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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 Conrad Westmaas about his choice of Revenge of the Cybermen (2/4)
Join Joe & Conrad as they head underground to join in the Vogon civil war. We look into why this story is an uncomfortable fusion of Troughton, Pertwee and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Conrad Westmaas about Twitter’s pick of Revenge of the Cybermen (1/4)
Back by popular demand! Join Joe & Conrad as they head to Voga. Love for Sarah and Harry, scene setting, ranking Cybermat wrangling, and much talk of how a…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the wonderful Steven Alexander about his choice of Survival (3/3)
Join Joe & Steven as they run as fast as they can from colliding motorcycles! It’s the end, and we’re sad that it is. 80s council blocks, a brilliant…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Survival (2/3)
Join Joe & Steven A as they resist their darker sides, and hunt their prey under a pink sun. Lisa Bowerman is doing staggeringly good work, we talk about Ace’s…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Survival (1/3)
Join Joe & Steven A as they grapple with mechanical pussies, Puss in Boots and a homecoming for Ace. In the first 7th Doctor commentary, we talk about…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the charming Steven from New to Who about his pick of The Ark in Space Ep2
Join Joe & Steven as they head 30,000 years into the future to the time of the solar flares! Why is the horror homage approach so successful? Why are the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven from New to Who about his pick of Terror of the Autons Ep1
Join Joe & Steven as they dive into the dayglow 70s of army mullets, satanic villains and slavish CSO! We love Jo and the Master, the Doctor is being a prick…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven from New to Who about his pick of The Moonbase Ep2
Join Joe & Steven as they land on the Moon and avoid the coffee! Our experiment to see how episodes change direction of the show continues...Troughton is…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Steven from New to Who about his pick of An Unearthly Child
Join Joe & Steven as they shake up the format and tackle episodes that changed the format of Doctor Who! We comment on the Unaired pilot, discuss how sinister…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Tim Pollock about his choice of Planet of the Daleks (6/6)
Join Joe & Tum as they square up to the ultimate Dalek Diva - the Supreme Dalek! Dare you take on Jo & Latep, the Musical? Ft tracks 'You can climb my rope'…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Tim Pollock about his choice of Planet of the Daleks (5/6)
Join Joe and Tum as they switch alarmingly between studio jungle and filmed inserts by an icy riverbank! Are we sufficiently involved in the fate of Prentis…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Tim Pollock about his choice of Planet of the Daleks (4/6)
Join Joe & Tum as they attempt to escape from the Dalek city by defying science but expounding creativity! We can see lots of production errors, but that…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Tim Pollock about his choice of Planet of the Daleks (3/6)
Join Joe & Tum as they prepare to head up a shaft with Jon Pertwee and three others! What do we think of the colourisation? Is this the best episode of the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Tim Pollock about his pick of Planet of the Daleks (2/6)
Join Joe & Tum as they re-enact The Daleks episode two in the day glow 70s! What happened to the Doctor and Jo after this adventure with Big Finish? Does Jon…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Tim Pollock about his choice of Planet of the Daleks (1/6)
Join Joe & Tum as they navigate one of the nastiest bits of space garbage in the ninth system. How much do we adore Katy Manning? How many references to…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Denise Sutton about her pick of Timelash (2/2)
Join Joe & Denise as they are seduced by the Borad’s of technique of plucking out eyeballs! What does Denise think of all the Peri peril? How worrying is the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the delightful Denise Sutton about her (brave) pick of Timelash
Join Joe & Denise as they dodge burning Androids, toxic plants, panto villains and tinsel on the planet Karfel. What are Denise’s favourite things about this…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of The Leisure Hive (4/4)
This time we must try and bring him up better, thinks Joe & Si. Is Tom Baker going to be old forever? What do we think of the music in this tale? And why, for…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of The Leisure Hive (3/4)
Citizens of Argolis! The age of Joe & Si has begun! Much conversation about JNT and his revisions, his biography and his impact on the show. Plus, what is the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about his pick of The Leisure Hive (2/4)
After all those conversations on telecommunicator, here Joe & Si are at last! Who’s balls are going to drop? Who had the most outrageous carpet in the early…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of The Leisure Hive
