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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…
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- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Hamster Patreon Update
A thank you to the existing Patreons and information for anyone else who might be interested!
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Strictly Come Hamster - Flux (featuring Dylan Rees, Lee McMenemy & Frazer Gregory)
he longest Doctor Who story, a pandemic fought year, and an epic fight for reality against Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, Swarm & Azure and the Doctor's past...
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Talks to Our Liam about his choice of Planet of the Dead
Glorious Hamster debutant Liam talks about his love for late Tennant, wonderful stories about meeting the A-List cast and extols the virtues of this underrated…
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Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder
Our Great Stranger journey comes to an end with this feature length 'epic.' Just how much fun can two tired and slightly hysterical fans have watching the…
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Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of The Stranger: Breach of the Peace
What happens when you take the SF out of The Stranger and turn it into an episode of The Bill featuring Caroline John & Nicholas Briggs? Will Colin have a…
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Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of Stranger: The Terror Game
BBV is back on Hamster! And rounding off our six Stranger commentaries we start with The Terror Game! Saul & Egan are on the scene! Louise Jameson is running a…
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Hamster Book Club - The Adventures Before (featuring Michael Mills)
Joe & Michael embark on their first short story collection together - with a book that allegedly has a collection of stories that take place before Doctor Who…
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Hamster Book Club - The English Way of Death by Gareth Roberts (featuring Kieran Pell)
Top ho! Off to season seventeen for Kieran and I! Upper crust bumbling fools, time portals, evil smells and possessed policemen! Plus a passionate conversation…
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Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about their choice of Mindwarp (4/4)
Another joyous commentary comes to an end with a hugely dramatic, murderous climax. Peri is dead, the Time Lords are accused, Crozier sips his tea. Where do we…
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Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of Mindwarp (3/4)
Things are hotting up in the caves between Peri and Ycarnos and a rebellion is waiting to be forged. This was a story that each of us have struggled with at…
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Hamster Book Club - James Goss Interview
Joe & Michael speak to James Goss about his Doctor Who books past and present and in particular his upcoming Target novelisation of Lux. Due to the spoilers…
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Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about their choice of Mindwarp (2/4)
There are many horrific and shocking things about this story; mostly in this episode and how it treats the Doctor and Peri. But none of those are more…
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Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of Mindwarp (1/4)
Si used to hate it and now he really likes it, Joe yo-yos about with it but currently LOVES it, Frazer has always been on the fence...what treasure can they…
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Strictly Come Hamster - Tenth Doctor Special
The most popular Doctor Who of all time? Doctor Number Ten comes under the microscope and we determine the best (or at least our favourite) 10th Doctor story!…
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Hamster Book Club - Dalek by Robert Shearman (featuring Anthony Carroll)
What happens when a Scot and an Englishman watch, listen and read to the same story? A grand time is had by both! The most unique Target novel? The darkest?
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Talks to James Lark about his choice of The Invasion (4/8)
The animation is back and somehow we're really happy about that! There is a brilliant action sequence that we can't see but the emergence of the Cybermen and…
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Hamster Book Club - The Gallifrey Chronicles (Redux) by Lance Parkin (featuring Jon Arnold, Andrew Batty & Luke Sims-Jenkins)
It's the end...but the moment has been prepared for. The eighth Doctor range comes to a close with a book that looks backwards to celebrate, forwards to the…
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Talks to James Lark about his choice of The Invasion (3/8)
The Cybermen haven't arrived yet but we couldn't care one jot when Kevin Stoney and Peter Halliday are there to make laugh and cry! Join James and I as we dive…
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Talks to Michael Mills about Joe's choice of Lucky Day
Joe's favourite episode of the season and Michael has lots to say about the fascinating content within. How were we tricked? What is the deal with Conrad? And…
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Talks to James Lark about his choice of The Invasion (2/8)
Spy-Fi abounds! Will the Doctor and Jamie find Zoe & Isobel and save them from the clutches of Tobias Vaughn?
