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

By Joe FordTV & Film TV Reviews

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

May 06, 2023 Talks to Steven Alexander about his choice of Robots of Death (1/4)
Joe & Steve; heading to Storm Mine Four for traces of lucanol! What inspired this story? Does anyone not like it? How many varied and spectacular ways can we sing this story’s praises?
56 min
May 05, 2023 Talks to Brendan Jones & Si Hart about their choice of Terminus (4/4)
Joe, Brendan and Si; and it’s almost the end of everything! Will the space dog triumph? Will Nyssa get her clothes back? Can this troubled production pull it together for episode four?
38 min
May 04, 2023 Talks to Brendan Jones & Si Hart about their choice of Terminus (3/4)
Joe, Brendan and Si; facing Lazars, Garm, and Vanir! More talk about production disasters, but also (almost inadvertent) triumphs! Are big ideas enough? It’s the beginning of the universe…again!
31 min
April 30, 2023 Talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of Shada
Joe & Rob; trying to determine which members of the cast to date! What is the Shada-i-est Shada? Was this story being incomplete the most Douglas Adana thing could happen? Is the first half better than the second half?
2 hr 52 min
April 28, 2023 Talks to Si Hart about his choice of Full Circle (4/4)
Joe & Si; and special guest star James Bree! A rousing conclusion, a sibling death, evolutionary surprises, geographical prisons and much mirth! Simon Hart, you’re a hamster superstar.
46 min
April 27, 2023 Talks to Si Hart about his choice of Full Circle (3/4)
Joe & Si; ‘towards the embarkation!’ Is this Lalla Ward’s finest hour scaring the bejesus out of us? Is the story still going strong? And how is best out of the adult leads?
29 min
April 26, 2023 Talks to to Si Hart about his choice of Full Circle (2/4)
Joe & Si; ‘we’re taking over your ship!’ Marshmen on the rampage - let’s head for the Starliner! One of the more impressively realised spaceships in Doctor Who. We’re besotted by this story.
30 min
April 25, 2023 Talks to Si Hart about his choice of Full Circle (1/4)
Joe & Si; two friends, kicking back, loving Doctor Who.
36 min
April 23, 2023 Talks to Brendan Jones & Si Hart (Gotcha!) about their choice of Terminus (2/4)
Joe, Brendan & Si; we feel so hot… Set design, Big Finish, lighting, visual improvements, CGI, BUGS, Nyssa’s agency, and underwhelming cliffhangers. It’s the Terminus deep dive!
30 min
April 21, 2023 Talks to gym sex God Brendan Jones about his choice of Terminus (1/4)
Joe & Brendan; we’re on a leper ship! Poor Mary Ridge, hot from some of the finest Blakes’ 7 episodes and suffering the production nightmare from hell. We detail her experience here.
35 min

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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…