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
- 1011
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Hamster Book Club - Blood Heat by Jim Mortimore (featuring John Lane)
John returns to the bookclub to discuss the much celebrated Blood Heat only to find that the memory cheats and fatalism is a little out of fashion...
Talks to James Lark about his choice of The Invasion (8/8)
Our epic commentary on The Invasion reaches its climax and our intimate study of James' diary does too. How will the Cybermen be defeated? And will James get the girl?
Talks to James Lark about his choice of The Invasion (7/8)
This mammoth commentary reaches its penultimate episode. Will Tobias Vaughn succeed with his evil plans? And more importantly, with James get his happily ever after with Sally?
Talks to James Lark about his choice of The Invasion (6/8)
Joe declares this one of the best episodes of Doctor Who of all time, and James cannot disagree. We start with Cybermen menacing our friends in the sewers and end with them invading London!
Hamster Book Club - Lux by James Goss (featuring Michael Mills)
Armed with advance copies, Michael and I discuss Lux the episode and the Target novelisation. A bold, stylish and nuanced take on the story. SPOILERS!
Talks to James Lark about his choice of The Invasion (5/8)
The Cybermen are here...but just enough to bring them out of the cocoon. Jamie & Zoe go on a foolhardy expedition with Isobel, and Vaughn's plan is coming to fruition...
Hamster Patreon Update
A thank you to the existing Patreons and information for anyone else who might be interested!
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...
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 gem.
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 climax of this saga?
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 happy ending with Miss Frump?
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 nightclub! And is this The Stranger's t…
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 televised adventures. We examine that an…
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 about the author, and the reaction agai…
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 go from here?
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 some point...so why are we having so much …
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 within, the Lux Book Club will come out on…
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 terrifying than Frazer’s opening…
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 dig out of this controversial story...
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! Allonsy!