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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

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All Episodes

04:37:26

Strictly Come Hamster Series 4B (featuring Daniel,...

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2025/04/25

In which we face giant wasps (I mean wasps that are giant!), shadows (Hey! Who turned out the lights?), the anonymous Midnight monster, alternative realities and Davros threatening the destruction of REALITY ITSELF!

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01:33:21

Hamster Book Club - Paradise Towers by Stephen Wyatt...

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2025/04/21

Joe & Michael head to Paradise Towers for a stay in its gleaming pools, squares and towers! Welcomed by contentious caretakers, kindly residents and sweet girl gangs. And a world class sauna in the basement...

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02:07:43

Hamster Book Club - Set Piece by Kate Orman...

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2025/04/18

Join Joe, Luke, Jon & Andrew as we say goodbye to Ace from the New Adventures, discuss her characters success (or otherwise) and pick our bottom three NA covers...

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02:15:26

Hamster Book Club - Battlefield by Marc Platt...

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2025/04/15

God tier Doctor Who - and we're not mad. James & Michael have always loved this book and have enticed Joe to join them in happily declaring this one of the best Doctor Who books. Hyperbole? Press play and find out...

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04:01:07

Strictly Come Hamster - Season Twelve (featuring...

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2025/04/12

Join Joe, Daniel, Lucy, Jo & Elliot as they face robot wielding Nazi’s, big bugs, sadistic Sontarans, Daleks & Cybermen! Who will be victorious?

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01:35:21

Hamster Book Club - City of the Dead by Lloyd Rose...

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2025/04/09

Joe is joined by brilliant new bookclubber Anthony to discuss one of the creepiest, slyest, most hallucinatory Doctor Who books. Lloyd Rose stepped into the EDAs and shook things up...

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00:42:10

Talks to David Gillespie-Pratt about his choice of...

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2025/04/09

No more Meg! But plenty of death! A bus queue mown down! Will Joe & David survive their experience with the asshole of Death?

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00:32:41

Talks to David Gillespie-Pratt about his choice of...

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2025/04/08

Meg under fire! Barney attacked! Ransome dribbling coffee! That shot or Channing through the door! The stunning double Scobie cliffhanger! This story has it all.

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01:29:41

Hamster Book Club - Verdigris by Paul Magrs...

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2025/04/06

A podcast as lively, as smart, as silly, as scattershot and as barking as the book they are talking about! Allow me to introduce Kieran from Patreon as he embarks on a Paul Magrs classic...

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00:28:43

Talks to David Gillespie-Pratt about his choice of...

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2025/04/05

Meg in action! Don't think I'll have that dirty old box in my house! The Doctor nude! Blood all over the windscreen! Dummies springing to life! Is this a kids show anymore?

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00:37:55

Talks to David Gillespie-Pratt about his choice of...

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2025/04/03

Join David & I as we explore the re-imagined Doctor Who for the 70s. The ‘We Stan Meg Seeley’ fan club starts here.

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02:02:10

Toby Hadoke talks Quatermass!

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2025/04/02

To celebrate the lauch of Toby Hadoke's new book - The Quatermass Experiment - I would love to present to you the glorious episode of Hamster Extra where he discusses the four iterations of the show magnificently. Buy the book today :-)

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01:32:33

Hamster Book Club - The Ancestor Cell by Peter...

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2025/03/30

Mark steps into the book club with a nice easy read - voodoo cults, twisted versions of Fitz & the Doctor, a female TARDIS that Romana is attempting to force breed, an oncoming War and the destruction of Gallifrey. No biggie.

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04:16:47

Strictly Come Hamster Series 4A (featuring Frazer...

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2025/03/27

Join Joe, Frazer, Daniel & Kieran as we face Adipose, Pyrovilles, evil corporations, Sontarans and genetic warfare in the aim to crown the winner of this half season...with a very special guest star!

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02:27:54

The Savages Omnibus (featuring Mark Rawlins)

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2025/03/26

To celebrate the release of the animation, a re-release of the best time that Mark & I had discussing one of his favourites and one I have come to love through his eyes. 'Thank you, young lady, for making me look so grand!'

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01:34:53

Hamster Book Club - Terror of the Vervoids by Pip and...

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2025/03/25

I bring in one of the smartest men I know to critique the work of Pip and Jane Baker. With an enormous vagina on the cover, murder, mayhem and intrigue within its pages and conversations that consider morality and the poignancy of death, how does this book fare?

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02:15:47

Talks to Pete Lambert & Toby Hadoke to celebrate...

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2025/03/23

At Pete's request, we have assembled to talk about one of the most unusual Doctor Who stories of all time and just how many ways we love it...

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01:44:40

Hamster Book Club - The Romans & The Myth Makers by...

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2025/03/21

A fascinating pair of historical artefacts (both in content and as books) - most unlike your usual script to page Target and divisive reads amongst the book clubbers this week. Does taking a risk reap rewards? Also, our favourite book companion exits.

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03:34:55

The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords Omnibus...

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2025/03/18

Recorded two years ago - how time flies - we (mostly) wax lyrical about the closing two parter of series three. It was a time when we were both pinching ourselves at the shows success and loving what was being delivered.

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00:55:19

Talks to Dylan Rees about his choice of The Stranger...

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2025/03/16

A huge Nicholas Briggs love in for a great script and brilliant guest turn. Easily our favourite of the Strangers - a creepy, beguiling SF mystery with a superb chance for Colin and Nicola to show what they can do.

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