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Hamster Book Club - Warmonger by Terrance Dicks (featuring Luke Sims-Jenkins, Andrew Batty & Jon Arnold)
Joe, Luke, Andrew & Jon face the most brutal fight in the Doctor's fight, a conflict so terrifying he has to form an alliance with Cybermen, Sontarans and…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to James Lark about his choice of The Invasion (1/8)
In one of my favourite first episodes of a commentary ever, James reveals the true heartbreak and trauma of his fifteen year old romance and we head into…
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Talks to Dylan Rees & Luke Molloy about their choice of The Power of Kroll (4/4)
Joe, Dylan & Luke come to the end of their boggy voyage with an action packed conclusion. Blood is flying, oil rigs are being sat on and Tom Baker is gagging…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
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Talks to Luke Molloy & Dylan Rees about their choice of The Power of Kroll (3/4)
The wibbly lines on the scanner are barely moving, but Kroll is extended his sloppy wet tentacles and munching on everyone he can! As Tom Baker says 'Ohhhhhh…
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Hamster Book Club - The Harvest of Time by Alistair Reynolds (featuring John Lane)
In his podcast debut, John talks about an ambitious, action packed and nostalgic book by esteemed SF author Alistair Reynolds. We're shocked at how much it…
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Strictly Come Hamster Series A/1/15 (featuring Luke Molloy, Daniel Rawnsley & Michael Mills)
Joe, Luke, Daniel & Michael We face goblins, boogeymen, Maestro, Villenguard, loneliness, racism, shitty bird people & Sutekh! But who will reign supreme?
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Alien Bodies (Redux) by Lawrence Miles (featuring Paul Quinn)
One of the most important original Doctor Who books gets more consideration. How many influences and sources can superbrain Paul Quinn pull out of a hat? How…
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Talks to Dylan Rees & Luke Molloy about their choice of The Power of Kroll (2/4)
Dylan is back to gossipmongering ways, scandalously! Luke is channelling his inner Tom Baker (oh yes!)! Joe is in a ratings tizzy! And there's nothing left but…
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Talks to Luke Molloy & Dylan Rees about their choice of The Power of Kroll (1/4)
Luke is obsessed with dragging us to the bog, Dylan is obsessed with the Doctor's coat and Joe is obsessed with throbbing wet tentacles! What could possibly go…
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Hamster Book Club - History 101 by Mags L Halliday (featuring Anthony Carroll)
History is about to imparted, but from which perspective, and does it matter how we consider the subject? A dense, dramatic, informative book that has somehow…
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Strictly Come Hamster - Season Seven (featuring Frazer Gregory, Toby Hadoke, Pete Lambert & Eddie Arnold)
Five travellers, trapped on Earth and without a means of escape, face Autons, Silurians, Ambassadors & Primords! But who will reign supreme in this popular…
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Talks to Eddie & Jon Arnold about their choice of Midnight
Father and son come together for a cross generational battle of opinions...but who is a lover and who is a hater of this well regarded episode?
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Talks to Jack Coyer & Steven B about their choice of The Family of Blood (2/2)
Contention abounds over God-like Doctors and just how much Paul Cornell wrote this teleplay but we can all decide that this is a staggering good production and…
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Talks to Steven B & Jack Coyer about their choice of Human Nature (1/2)
Two incredibly smart men tackle one of the most popular NuWho stories; with their trademark wit, observations and this time through the lens of an adaptation…
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Hamster Book Club - Shadow in the Glass by Stephen Cole and Justin Richards (featuring Jon Arnold, Andrew Batty & Luke Sims-Jenkins)
We explore how responsibly Doctor Who can take on the Nazis, discuss this rushed but popular book and name our top three favourite Doctor Who book shock…
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Strictly Come Hamster Series 4B (featuring Daniel, Kieran, Frazer & Lee!)
In which we face giant wasps (I mean wasps that are giant!), shadows (Hey! Who turned out the lights?), the anonymous Midnight monster, alternative realities…
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Hamster Book Club - Paradise Towers by Stephen Wyatt (featuring Michael Mills)
Joe & Michael head to Paradise Towers for a stay in its gleaming pools, squares and towers! Welcomed by contentious caretakers, kindly residents and sweet girl…
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Hamster Book Club - Set Piece by Kate Orman (featuring Luke Sims-Jenkins, Jon Arnold & Andrew Batty)
Join Joe, Luke, Jon & Andrew as we say goodbye to Ace from the New Adventures, discuss her characters success (or otherwise) and pick our bottom three NA…
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Hamster Book Club - Battlefield by Marc Platt (featuring Michael Mills & James Lark)
God tier Doctor Who - and we're not mad. James & Michael have always loved this book and have enticed Joe to join them in happily declaring this one of the…
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Strictly Come Hamster - Season Twelve (featuring Daniel Knight, Lucy McCaul, Jo Short & Elliot Mair)
Join Joe, Daniel, Lucy, Jo & Elliot as they face robot wielding Nazi’s, big bugs, sadistic Sontarans, Daleks & Cybermen! Who will be victorious?
