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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

02:10:49

Talks to Jack Coyer about his choice of Last Christmas

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2024/12/26

'Because every Christmas is Last Christmas...' How on Earth will the deliciously funny and an smart Jack Coyer make me admit that Clara Oswald should be the showrunner of Doctor Who?

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03:29:19

Strictly Come Hamster - Christmas Special! Season 24...

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2024/12/24

Join Joe, Mikey, Rob & Toby as they face terrifying Tetraps, officious Caretakers & clinical cleaning robots, genocidal guns for hire and frozen mercenaries! But which story will win the day in this Strictly Christmas Special?

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01:28:10

Hamster Book Club - Time and the Rani by Pip and Jane...

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2024/12/23

Join Joe & James as we brave the peaks and troughs and tumultuous buffeting of Pip and Jane Baker prose, perverse line readings, the abuse of punctuation and discover the the line between classics and tripe is very thin indeed.

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00:44:23

Talks to Dave Rennie, Lucy McCaul & Daniel Knight...

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2024/12/22

Joe, Dave, Lucy & Daniel; 'We're going to put you outside, Salamander. No friends, no safety, nothing...' How does this epic James Bond tribute come to a climax? With double crosses, mistaken identity, stolen identity, murder and a bally big explosion!

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00:30:23

Talks to Daniel Knight, Dave Rennie & Lucy McCaul...

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2024/12/20

Joe, Daniel, Dave & Lucy; 'Oh, I was. But I had a very enjoyable childhood...' We discuss the ambition of Salamander's plan, what a sleazebag Benik is and just what is the Harem of Troughton?

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01:57:17

Hamster Book Club - Oh No It Isn't by Paul Cornell...

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2024/12/18

Once Upon a Time in the Land of Hamstonia, Mills and Ford set off on a bitchy discourse to study the merits (or otherwise) of the first of the Bernice Summerfield New Adventures...

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00:42:19

Hamster At the Movies Part Three (with Mark Rawlins)

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2024/12/16

Mark & Joe have been on the red carpet again! This time we cover everything from Star Wars to Chicago to The Talented Mr Ripley to Revenant!

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03:02:43

Strictly Come Hamster - Season Nine (featuring Jo...

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2024/12/14

Join Joe, Rod, Jo & Si as we face time travelling Daleks, hermaphrodite Hexapods, sinking ships, ‘Mutt!’ and Ingrid Pitt’s astonishing talents! But who will be victorious?

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00:30:46

Talks to Daniel Knight, Lucy McCaul & Dave Rennie...

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2024/12/13

Joe, Daniel, Lucy & Dave; 'Because I hate Salamander probably even more than you do...' An astonishingly brutal episode in some ways and a bizarre and unpredictable in others. The team is back together to extol its virtues!

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01:44:53

Hamster Book Club - Doctor Who in Wonderland by Paul...

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2024/12/13

Once Upon a Time four excited Paul Magrs fans went on a magical adventure featuring men turning into animals, Jabberwocky, hideous sea creatures, tea parties, beheading and midnight book shops...

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00:29:35

Talks to Dave Rennie, Daniel Knight & Lucy McCaul...

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2024/12/12

Joe, Dave, Daniel & Lucy; 'I'm going for a walk...it'll probably rain!' For a a long time the only slice of this story that existed, much to Barry Letts' shame. Turns out it is a bit of a comic gem...

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02:50:36

Hamster Book Club - James Lark Top & Bottom Ten...

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2024/12/10

James faces his greatest challenge yet - to summarise his favourite and least favourite Doctor Who books in a brilliantly unique and gorgeous countdown. Plus stick around at the end to see what a awesomely creative man James is himself.

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02:07:38

Hamster Book Club - Dr Who & the Daleks, Revelation...

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2024/12/07

Prepare yourselves for five people to discuss three books - one they generally like, one they generally didn't and one...well press play.

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01:36:03

Hamster Book Club - Borrowed Time by Naomi Alderman...

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2024/12/05

Two friends; different feelings about the Matt Smith era; the same consensus. A great book; full of wit, imagination, education and entertainment. This is how you do it.

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00:27:47

Talks to Daniel Knight, Lucy McCaul & Dave Rennie...

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2024/12/04

Joe, Daniel, Lucy & Dave; 'A volcano is a strange thing, my friend' The Doctor is out of action but Troughton is still busy with his mad accent, the volcanoes might not be as natural as we thought and Jamie and Victoria play spy.

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00:39:07

Talks to Lucy McCaul, Daniel Knight & Dave Rennie...

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2024/12/03

Joe, Lucy, Daniel & Dave; 'It might cost you your life!' Double trouble as Patrick Troughton takes on the role of the villain and Barry Letts imagines he is directing a Bond movie for one week.

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05:02:45

Strictly Come Hamster - Season Four (featuring Mark...

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2024/11/30

Join Joe, Rod, Mark & Toby as we face devious Daleks, pesky Pirates, the maddest of mad scientists, shiny Cybermen, malicious Macra, misunderstood Chameleons and those dastardly Daleks again!

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01:29:36

Hamster Book Club - The Pirate Loop (featuring Daniel...

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2024/11/29

And here's our Daniel with a quick reminder that the NSAs can cover quantum physics, existentialism, class commentary, slavery commentary and a whole host of creative funky ideas...plus the death of a regular!

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01:15:34

Talks to the magnificent Jack Coyer about his...

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2024/11/28

Joe & Jack; 'I'll explain later...' Wil the intrepid pair survive mutation, bandelip warheads, prolonged padding and misjudged love affairs?

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01:16:00

Talks to Jack Coyer about his enforced torture of...

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2024/11/26

Joe & Jack; 'Save your breath for the Timelash, Doctor. Most people depart with a scream...' How many unambiguous pleasures can we drag from the carcass of Doctor Who in this superlatively terrible (and yet wonderful) story?

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