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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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00:56:54

Talks to Toby Hadoke about his choice of The Web of...

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2025/10/31

Where we explore dark undergound passages, homicidal mythological creatures, sticky web and the joy of returned missing episodes...

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02:04:44

Hamster Book Club Halloween Special - White Darkness...

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2025/10/29

Real life historical atrocities rub shoulders with mythological and cosmic horror rub shoulders with James Bond spy thriller! There is much to discuss in this neglected and surprisingly contentious book...

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00:50:32

The (X) Hamster Files - Ghost in the Machine...

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2025/10/27

Evil sentient technology…a portent of the future? How does The X-Files tackle HAL? Agent Morris is with me to do all the hard work and let me take all the credit!

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02:00:59

Hamster Book Club - Vanderdekens Children by...

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2025/10/26

War in the Hamster Book Club! As we explore Christopher Bulis' gaping orifice, there is a huge spread of opinions. Is this the Middest of all Doctor Who writers...or are there some surprises?

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00:35:39

Talks to Dr Simon Exton about his choice of The...

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2025/10/25

That’s taken care of the Cybermen! The most powerful tea tray in history! Is gravity the best weakness of the Cybermen ever? And have you ever seen a bigger ray gun?

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00:30:43

Talks to Dr Simon Exton about his choice of The...

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2025/10/25

What the hell her the ingredients of a Polly cocktail? Is this her best episode? And are Jamie and Ben both in love with her?

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02:10:27

Hamster Book Club - The Last Dodo by Jacqueline...

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2025/10/23

A throwaway New Series Adventure or a moving lesson in the human races extinction list? We tackle the thorny subject of extinction, of museums, and of conservation in this surprisingly touching book.

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00:50:20

The (X) Hamster Files - Shadows (featuring Agent...

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2025/10/21

The first supernaural case in The X-Files - a woman haunted by her murdered boss who is trying to protect her from the people who killed him. Is this so serious that Frazer's journey will end before it begins?

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00:26:12

Talks to Dr Simon Exton about his choice of The...

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2025/10/20

Our discussion of this under appreciated story continues as we figure out…it’s in the sugar! Troughton charms, and his scenes with Polly charm the most.

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03:51:48

Strictly Come Hamster - the rest of Hartnell (Jon...

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2025/10/19

The maddest, most contentious, most laughter filled Strictly yet! How can the fag end of Hartnell provoke so many potent opinions?

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00:36:07

Talks to Dr Simon Exton about his choice of The Moonbase

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2025/10/17

Grab your Polly cocktails, zip up your quilted spacesuits, avoid the Phantom Piper...we're heading to the moon!

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01:30:36

Talks to Paul Arthur about his choice of Kerblam!

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2025/10/16

Politics, adventure, a McCoy love in, sinister robots, terrorism, love...this one has it all! Paul steps into the Ham Fam and discusses a much undervalued episode...

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00:58:58

The (X) Hamster Files - The Jersey Devil (featuring...

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2025/10/14

What happens when Agent Coyer faces his first experience of The X-Files and comes up against Neanderthal woman?

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00:44:50

Talks to Lee, Andy & Cam about their choice of The...

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2025/10/12

It's time to bring this piece of art to an end with a celebration of the many positives about the story, the man positives about Scotland, and the man positives about Subbuteo!

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00:32:00

Talks to Andy, Lee & Cam about their choice of The...

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2025/10/11

Lesson 42! It's time to beat up the Karkus, get trapped in a book and worry about a dollop of foamy spittle at the side of the mouth of a writer of weeklies...

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01:30:11

Hamster Book Club - The Eyeless by Lance Parkin...

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2025/10/10

A surprisingly bleak, dystopian world with huge things to say about war, weapons of mass destruction, genocide and scientific responsibility...aimed at children?

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00:39:37

Talks to Glenn Fitzgerald about his choice of The...

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2025/10/09

One of my favourite single episodes to record, beautiful Glenn reminds us of the joys of finding your tribe within Doctor Who fandom and how enriching it can be to your life...

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00:26:57

Talks to Glenn Fitzgerald about his choice of The...

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2025/10/08

The story takes a massive diversion into domesticity and science fiction as the Doctor and Amelia attempt to reach Romana in Hyperspace...

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00:49:45

The (X) Hamster Files - Conduit (featuring Agent Iain...

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2025/10/08

When Ruby goes missing in the woods, her mother becomes obsessed that she has been abducted. Scully is sceptical, but Mulder thinks this might be linked to the disappearance of his sister...

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03:28:48

Strictly Come Hamster - Season 16 (featuring Nathan...

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2025/10/05

Segments, assignments from God, Pirate planets, blood sucking stones, swordplay, giant farting squids and nuclear war! Everything is to play for in this astonishing season of Doctor Who...

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