden letter of the Dalek language, the great insult, and a…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of The Daleks (4/7)
Joe & Steve; banging on invisible walls. Which Dalek has the shittest day ever? What is a Bringdigulum? Which Thal has the best chest hair? What do you use to…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of The Daleks (3/7)
Joe & Steven; high on drugs. What connects the Thals and Neighbours? Is there anything as terrifying as a Dalek voice? What is the worst book of all time? What…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of the The Daleks (2/7)
Joe & Steve; our legs, our legs...we can’t move our legs! This week we’re obsessed with Doctor Who’s new monsters; all sticks and bumps and shrieking voices!…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of The Daleks (1/7)
Joe & Steve; in love with black and white. An Arial shot of Skaro? Who is the fifth member of the TARDIS crew? What is Doctor Who’s first spectacular effects…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Miller about his choice of Warriors of the Deep (4/4)
Joe & Jason; there should have been another way. The rousing conclusion of this contentious commentary. The Doctor is a murderer; is Jason right and it is…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Miller about his (brave) choice of Warriors of the Deep (3/4)
Joe & Jason; you’ll get no help out of me, Silurian! Jason is back and fighting; with excerpts from Jonny Byrne and the Target novel. Joe is unimpressed by the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason Miller about his choice of Warriors of the Deep (2/4)
Joe & Jason face the Myrka! Jason is riding high on his defence (sorry, celebration) of part one and Joe’s argument (despite being backed by the entire…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Battles with Jason Miller about his glorious choice of Warriors of the Deep (1/4)
Joe & Jason; opposing power blocs! Is Warriors of the Deep a spectacular failure or a triumph against the odds? Is the floodlit lighting deliberate? Do the Sea…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Rawlins about his choice of The Three Doctors (4/4)
What would the Doctors say interviewing their companions? We rewrite season ten to spectacular effect. Mark manages to say at least three positive things about…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Rawlins about his choice of The Three Doctors (3/4)
Joe & Mark (and the special appearance of the pussy of Rassilon). What is the Barry Letts balance? What is Omega Eleganza? What is the Timeless Cat? Who is…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Rawlins about his choice of The Three Doctors (2/4)
Joe & Mark; holy Moses, what’s that? Benton and his irresponsible gum wrapper, a discussion of Doctor Who erotic fiction, the Brigadier’s incredulous TARDIS…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Bad Influence (on each other) Mark Rawlins about his choice of The Three Doctors (1/4)
Joe & Mark; fire at will! Is the third Doctor a prick? Are birthday jellies a less than credible threat? Does the title sequence look vaginal? Can the B7…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the super smart John Dorney about his choice of Carnival of Monsters (4/4)
Joe & John; they could be crawling with germs! Doctor Who = panto/Pixar? Dirty jokes in Doctor Who? How do you ensure promise and delivery? Is this the perfect…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to John Dorney about his pick of Carnival of Monsters (3/4)
Joe & John; nothing serious, nothing political. We discuss ambition, experimental effects work, horror movies, ambiguous plot explanations, Robert Holmes’…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to John Dorney about his choice of Carnival of Monsters (2/4)
Joe & John; more intelligent than whelks! How much should a writer use their expectations against them? What’s the difference between a twist and a surprise?…