A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast
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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...
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Strictly Come Hamster - Season 2a (featuring Eddie Arnold, Toby Hadoke, Jon Arnold & Jack Coyer)
What chaos will ensue when super villain Eddie Arnold takes the reins and guides us through season 2 featuring discussions on Planet of the Giants, Th...
Talks to James Lark about his choice of Mawdryn Undead (2/4)
Our favourite episode of the story and the one which introduces timey wimey to Steven Moffat whilst he was still a wee nipper. The ultimate nostalgia...
Talks to James Lark about his choice of Mawdryn Undead (1/4)
Joe & James embark on a timey wimey adventure and talk season 20, introducing new companions, unforgettable incidental music and a story with some ser...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Invasion of the Dinosaurs (6/6)
Welcome to Dinosaur Hour with me, Joe Ford, and my pupil Paul Arthur...get ready to see Dino on Dino action, Dinos in the Underground and a jeep drive...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Invasion of the Dinosaurs (5/6)
What's that? An episode of padding? It's the Doctor on the run...from UNIT? Plus politics gets messy when the far left show what they do with insurrec...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Invasion of the Dinosaurs (4/6)
Joe & Paul continue their love in with this latter era Pertwee six parter with the story opening out in some fascinating and absurd new directions. Ho...
Strictly Come Hamster - 5th Doctor Special (featuring Luke, Dan, Lucy & Paul)
The ultimate fifth Doctor love in as the team discuss the era, the actor, the character and determine the Strictly Come Hamster ultimate fifth Doctor...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Invasion of the Dinosaurs (3/6)
There's a ruddy great T-Rex chained down in the hangar and its pissed and wants to eat Sarah Jane! Does Doctor Who get any more exciting than this?
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Invasion of the Dinosaurs (2/6)
It's all to play for with this episode; Yates is acting oddly, the Doctor is just trying to work, Sarah goes out to play and the Brigadier hunts for a...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1/6)
Paul bravely hands this episode to his family to watch...and then realises that whatever embarrassment he might have felt is dispelled when he watches...
Talks to Luke Sims-Jenkins about his choice of Earthshock (4/4)
We bring this commentary to a rousing conclusion as we discuss the momentous ending, the crazy pace, the mad twists and of course why the Cartmel era...
Talks to Luke Sims-Jenkins about his choice of Earthshock (3/4)
It's time for name that Davison incidental music quiz! Things are REALLY hotting up with part three; traitors, massacres, and thousands of silos burst...
Talks to Luke Sims-Jenkins about his choice of Earthshock (2/4)
Bombs, Freighters and Reid - oh my! We're still in love with this propulsive, expensive and impressive action romp.
Talks to Luke Sims-Jenkins about his choice of Earthshock (1/4)
We discuss everything that makes this story stand out as impressively as it does, the many ways that the story is unique and why the instincts of the...
Talks to Luke Hollands about his choice of Revolution of the Daleks (
Winner of the Paul Spragg Big Finish competition, Luke Hollands joins me to talk about a much ignored but blisteringly action packed and entertaining...
Top and Bottom Tens - Hamster Book Club Extra!
Joe, David, Gareth and Dan all meet up in London for the day and of course had to do a bookclub recording - so we add to our original top and bottom t...
Talks to Daniel Rawnsley about his choice of Eye of the Gorgon (2/2)
Serve the podcast! Serve the podcast! More great Nun action, a portal to another world, a bneautiful gift for Bea and touching moment for Chrissie.
Talks to Daniel Rawnsley about his choice of Eye of the Gorgon (1/2)
A moving examination of dementia, an chilling look at Greek myths, a hilariously camp group of sinister nuns and Phylida Law!
