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

Joe & Michael head to Paradise Towers for a stay in its gleaming pools, squares and towers! Welcomed by contentious caretakers, kindly residents and sweet girl gangs. And a world class sauna in the basement...

Join Joe, Luke, Jon & Andrew as we say goodbye to Ace from the New Adventures, discuss her characters success (or otherwise) and pick our bottom three NA covers...

God tier Doctor Who - and we're not mad. James & Michael have always loved this book and have enticed Joe to join them in happily declaring this one of the best Doctor Who books. Hyperbole? Press play and find out...

Join Joe, Daniel, Lucy, Jo & Elliot as they face robot wielding Nazi’s, big bugs, sadistic Sontarans, Daleks & Cybermen! Who will be victorious?

Joe is joined by brilliant new bookclubber Anthony to discuss one of the creepiest, slyest, most hallucinatory Doctor Who books. Lloyd Rose stepped into the EDAs and shook things up...

No more Meg! But plenty of death! A bus queue mown down! Will Joe & David survive their experience with the asshole of Death?

Meg under fire! Barney attacked! Ransome dribbling coffee! That shot or Channing through the door! The stunning double Scobie cliffhanger! This story has it all.

A podcast as lively, as smart, as silly, as scattershot and as barking as the book they are talking about! Allow me to introduce Kieran from Patreon as he embarks on a Paul Magrs classic...

Meg in action! Don't think I'll have that dirty old box in my house! The Doctor nude! Blood all over the windscreen! Dummies springing to life! Is this a kids show anymore?

Join David & I as we explore the re-imagined Doctor Who for the 70s. The ‘We Stan Meg Seeley’ fan club starts here.

To celebrate the lauch of Toby Hadoke's new book - The Quatermass Experiment - I would love to present to you the glorious episode of Hamster Extra where he discusses the four iterations of the show magnificently. Buy the book today :-)

Mark steps into the book club with a nice easy read - voodoo cults, twisted versions of Fitz & the Doctor, a female TARDIS that Romana is attempting to force breed, an oncoming War and the destruction of Gallifrey. No biggie.

Join Joe, Frazer, Daniel & Kieran as we face Adipose, Pyrovilles, evil corporations, Sontarans and genetic warfare in the aim to crown the winner of this half season...with a very special guest star!

To celebrate the release of the animation, a re-release of the best time that Mark & I had discussing one of his favourites and one I have come to love through his eyes. 'Thank you, young lady, for making me look so grand!'

I bring in one of the smartest men I know to critique the work of Pip and Jane Baker. With an enormous vagina on the cover, murder, mayhem and intrigue within its pages and conversations that consider morality and the poignancy of death, how does this book fare?

At Pete's request, we have assembled to talk about one of the most unusual Doctor Who stories of all time and just how many ways we love it...

A fascinating pair of historical artefacts (both in content and as books) - most unlike your usual script to page Target and divisive reads amongst the book clubbers this week. Does taking a risk reap rewards? Also, our favourite book companion exits.

Recorded two years ago - how time flies - we (mostly) wax lyrical about the closing two parter of series three. It was a time when we were both pinching ourselves at the shows success and loving what was being delivered.

A huge Nicholas Briggs love in for a great script and brilliant guest turn. Easily our favourite of the Strangers - a creepy, beguiling SF mystery with a superb chance for Colin and Nicola to show what they can do.

In a double bill with Too Hot for TV - it's Quarkmania! Joe, Dylan and Frazer embark on a Quark (and Dominator) filled spy thriller from the Lethbridge-Stewart range...

Sophie Aldred as a sexy alien planet! Naked with Colin Baker! Nigel Fairs as a bereaved gay lover! Peter Miles & Barbara Shelley! And possibly Wookey Hole! Bring it on!

Starring Colin Baker & Nicola Bryant as the Doctor & Peri...sorry the Stranger and Miss Brown! Joe & Dylan begin their great voyage to listen to a explore all six Stranger stories - starting with hermitage and Michael Wisher!

Bring forth the five biggest 11th Doctor fans - Frazer, Si, Mark, Luke & Jackson! This is the big one! Series five, six and seven discussed, Matt Smith examined, and the best story of the era decided! What surprises are in store?

Joe & Paul head to Heaven to meet Benny, lose Ace and have a torrid and angst ridden love affair! Paul surprises himself by enjoying this a lot more than he remembered....Joe takes a little more convincing...

'Blow it up!' We reach the end of this incredible voyage with our sanity intact (just about), our inebriation faltering and our laughter flowing. Can we find 12 reasons to love this story?