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

March 19, 2023 Q&A The 1960s!
Hey I dig your fab gear! You asked the questions, Joe & Mark answered! The best story? Pertwee in Alice? Cilla Black in Distress? Susan stabbing a Sensorite? Let’s all have a giggle.
1 hr
March 17, 2023 Talks to Lucy McCaul, Dave Rennie & Daniel Knight about their choice of Planet of Fire (1/4)
Joe, Lucy, Dave & Daniel; back together again! This time we’re talking sun, sea, sand and underpants…plus religious overtones. Is this the best produced story? Is this a boring story? The troupe is in session!
34 min
March 16, 2023 Talks to Si Hart about his choice of Snakedance (4/4)
Joe & Si; and the Si Hart synopsis! What do Doctor Who designers have an obsession with? Will we hear The Hand of Peace? Will Chela be joining the TARDIS crew?
41 min
March 14, 2023 Talks to Si Hart about his choice of Snakedance3 (3/4)
Joe & Si; and the worst examples of exposition in Doctor Who! We discuss the infamy of part threes and whether this one manages to avoid the usual traps. Doe the plot stop? Is there too much explanation? Have the characters stopped revealing new shades?
38 min
March 12, 2023 Q & A The 80s Part Two
Joe & Mark; retooling Doctor In Distress for the 80s, piling more blame on Saward and then lauding his stories, deciding who should have a longer era and singing every 80s song that comes to mind! Thanks for the questions, guys!
1 hr
March 11, 2023 Hamster Extra talks to Robert Valentine about his choice of The Storyteller
Hamster Extra Sneak Peek! Joe & Rob talking all things The Storyteller! Puppets, folk tales, movie directors, John Hurt…Jim Henson’s The Storyteller is a prestige dark fantasy anthology mini series. Check this out, then check it out.
44 min
March 08, 2023 Q&A The 80s - Part One
Mark asks Joe questions from Twitter about 80s Doctor Who. So much to discuss from script editors, companions, innovation, reputation, what could have been and what was and worked (and didn’t work).
58 min
March 07, 2023 Talks to Si hart about his choice of Snakedance (2/4)
Joe & Si; and the Frazer faces of delusion! There's no sign of this thoughtful story running out of steam and the character work is just getting better and better. Why was Si so alarmed by this as a child?
30 min
March 05, 2023 Talks to Si Hart about his choice of Snakedance (1/4)
Joe & Si; in our garden, silly! The most psychologically frightening episode of Doctor Who for Si, which turns into a conversation about what Doctor Who we find scary as adults. This is just sublime, and we detail all the reasons we find it so.
38 min
March 02, 2023 Talks to Mark Rawlins & Luke Molloy about their choice of Listen
Joe, Mark & Luke; scared of what the hell is under the bed. The ultimate hidden threat, the Floof? Is this Capaldi’s first grasp of greatness? What is the best joke?
1 hr 4 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…