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Terror of the Autons (4/4)
Is there anything more Doctor Who than a Time Lord and a human tied up in a van using the indicators to send out morse code while the army fights a bu...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Terror of the Autons (3/4)
Who's in charge of you pen pushers these days? What makes good and bad comedy in Doctor Who? What makes scary Doctor Who? What makes entertaining Doct...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Terror of the Autons (2/4)
Hungry asphyxiating chairs! Troll dollies that strangle fathers! Coppers with blank faces! Jo Grant having a meltdown! What a first day on the job...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Terror of the Autons (1/4)
The Master! Jo Grant! Captain Yates! A shrunken scientist in a lunchbox! Don't touch her that's a bomb! Daddy issues! So much for Joe & Paul to get th...
Talks to Daniel Rawnsley about his choice of Revenge of the Slitheen (2/2)
We've synchronised the mega wattage, called New York, prepared the vinegar in squeezies and turned off the sun! Anything else?
Talks to Daniel Rawnsley about his choice of Revenge of the Slitheen (1/2)
Time for another exciting adventure with Sarah Jane and the moppets...and the Slitheen! A new friend, Clyde, joins, and there's some unfinished Doctor...
Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of The Daemons (5/5)
Is this a disappointing denouement or a rousing conclusion to a story that Rob and I both admit is one of our all time favourites?
Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of The Daemons (4/5)
Joe’s favourite of the serial; sacrificial wrapping, QueQuiQuod and devastating reticules! Action, suspense, jokes, a brilliant Doctor and Benton and...
Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of The Daemons (3/5)
The Master makes his move on the village and blackmails them all with gossip and scandal! And the great Doctor/Miss Hawthorn debate rages on - Science...
Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of The Daemons (2/5)
E-O-Evo-Ay Azal! The Doctor is frozen, Jo is in a state, Miss Hawthorne is in a box and the Master is on the move...enter Yates and Benton to the resc...
Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of The Daemons (1/5)
'Lots of lovely hush!' Rob and I are in total agreement on the fact that this is one of the very best first episodes of Doctor Who; thrills, suspense,...
Sarah Jane Adventures - Invasion of the Bane (with Daniel Rawnsley)
In a brand new thread for Hamster, Joe & Daniel will be watching and celebrating The Sarah Jane Adventures. How smart, funny, silly, intelligent and m...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Destiny of the Daleks (4/4)
It's shoddy and boring and pantomimic and gets the Daleks wrong. Screw that! Daleks blowing up, gun battles, mucky punch ups, 'BYE BYE!' Just fabulous...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Destiny of the Daleks (3/4)
More great direction, lots of Davros discussion, how ableist is Doctor Who, plus Joe heads down a very strange rabbit hole where he is heading off wit...
Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Destiny of the Daleks (2/4)
Just what sinister purpose do the Daleks have for drilling down into the depths of Skaro? Why don't the Movellans die? And is Romana really dead?
Talks to the delightful Paul Arthur about his choice of Destiny of the Daleks
It's a Terry Nation part one with Douglas Adams jokes...this is a hybrid that shouldn't work at all. So why are we having such a good time?
Talks to Paul Dunn & Peter Ould about their choice of State of Decay (4/4)
This vampiric tale comes to an epic conclusion with mythological beasts from the history of the Time Lords coming to life, Adric defecting to the enem...
Talks to Peter Ould & Paul Dunn about their choice of State of Decay (3/4)
The blood of the dead is stale and flat...we must feed on the living! We're into exposition territory now as we learn all about the Great War between...
Talks to Paul Dunn & Peter Ould about their choice of State of Decay (2/4)
What on earth word the names Joe Ford, Paul Dunn and Peter Ould become over the years? Is Aukon horny for Adric? Is Camilla horny for Romana?
Talks to Peter Ould & Paul Dunn about their choice of State of Decay (1/4)
Peter dazzles with his first Hamster recording, Paul is in the hot seat asking the questions, but and we head into E-Space for a chilling tale of vamp...
Talks to Jack Coyer about his choice of The Witchfinders
Jack isn't the biggest fan of the 13th Doctor's era, but he does really enjoy this episode and we thought we would have some fun picking both of those...
Talks to Joe M about his choice of The Fires of Pompeii
An ambitious production, a poignant emotional core, fierce regulars, a stunning guests cast and a complex dilemma...is this the best historical of the...