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
- 1017
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Talks to Dr Simon Exton & Si Hart about The Web Planet (5/6)
Joe; Simon & Si; discussing the structure of this story, how it splits the crew and explores Vortis, and the best way to experience classic Who. There’s no sign of this kaleidoscope of weirdness is b…
00:28:14 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
Talks to Simon Exton & Si Hart about their choice of The Web Planet (4/6)
Joe, Simon & Si; 4 in and still glorying in this oddball ephemera. Who has been smoking 20 a day? What happens when seaweed cooks under studio lights? And is Hillio the new gay at work?
00:34:47 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
Talks to Si Hart & Dr Simon Exton about their choice of The Web Planet (3/6)
Joe, Si & Simon; making connections old and new. What happens when you have no fixed rules in Doctor Who? How many ways does this story remind of a gay sauna? Will we ever see the Astral plane again?…
00:33:05 |
Wed 07 Dec 2022
Talks to Dr Simon Exton & Si Hart about their choice of The Web Planet (2/6)
Joe, Simon & Si; picking apart the First Doctor era as a whole. Special movement? Acid spewing grubs? Terror ants? We’re not letting up in the praise for this story and it’s exotic weirdness.
00:34:37 |
Sat 03 Dec 2022
Talks to Simon Exton & Si Hart about their choice of The Web Planet (1/6)
Joe, Simon & Si; somehow being slowly dragged down. Brilliant sets, bold poetic concepts, the best set of regulars, a chilling atmosphere…why do people not like this again?
00:38:23 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
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All 🐹 episodes (400+) remain free but this is some subscriber bonuses for Buy Me a Coffee members… https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hamsterpenknife
00:01:36 |
Sun 27 Nov 2022
Talks to Mark Rawlins about his choice of The Android Invasion (4/4)
Joe & Mark; and the epic fail face palm of gunge. Colonel Faraday? Evil Doctor? Plot inconsistencies. Mark gives impressive reasons why he loves this, and Joe explains why it is so special to him.
00:31:10 |
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Talks to Mark Rawlins about his choice of The Android Invasion (3/4)
Joe & Mark; and the curse of Kerry Nation! We’re still impressed at this point, despite a crushing cliffhanger and too much studio work. Mark reveals the ultimate Terry Nation ‘get out of a cell’ tri…
00:34:12 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
Talks to Mark Rawlins about his choice of The Android Invasion (2/4)
Joe & Mark; and the tragic tale of what went wrong with the Kraals. We still love this; action, suspense, location work, memorable cliffhangers. And an appearance by the entire cast of rainbow!
00:29:17 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
Double Takes with Mark Rawlins about his choice of The Android Invasion (1/4)
Joe & Mark; regaling with delightful tales of Didcot! Mark LOVES this story, and Joe has been seduced by his enthusiasm for it. Is this one of the best ever episode ones?
00:31:34 |
Sun 20 Nov 2022
Talks to Dave Rennie about his choice of The Almost People (2/2)
Joe & Dave; breaking the show as they clash over the idea of the Doctor murdering. Amy tortured and tricked? Rory duped? Is the Doctor pro-Ganger or not? Has the show lost its mind in this ambitious …
01:09:30 |
Sat 19 Nov 2022
Clashes swords with Dave Rennie over his choice of The Rebel Flesh (1/2)
Joe & Dave; and buckets full of, um, flesh. Is this a vastly underrated horror story with atmosphere and chills? Or is it a ghastly, ugly, hollow bore-fest that does perverse things with the regulars…
00:52:51 |
Wed 16 Nov 2022
Talks to Peter Griffiths about his choice of Vengeance of Varos (2/2)
Joe & Peter; needing more than Perrrier. We address the complaints; the gratuitous violence, acid bath humour, a murderous climax and lots of corridor wandering…and we revel and laugh our way through…
00:54:42 |
Tue 15 Nov 2022
Talks to Peter Griffiths about his choice of Vengeance on Varos (1/2)
Joe & Peter; we’ll hear you scream until we’re deaf with pleasure. A popular season, a well directed story, featuring a strong cast, a biting commentary on Doctor Who, atmosphere and a commanding Doc…
01:01:25 |
Sun 13 Nov 2022
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of The Macra Terror (4/4)
Joe & Si; Ra! Ra! Ra! Discussion about piecing together Doctor Who like a puzzle. How gay and cheerful is Jamie? And how do you bring down giant gas guzzling crabs?
00:42:40 |
Fri 11 Nov 2022
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of The Macra Terror (3/4)
Joe & Si; happy to work, happy to play! Is this the point where the story becomes a little more conventional? What the hell is the Danger Gang? And what is the backstory of the Macra infiltrating the…
00:26:31 |
Tue 08 Nov 2022
Talks to Si Hart about his choice of The Macra Terror (2/4)
Joe & Si; pondering extraneous TARDIS facilities that we never hear about again. Is Si a champion tosser? An initiative test? Missing episodes = the ultimate, unsolvable puzzle.
00:32:12 |
Sun 06 Nov 2022
Talks to the munificent Si Hart about his choice of The Macra Terror (1/4)
Joe & Si; well this is gay! Huge love for the first episode, the subversive nature of Troughton’s Doctor emerging, the insidious, jolly atmosphere and discussion of the animation. Nothing succeeds li…
00:37:19 |
Fri 04 Nov 2022
Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of Day of the Daleks (4/4)
Joe & Gary; and the ultimate 🐹question. More talk of watching this as a kid, especially in relation to the brilliant final set piece. How did we do in actually talking about Day of the Daleks?
00:33:51 |
Thu 03 Nov 2022
Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of Day of the Daleks (3/4)
Joe & Gary; in a war torn Dalek future. Who was the last survivor of the Titanic? What was Terrance and what was Louis? Is this the first deeply unpleasant Dystopia? Is this the first unpleasant depi…
00:29:20 |
Tue 01 Nov 2022
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