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
Talks to Jim Allenby about his choice of Can You Hear Me?
Joe & Jim; confessing, confronting & confabulating. A hugely important episode dealing with huge issues and worthy of suitably weighty discussion. We really enjoyed this, but we have reservations. Hu…
01:56:24 |
Sun 06 Aug 2023
Talks to the wonderful Jo Short about her choice of Sleep No More
The two Jo(e)’s; infected, infecting, and you’re coming down with us! Is this the nadir of the new series or an underrated winner? What gold can we sift out of this found footage experiment?
01:11:27 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
Talks to the very cheeky Matt Michael about his choice of Downtime
Joe & Matt; not for the faint hearted! Chris Barry is out of retirement, Lis Sladen is doing him a favour, Debbie Watling has knitted a few Yeti costumes, Miles Richardson has wandered into the set. …
01:54:31 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
Talks to Martyn Havell about his choice of Thin Ice
Joe & Martin; ‘that’s not what I asked!’ Where we celebrate the death of a child, a racist being punch and a ruddy great fish that’s eating people being saved. What this doesn’t suggest is just how a…
01:19:35 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Talks to James H about his choice of Arc of Infinity (4/4)
Joe & James; ‘I guess you’re stuck with me!’ A dashing finale, taking in all the sights of Amsterdam (plus green goo). Are the Time Lords disposable? Should Tegan have returned? And they do WHAT in A…
00:44:28 |
Sun 30 Jul 2023
Talks to James H about his choice of Arc of Infinity (3/4)
Joe & James; ‘Omega controls the Matrix!’ (what the fuck does that mean?). It’s technobabble central, orgasms in the Matrix & a traitor who can barely be arsed to be uncovered. It’s high drama all th…
00:32:56 |
Fri 28 Jul 2023
Talks to James H about his choice of Arc of Infinity (2/4)
Joe & James; ‘so much for your justice!’ What is Tegan’s dirty secret? Is she on the run from the police? Is the technobabble necessary? Who is the traitor?
00:35:06 |
Wed 26 Jul 2023
Talks to the fittest geek of all (James H) about his choice of Arc of Infinity (1/4)
Joe & James; psycho-synthesized! Churchill shaped dildos, rubber chickens, porn openings, Amsterdam gossip, Time Lord designs and early Doctors! He’s a new member of the fam, but he’s already at home…
00:56:34 |
Mon 24 Jul 2023
Talks to Dylan Rees & Luke Molloy about their choice of Day of the Moon (2/2)
Joe, Dylan & Luke; NSFW! We’re all around the Moffat era here; celebrating, criticising and flirting! Day of the Moon is declared the end of the golden period of Doctor Who by one of us…but who?
01:07:53 |
Fri 21 Jul 2023
Talks to those naughty boys Luke Molloy & Dylan Rees about their choice of The Impossible Astronaut
Joe, Luke & Dylan; ‘I’m saving your life!’ Is series six an ambitious, modern, witty, brilliant take on Doctor Who? Or is it a smug, unsatisfying mess? It all starts here folks…and the trio are ready…
01:07:19 |
Wed 19 Jul 2023
Talks to the best; Si & Frazer about their choice of The Seeds of Death (6/6)
Joe, Si & Frazer; ‘OH MY WORD!’ This epic, rousing, laughter filled commentary comes to close with a huge moral debate. Is the Doctor morally dubious? Can you draw a line under the morality of the sh…
00:57:41 |
Sun 16 Jul 2023
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about their choice of The Seeds of Death (5/6)
Joe, Frazer & Si; and Seeds of Doom! There’s foam galore, cute as a button companions, terrifying monsters and a desperate Doctor. But all that is nought compared to the shock revelation about Si Har…
00:32:36 |
Sat 15 Jul 2023
Talks to the gorgeous Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of The Seeds of Death (4/6)
Joe, Si & Frazer; but Frazer is taking a week off to grow his sideburns! Can Doctor Who survive with the Doctor? Can Fewsham survive this nightmare? Can the trio go one episode without lauding Mr Fer…
00:37:14 |
Thu 13 Jul 2023
Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of The Vanquishers
Joe & Dylan; and guest star Jodie Whittaker (or rather quotes from interviews). How will this ambitious season climax? Will every plot be ticked off? Will the characters reach satisfying endings? One…
01:26:43 |
Tue 11 Jul 2023
Si Hart & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I talk to Si Hart about his choice of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a brilliant, bonkers and philosophical SF comedy from the pen of Douglas Adams. Can the BBC realise his ambitious concepts?…
01:02:05 |
Fri 07 Jul 2023
Hamster Book Club - Festival of Death by Jonathan Morris
Joe Ford, Nathan Bottomley, Simon Hart & Frazer Gregory head into the pages of 2000’s Festival of Death. The Doctor dies, Romana meets herself and K.9 turns very bad…prepare yourselves for The Beauti…
01:32:33 |
Thu 06 Jul 2023
Talks to gorgeous Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about their choice of The Seeds of Death (3/6)
Joe, Si & Frazer; ‘we want to live!’ There’s only two names on our lips this week; Terrance and Fewsham! Is Mr Dicks the ultimate repairman? Was Fewsham right to betray everybody? Bring on the debate…
00:33:04 |
Tue 04 Jul 2023
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Simon Hart about their choice of The Seeds of Death (2/6)
Joe, Frazer & Si; go, mirilon, go! What does Frazer think is the best scene in this? Would it make a good soundtrack? Is Michael Ferguson one of the best directors?
00:33:51 |
Sat 01 Jul 2023
Talks to his best buds Simon Hart & Frazer Gregory about The Seeds of Death (1/6)
Joe, Si & Frazer; the boys are back in town…on the moon! Frazer thinks this is average, Si thinks this is the second best of the year and Joe thinks this ranks fourth. Join the banter as they battle …
00:35:52 |
Fri 30 Jun 2023
Talks to Jim Allenby about his choice of The Snowmen
Joe & Jim; that’s the way to do it! It’s back to Matt Smith and one of the finest Christmas specials; a poetic, fantasy romp with magical visuals and a real sense of tragedy. Welcome to the Jim Allen…
01:45:11 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
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