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
- 1018
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Tries to distract superstar Mark Rawlins from taking about his choice of Hide
Joe & Mark; in person and enjoying each other’s company immensely. Will Mark ever get to talk about Hide? Not if Joe has anything to do about it. Much diversions, deviations, naughty observations and…
00:53:34 |
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Talks to Matt Michael about his choice of Time and the Rani (4/4)
Joe & Matt; how could we top episodes 1-3 for pleasure? A thrilling climax, high stakes, endlessly quotable lines, a Tetrap army and bangle action! Would this make a satisfying Colin climax? Matt and…
00:30:39 |
Thu 26 Aug 2021
Talks to Matt Michael about his choice of Time and the Rani (3/4)
Joe & Matt; increasing the stimulation. We cast the first six Ranis! The prequel story of the Ood brain revealed! The tragic tale of Shomi the cat! And Sylvester McCoy doing something obscene! All th…
00:27:40 |
Wed 25 Aug 2021
Talks to Matt Michael about his choice of Time and the Rani (2/4)
Joe & Matt; more tongue action. More talk about how glorious Sylvester McCoy is in S24, more laughing with this wonderfully funny script, more admiration for the production value. This is blissfully …
00:29:59 |
Tue 24 Aug 2021
Talks to the outrageous flirt Matt Michael about his choice of Time and the Rani (1/4)
Joe & Matt; obscene sexual content! Accessible, camp, fun, quirky and deliriously funny; we come not to bury Time and the Rani but to praise it! What would a Pip’n’Jane script edited season look like…
00:43:50 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Talks to Nathan Bottomley about his choice of The Ribos Operation (4/4)
Joe & Nathan; all but one doomed to die… Why have Doctor Who stars stopped coming to Australia? Why is Joe wrong about continuity? And what dark moment does Nathan break the sound system with his lau…
00:30:02 |
Sun 22 Aug 2021
Talks to Nathan Bottomley about his choice of The Ribos Operation (3/4)
Joe & Nathan; exchanging outrageous tales whilst banged up. Which Tom is best Tom? Will Nathan hit peak laughter in this blackly funny episode? Are villains more interesting than monsters? Binro the …
00:30:19 |
Sat 21 Aug 2021
Talks to Nathan Bottomley about his choice of The Ribos Operation (2/4)
Joe & Nathan; searching for a Scringe Stone mine! A huge discussion on the nature of television, then and now, and how performances and direction have changed. This is a heist plot and we’re in suspe…
00:27:11 |
Fri 20 Aug 2021
Talks to his 🐹 husband Nathan Bottomley about his choice of The Ribos Operation (1/4)
Joe & Nathan; almost willing to be impressed! Is Doctor Who taking on a mission from God? Contempt for colonialism, a ridiculous premise undermined by a genius, terrific production design, a fabulous…
00:30:57 |
Thu 19 Aug 2021
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about Twitter’s choice of The Armageddon Factor (6/6)
Joe & Frazer & Si; refusing to anticlimax! What’s the best way to binge The Armageddon Factor? Imagine only 25 minutes of Doctor Who a week? How do you wrap up a 26 episode season on Doctor Who? We’r…
00:36:46 |
Wed 18 Aug 2021
Talks to Simon Hart & Frazer Gregory about Twitter's choice of The Armageddon Factor (5/6)
Joe & Si & Frazer; plus guest stars the Black Guardian, Merak and Shapp! Why does Frazer tell Joe to 'stop it' this week? Does the Graham Williams era score better at imaginative conclusions? What wa…
00:27:13 |
Tue 17 Aug 2021
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Simon Hart about Twitter’s choice of The Armageddon Factor (4/6)
Joe & Frazer & Si; jackdaw meandering! How does Si give Joe a boner this week? The perfect Big Finish story? Frazer’s take on ambition versus the ability to realise it. A masterclass in villainy clif…
00:28:53 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Talks to Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about Twitter’s choice of The Armageddon Factor (3/6)
Joe & Si & Frazer; discussing when Doctor Who has scared the shit out of them. Clever scripting, mummy tits, titles mentioned in stories, flirty subtitles between computers, and a story that continue…
00:37:52 |
Sun 15 Aug 2021
Talks to Frazer Gregory & Si Hart about Twitter’s choice of The Armageddon Factor (2/6)
Joe & Frazer & Si; both agreeing and disagreeing. Cold War allusions, effective budget saving devices, Tom Baker versus Graham Williams, a protracted K.9 suspense sequence, and cliffhangers that don’…
00:37:39 |
Sat 14 Aug 2021
Talks to his boys Si Hart & Frazer Gregory about Twitter’s choice of The Armageddon Factor (1/6)
Joe & Si & Frazer; young men who are dying for it! The worst of the duffers or unfairly maligned? John Woodvine love abounds, plus we’re positive about the shadowy direction, the design, the lighting…
00:28:27 |
Fri 13 Aug 2021
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Death in Heaven (2/2)
Joe & Steven; surrounded by the dead! Missy is sick and silly, the Doctor is distant and contradictory, Clara is hyper confident and falls apart, Danny is emotionless and butch. Nobody is saying what…
01:10:30 |
Thu 12 Aug 2021
Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Dark Water (1/2)
Joe & Steven; going to hell. Is this the darkest Doctor Who? How far is too far? Is this a riveting conceptual horror or a paceless bore? Danny Pink; charisma bypass? Joe won’t make the compromises t…
00:52:14 |
Wed 11 Aug 2021
Talks to the awesome Colin Neal about his choice of Flatline
Joe & Colin; we think this is perfection. Technically, emotionally, conceptually, creatively perfect. This was enough to salvage Doctor Who for Joe, and to score a 10/10 from Colin. We examine the er…
00:56:33 |
Tue 10 Aug 2021
Talks to Jason Thompson about his choice of The Tsuranga Conundrum
Joe & Jason; courting contention! Exposition, cute monsters, talking about adventures more exciting than what we’re watching, great sets, a verbose Doctor, close ups, pretty people, and a pregnant ma…
00:59:41 |
Mon 09 Aug 2021
Talks to David Maskell about his choice of Knock Knock
Joe & David; flat-sharing in hell! Why did Pearl Mackie only have one year? David is in love with David Suchet, the atmosphere, the twists and the horror. Joe is less convinced, but his guest offers …
00:53:13 |
Sun 08 Aug 2021
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