A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife - a Doctor Who Commentary podcast

Join Joe, Rod, Toby Hadoke & Michael Mills as they traverse the Doctor Who Christmas Specials in the first episode of Strictly Come Hamster! Debate, laughter, voting and much breaking of souls in this first exciting episode.

Joe & Paul; 'quintessence of evil...corruption incarnate...' We're all toys, we're just Josiah's toys. How many allusions, references and examinations can one guest squeeze into one episode. Let the incomparable Paul Quinn find out.

Joe & Paul; 'is this an asylum with the patients in charge?' What to make of this brilliant, layered, complex story with its dramatically juxtaposed characters, stylish set pieces and instantly quotable dialogue? Scratch the Victorian veneer, and something nasty will come crawling out.

Joe & Rob; 'the meanest gunslingers in the West...' Enter Jonny Ringo, the meanest outlaw in the West. Rob is happy about the injection of some tension, and Joe is dying at Dodo's gun toting antics. We're heading for a climax, but is it Doctor Who?

Join Joe & James as they take a side step into the the Doctor Who comic strips to talk about the Eighth Doctor graphic novel, The Glorious Dead.

Joe & Rob; 'How do we proceed?' There's flashy direction and wild comic performances and great set pieces...but there are also missed opportunities and insane accents too. We come to celebrate, but we play some intellectual exercises.

Joe & Rob; 'I must say this is most unprofessional!' Doctor Who squeezing the most cinematic of genres into a tiny BBC studio? With wit and warmth. Hartnell on fine comic form. This is deconstructed by a master craftsman.