Join Joe & Si as they avoid robotic, gladiatorial games and instead head for the blasted radioactive surface of Argolis. What do we think of the revamp to the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to John Bensahlia about his pick of City of Death (4/4)
Join Joe & John as they witness the most important punch in history and realise they came from that, that soup! What is the most glorious line in Doctor Who?…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to John Bensalhia about his pick of City of Death (3/4)
Join Joe & John as they pop through time, figure out why the Jaggaroth want all the chickens and do a few more daft impressions! Why oh why is this the best…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to John Bensalhia about his choice of City of Death (2/4)
Join Joe & John (a beautiful man, probably) as they join the heist to steal the Mona Lisa (1/8). Just how many impressions can you squeeze into one episode?…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the wonderful John Bensahlia about his pick of City of Death (1/4)
Join Joe & John as they slingshot from four hundred million years ago to (absolutely marvellous) Paris. Who does the better Kerensky impression? Why does this…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Sarah & Mark about their pick of The Keys of Marinus (6/6)
Join Joe & Sarah & Mark as they assemble the keys and take on terrible Voord! We don’t care about Susan being kidnapped...especially when there is Gilmore…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Sarah & Mark about their pick of The Keys of Marinus (5/6)
Join Joe & Sarah & Mark as they head to a terrible miscarriage of justice - the Trial of Ian Chesterton! Gawp as defence lawyer William Hartnell returns from…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Sarah & Mark about their choice of The Keys of Marinus (4/6)
Join Joe & Sarah & Mark as they venture through the snows of terror! 17 glorious minutes on Two Watch Who, RuPaul and WandaVision. How rapey should Doctor Who…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Sarah & Mark about their choice of The Keys of Marinus (3/4)
Join Joe & Sarah & Mark as they head into the Screaming Jungle! Is Mark’s Marinus themed escape room viable? How was Sarah’s dad the hands of Jesus? And just…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Sarah & Mark about their choice of The Keys of Marinus (2/6)
Join Joe & Sarah & Mark as the are dazzled by the elegance offered by the great eye brains of Morphoton. We discuss the clever camera trickery, the knees of…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Sarah Chew & Mark Rawlins about their choice of The Keys of Marinus
Join Joe & Mark & Sarah as they head to the Crystal Maze and are drafted to find the keys of the Consciousness. Why are Ian and Barbara so fabulous? How young…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Doctor Who writer supremo Jonathan Morris about his pick of Turn Left
Join Joe & Jonny as they head to Leeds, avoid internment camps and try to get away from Sutton Court ASAP. How will Joe cope with his favourite writer…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the gorgeous Stacey Smith-Questionmark about her pick of The Girl Who Died
Join Joe & Stacey as they take up arms alongside the Vikings to take on the evil Mire! Why is this the definitive new series Doctor Who story? What takes this…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Pete Lambert about his choice of Earthshock (4/4)
Join Joe & Pete as the attempt to stop the freighter and find out if they were right. Adric is appearing in Time-Flight so how is he going to save the day? Who…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Pete Lambert about his pick of Earthshock (3/4)
Join Joe & Pete as they point their gun in the wrong direction, mister! Things aren’t as 80s as you might think, the ratings are up, Beryl Reid is taking a…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Pete Lambert about his choice of Earthshock (2/4)
Join Joe & Pete as they discover precisely what happens to stowaways on this ship. How fares the new design of the Cybermen? Why is Eric Saward so out of vogue…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Pete Lambert about his choice of Earthshock (1/4)
Join Joe & Pete as they start drinking and go deep...it could be rough. What is the legacy of The Mutants? Is Janet Fielding’s fun worth sacrificing? How soap…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Colin Sillito about his pick of The Girl in the Fireplace
Join Joe & Colin as they don their frocks and play clockwork soldiers in pre-revolutionary France. What is the difference between romanticising and sexualising…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks with the irrepressible Alison Tester about her choice of Last of the Time Lords (Part 2 of 2)
Join Joe & Ally as they take down the Master’s dystopian Earth by pressing a big reset button. Is this the hottest episode of Doctor? How has Joe seen Matt…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to the irreplaceable Alison Tester about her pick of The Sound of Drums (Part One of Two)
Join Joe & Ally as they take up positions as part of Mr Saxon’s New Cabinet. Should Doctor Who be enjoyed? Who is the sexiest man in this episode? And why is…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Rawlins about his pick of The Android Invasion (Part Four)
