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

November 06, 2022 Talks to Si Hart about his choice of The Macra Terror (2/4)
Joe & Si; pondering extraneous TARDIS facilities that we never hear about again. Is Si a champion tosser? An initiative test? Missing episodes = the ultimate, unsolvable puzzle.
33 min
November 04, 2022 Talks to the munificent Si Hart about his choice of The Macra Terror (1/4)
Joe & Si; well this is gay! Huge love for the first episode, the subversive nature of Troughton’s Doctor emerging, the insidious, jolly atmosphere and discussion of the animation. Nothing succeeds like success!
38 min
November 03, 2022 Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of Day of the Daleks (4/4)
Joe & Gary; and the ultimate 🐹question. More talk of watching this as a kid, especially in relation to the brilliant final set piece. How did we do in actually talking about Day of the Daleks?
34 min
November 01, 2022 Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of Day of the Daleks (3/4)
Joe & Gary; in a war torn Dalek future. Who was the last survivor of the Titanic? What was Terrance and what was Louis? Is this the first deeply unpleasant Dystopia? Is this the first unpleasant depiction of the future?
30 min
October 30, 2022 Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of Day of the Daleks (2/4)
Joe & Gary; the Tomorrow People podcast! Much focus on Paul Bernard and his strengths and weaknesses as a director. How many kids out of a class of 25 were watching Doctor Who in the 70s?
26 min
October 27, 2022 Talks to Jeff Goddard (plus 🐹 fam) about his choice of The Power of the Doctor
Joe, Jeff & the Hammies; celebrating Doctor Who’s part in 100 years of the BBC and Jodie Whittaker’s incredible Doctor. Come with us as we count those references, laugh, cry and delight in this.
2 hr 29 min
October 27, 2022 Talks to Gary Russell about his choice of Day of the Daleks (1/4)
Joe & Gary; a good humoured commentary - perhaps a touch sardonic but not cynical. Discussion of the Targets, for Terrance, Barry, being a child in the 70s watching Doctor and why this story is hideously undervalued.
36 min
October 22, 2022 Talks to the fabulous Jim Allenby about his choice of Utopia
Joe & Jim; perfectly content drinking their own lactic fluid. It’s Derek Jacobi as the Master! That would be enough. But this is a fierce script, packed with great characters, banter, twists, energy and horror. It’s one of Joe’s all time favourites.
1 hr 16 min
October 20, 2022 Talks to Luke Molloy & Mark Rawlins about their choice of The Talons of Weng-Chiang (6/6)
Joe, Luke & Mark; and the plot condensed in three sentences. Holmesian gobbledegook, character beats, atmosphere, scares and our personal reasons we love this story. Mostly it’s Mr Sin!
32 min
October 18, 2022 Talks to Mark Rawlins & Luke Molloy about his choice of The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Joe, Mark & Luke; and River Song? Can Mark pronounce anything? Is Big Finish a vulture pecking over the corpse of Talons? Has the plot run out of juice just as the character work goes through the roof?
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…