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Hamster Book Club - City of the Dead by Lloyd Rose (featuring Anthony Carroll)
Joe is joined by brilliant new bookclubber Anthony to discuss one of the creepiest, slyest, most hallucinatory Doctor Who books. Lloyd Rose stepped into the…
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Talks to David Gillespie-Pratt about his choice of Spearhead from Space (4/4)
No more Meg! But plenty of death! A bus queue mown down! Will Joe & David survive their experience with the asshole of Death?
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Talks to David Gillespie-Pratt about his choice of Spearhead from Space (3/4)
Meg under fire! Barney attacked! Ransome dribbling coffee! That shot or Channing through the door! The stunning double Scobie cliffhanger! This story has it…
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Hamster Book Club - Verdigris by Paul Magrs (featuring Kieran Pell)
A podcast as lively, as smart, as silly, as scattershot and as barking as the book they are talking about! Allow me to introduce Kieran from Patreon as he…
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Talks to David Gillespie-Pratt about his choice of Spearhead from Space (2/4)
Meg in action! Don't think I'll have that dirty old box in my house! The Doctor nude! Blood all over the windscreen! Dummies springing to life! Is this a kids…
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Talks to David Gillespie-Pratt about his choice of Spearhead from Space (1/4)
Join David & I as we explore the re-imagined Doctor Who for the 70s. The ‘We Stan Meg Seeley’ fan club starts here.
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Toby Hadoke talks Quatermass!
To celebrate the lauch of Toby Hadoke's new book - The Quatermass Experiment - I would love to present to you the glorious episode of Hamster Extra where he…
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Hamster Book Club - The Ancestor Cell by Peter Anghelides & Stephen Cole (featuring Mark Donaldson)
Mark steps into the book club with a nice easy read - voodoo cults, twisted versions of Fitz & the Doctor, a female TARDIS that Romana is attempting to force…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Strictly Come Hamster Series 4A (featuring Frazer Gregory, Daniel Rawnsley & Kieran Pell)
Join Joe, Frazer, Daniel & Kieran as we face Adipose, Pyrovilles, evil corporations, Sontarans and genetic warfare in the aim to crown the winner of this half…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
The Savages Omnibus (featuring Mark Rawlins)
To celebrate the release of the animation, a re-release of the best time that Mark & I had discussing one of his favourites and one I have come to love through…
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Hamster Book Club - Terror of the Vervoids by Pip and Jane Baker (featuring Paul Quinn)
I bring in one of the smartest men I know to critique the work of Pip and Jane Baker. With an enormous vagina on the cover, murder, mayhem and intrigue within…
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Talks to Pete Lambert & Toby Hadoke to celebrate Revelation of the Daleks (full commentary)
At Pete's request, we have assembled to talk about one of the most unusual Doctor Who stories of all time and just how many ways we love it...
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Hamster Book Club - The Romans & The Myth Makers by Donald Cotton (featuring Luke Sims-Jenkins, Jon Arnold & Andrew Batty)
A fascinating pair of historical artefacts (both in content and as books) - most unlike your usual script to page Target and divisive reads amongst the book…
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The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords Omnibus (featuring Toby Hadoke)
Recorded two years ago - how time flies - we (mostly) wax lyrical about the closing two parter of series three. It was a time when we were both pinching…
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Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of The Stranger - In Memory Alone
A huge Nicholas Briggs love in for a great script and brilliant guest turn. Easily our favourite of the Strangers - a creepy, beguiling SF mystery with a…
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Hamster Book Club - Mutually Assured Destruction by Nick Walters (featuring Dylan Rees & Frazer Gregory)
In a double bill with Too Hot for TV - it's Quarkmania! Joe, Dylan and Frazer embark on a Quark (and Dominator) filled spy thriller from the Lethbridge-Stewart…
- A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
Talks to Dylan Rees about The Stranger - More Than a Messiah
Sophie Aldred as a sexy alien planet! Naked with Colin Baker! Nigel Fairs as a bereaved gay lover! Peter Miles & Barbara Shelley! And possibly Wookey Hole!…
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Talks to Dylan Rees about The Stranger - Summoned By Shadows
Starring Colin Baker & Nicola Bryant as the Doctor & Peri...sorry the Stranger and Miss Brown! Joe & Dylan begin their great voyage to listen to a explore all…
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Strictly Come Hamster - 11th Doctor Special (featuring Frazer, Si, Mark, Luke & Jackson)
Bring forth the five biggest 11th Doctor fans - Frazer, Si, Mark, Luke & Jackson! This is the big one! Series five, six and seven discussed, Matt Smith…