Join Joe & Mark as they dash to Space Control to save the day! Can you convincingly deliver technobabble through conviction alone? Who is the mysterious porn…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Rawlings about his pick of The Android Invasion (Part Two)
Join Joe & Mark from @twowatchwho as they get stuck up a tree, hide in a filthy pond, and get pursued by sniffer dogs! It’s all about the cliffhanger this…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Rawlins about his pick of The Android Invasion (Part Three)
Join Joe & Mark as they prepare for the invasion of Earth! Is Joe going to tie Mark up to the obelisk in the fake Kraal village? Is this the most phallic…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Mark Rawlings about his pick of The Android Invasion (Part One)
Join Joe & Mark as they dare to traverse the suspense and the mysteries of a Terry Nation part one! Where are the Daleks? Who is the most sinister villager?…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to superbrain Nathan Bottomley about his pick of World War Three (Part Two of Two)
Join Joe & Nathan as they narrow it down, toss vinegar, duck missiles and trade barbs with Annette Badland. World War Three is imminent, and the boys are ready…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Nathan Bottomley about his pick of Aliens of London (Part one of two)
Join Joe & Nathan as they head to Powell Estate to uncover the mystery of the missing chav. Why is Jackie Tyler the best character to ever appear in Doctor…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason A. Miller about his pick of Attack of the Cybermen (Part Two)
Join Joe & Jason as they head to the frozen Tombs of Telos! They ponder just how complicated an Eric Saward scripted story can be, how inept the info dumps can…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Jason A. Miller about his choice of Attack of the Cybermen (Part One)
Join Joe & Jason as they embark on a bank heist of a lifetime. What is lurking down in the sewers murdering people? Why are the Doctor and Peri’s clothes SO…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to The very charming Conrad Westmaas about his pick of Kinda (Part Four)
Join Joe & Conrad as they face down the most phallic and plastic of snakes. Conrad ponders what he would like to do with Dibber’s black light converter, the…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Conrad Westmaas about his pick of Kinda (Part Three)
Join Joe & Conrad as they head into Panna’s cave for a hallucinogenic dream of doom! What the hell is going on at the end of this episode? Why is Dibber…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Conrad Westmaas about his pick of Kinda (Part Two)
Join Joe & Conrad as they seek out the dark places of the inside. Why did Conrad give this 3/10 as a child? Where are the monsters? How sexy is evil Tegan? And…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Conrad Westmaas about his pick of Kinda (Part One)
Join Joe and Conrad as they explore the lush landscape of Diva Loka. Conrad talks about why he hated this as a child and loves it as an adult, Joe is disturbed…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talk about Jack Shanahan’s choice of The Brain of Morbius (Part Four)
Join Joe & Jack as they attempt to gas Solon to death before the Morbius creatures is on the rampage! We admire the Morbius’ hairy ass, discuss Terrance Dicks’…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talk about Jack Shanahan’s story of choice, The Brain of Morbius (Part Three)
Join Joe & Jack as they face the giant Macra claw of the Morbius creature! We marvel in the glorious tastelessness of a Brain splatting onto the floor and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks with Jack Shanahan about his pick of The Brain of Morbius (Part Two)
Join Joe & Jack as they are almost burnt at the stake in the sacred flame chamber of the Sisterhood of Karn. We enthuse about the suspense generated by…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks with Jack Shanahan about his pick of The Brain of Morbius (Part One)
Join Joe & Jack as they head to the storm lashed planet of Karn for what is technically a The Nimon Be Praised extra! Jack has zero respect for my fabulous…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Joe Lidster about SJA’s The Nightmare Man (Part Two)
Joe Lidster talks candidly about his time working on The Sarah Jane Adventures, and his conception, execution and revision of the series four story The…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks with Joe Lidster about SJA’s The Nightmare Man (Part One)
Joe Lidster talks candidly about his time working on The Sarah Jane Adventures, and his conception, execution and revision of the series four story The…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
The Gunfighters Episode Four
Doc Holliday is back to claim his honour, the Doctor takes a backseat as the Clantons and the Earps face off at the OK Coral...
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
The Gunfighters Episode Three Commentary
Jonny Ringo joins the action, Dodo has her finest moment and the story races towards an inevitable bloodbath...