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

Join Joe & Michael as they head out into the Cold to face the prejudices of the 1960s, try and convince that strange old man in the junkyard that humanity is worth saving and navigate teenage life in a strange land.

Joe & Dan; 'You couldn't even design a simple doorknob!' How does this plot all come together - with all the factions joining forces to defeat the evil Kroagnon of course! We watch as this script completes its journey very neatly.

Joe & Dan; 'I am Kroagnon, the Great Architect, and I will put an end to you and everyone in Paradise Towers!' The plot starts to coalesce beautifully, the Doctor is pulling all the threads together and Kroagnon reveals his hand.

Joe & Dan; 'Build High for Happiness!' Episode two and we're seeing a Doctor form before our eyes, much discussion of Richard Briers as the Chief Caretaker and how do we feel about that dark fairytale cliffhanger?

Joe & Dan; 'Well you never can tell...' It's the dawn of a bold new era. Out with the camp, in with the urban comic book thriller. Maybe quite a bit of camp still. But brilliant worldbuilding, dialogue and an awesome Doctor emerging.

Join Rod, Joe, Luke & Daniel as we go right to the end - the first time round! There podcasts out there were the opinions are burning, where the audience are amused and the charts are topped…

Joe, Andrew & Luke take to the mean streets and gothic forests to tackle gangsters and vampires and ponder the question...can anyone else do it quite like Terrance Dicks?

This is the closest Hamster has come to being a warm hug - it's Si Hart & season eighteen! I visited his house and we sat on his sofa and squeed about his favourite era of the show for two hours. Enjoy :-)

Join Rod, Joe, Mark & Dave as we say goodbye to the Ponds (slowly) by taking in the sights of the Dalek Parliament, dinosaurs on a spaceship, a western morality play, the Slow Invasion & detective noir New York. Together, or not at all!

Joe & David; 'Yes, there is. There's us. We can start again' We reach the end of our journey with a bloody massacre and the biggest tonal shift in the shows history. How does the series cope with the sting in this story's tail?

Joe & David; 'I'm afraid you're a bit late to say 'whoa' to the horse' Laughter and high jinks all the way as the Doctor comes up with a way to get out of a sticky situation...by condemning all the people of Troy! What came first - myth or the idea?

Joe & David; ‘She will bring nothing but doom, death and disaster!’ My education continue as David teaches me a brilliant way of bringing this story to life with the evidence that remains. What a guy.

Joe & David; 'Do sit down and have a ham bone!' How do we 'watch' this much forgotten, much misunderstood and barely talked about story? Loose canon, the novel and the scripts! Come with us on a journey of discovery...

Joe & Gary head to Auderley House for this omnibus Hamster edition and face things that go bump in the night. Or possibly guerrillas from the the future. And Daleks.

You’re a beautiful championship podcast, probably! Join Rod, Joe, Mark & Dan as they traverse Skaro, Paris, Chloris, Eden, Skonnos & Cambridge. Weakling scum!

Joe & Simon; ‘Isn’t it a hit large for about four of you?’ The enjoyment of this last episode comes from making a mockery of Doctor Who’s limitations and the utter charm of the regulars.

Joe & Simon; 'God Lord...and we left Miss Smith at the castle!' We are beguiled by the atmosphere conjured up by Geoffrey Burgeon in this story, but also the delightful Sarah/Harry chemistry, and our brooding, hilarious lead.

Joe & Daniel; ‘D’you wanna come with me?’ Back to the beginning. Not the beginning beginning, but the second beginning. RTD brings Doctor Who to a new generation of children. How does it fare 19 years later?

Join Joe & Michael as they go right back to the beginning - where the eighth Doctor scored his own range of novels but not without jerking off the past first. And we meet new companion Sam Jones! Come with us as we unpick this masterpiece.

Joe & Simon; ‘I think we’re being bugged’ Superlatives abound for the sequence with Harry & Sarah in the barn, the design of the Zygons and even the puppetry at the climax!

Joe & Simon; ‘It may be calm…but it’s never empty’ Simon has always loved this one and we begin to unpick why; stunning direction, an atmospheric score and brilliant, brilliant monsters.

It's time for another omnibus edition of Hamster as we tread the Victorian cobbles and face murderous puppets, join forces with impresarios and pathologists and give me your answer do!

Join Joe, Luke & Andrew as we traverse E-Space and find ourselves dicing with slave traders and ex slavers in a fight for contracting space and no exits. Reading by Ken Moss.

Joe, Rod, Gary & Daniel face Quarks, White Robots, Cybermen, Krotons, Ice Warriors, Pirates & The Time Lords! Laugh and cry as we debate this wonderful 60s season!

Joe & Jason; ‘You’ve just made them angry. Very, very angry!’ This epic story ends with huge action set pieces as The Sea Devils go the way of their underground cousins. Explosive!