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 experience.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 1016
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Hamster Book Club - The Scarlet Empress
Talks to Jack Rees about his choice of Castrovalva (2/4)
Talks to Jack Rees about his choice of Castrovalva (1/4)
SCH 2 - Strictly Come Hamster - Christmas and New Years Specials
Hamster Book Club - Damaged Goods
Joe & the dazzling Michael Mills discuss the first piece of Doctor Who that Russell T Davies wrote. Where is the line? Is this Doctor Who? Are there better Doctor Who books than this? How much does t…
Talks to Paul Quinn about his choice of Ghost Light (3/3)
Joe & Paul; 'Even remains change! It's this planet, it can't help itself!' The final instalment of our walk through Paul's brilliant mind and the Victorian fantasy horror that Marc Platt evokes.
Strictly Come Hamster - The Christmas Specials
Join Joe, Rod, Toby Hadoke & Michael Mills as they traverse the Doctor Who Christmas Specials in the first episode of Strictly Come Hamster! Debate, laughter, voting and much breaking of souls in thi…
Talks to Paul Quinn about his choice of Ghost Light (2/3)
Joe & Paul; 'quintessence of evil...corruption incarnate...' We're all toys, we're just Josiah's toys. How many allusions, references and examinations can one guest squeeze into one episode. Let the …
Talks to Paul Quinn about his choice of Ghost Light (1/3)
Joe & Paul; 'is this an asylum with the patients in charge?' What to make of this brilliant, layered, complex story with its dramatically juxtaposed characters, stylish set pieces and instantly quota…
Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of The Gunfighters (4/4)
Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of The Gunfighters (3/4)
Joe & Rob; 'the meanest gunslingers in the West...' Enter Jonny Ringo, the meanest outlaw in the West. Rob is happy about the injection of some tension, and Joe is dying at Dodo's gun toting antics. …
Hamster Book Club - The Glorious Dead
Join Joe & James as they take a side step into the the Doctor Who comic strips to talk about the Eighth Doctor graphic novel, The Glorious Dead.
Talks to Rob Valentine about his choice of The Gunfighters (2/4)
Joe & Rob; 'How do we proceed?' There's flashy direction and wild comic performances and great set pieces...but there are also missed opportunities and insane accents too. We come to celebrate, but w…
Talks to the brilliant Robert Valentine about his choice of The Gunfighters (1/4)
Joe & Rob; 'I must say this is most unprofessional!' Doctor Who squeezing the most cinematic of genres into a tiny BBC studio? With wit and warmth. Hartnell on fine comic form. This is deconstructed …
Joe & Si - BFI Church of Ruby Road (zero spoilers)
Discussion - (Always) Going Woke
Interview - Jonathan Morris (Part Two)
Joe takes Jonny for a walk through his myriad of brilliant Big Finish stories; discussing the conception of Flip, Vienna, Thomas Brewster, what succeeds, and how to carve out your own unique style.
Interview - Jonathan Morris (Part One)
Joe talks to Jonny Morris; a writer of more excellent Doctor Who stories in print, on audio and adorning the pages of DWM than you could possibly mention. In this first half, Jonny talks about writin…
Talks to Jack Shanahan about his choice of Wild Blue Yonder
Joe & Jack; 'that was really therapeutic!' The duo are back together again to talk about this very special Doctor Who episode. What will they make of the weird, unsettling, slower than usual performa…
Hamster Book Club - Paul Magrs Interview
Paul Magrs is a staggeringly creative author, who writes books full of humanity, warmth, imagination and a lust for life. The Bookclub was very fortunate to talk to him about his work.