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

Join Joe & Tum as they prepare to head up a shaft with Jon Pertwee and three others! What do we think of the colourisation? Is this the best episode of the story? And are icecanos real (Joe does research!).

Join Joe & Tum as they re-enact The Daleks episode two in the day glow 70s! What happened to the Doctor and Jo after this adventure with Big Finish? Does Jon Pertwee have a rod up his butt? What are our favourite and least favourite Pertwee’s.

Join Joe & Tum as they navigate one of the nastiest bits of space garbage in the ninth system. How much do we adore Katy Manning? How many references to British sitcoms can we make? And an explanation as to why the Doctor is so shocked at the climax.

Join Joe & Denise as they are seduced by the Borad’s of technique of plucking out eyeballs! What does Denise think of all the Peri peril? How worrying is the Doctor’s behaviour at the climax? And two very different opinions on the sexualisation of Doctor Who.

Join Joe & Denise as they dodge burning Androids, toxic plants, panto villains and tinsel on the planet Karfel. What are Denise’s favourite things about this story? Is Paul Darrow a God? And when is Joan Collins going to feature in The Dominators sequel?

This time we must try and bring him up better, thinks Joe & Si. Is Tom Baker going to be old forever? What do we think of the music in this tale? And why, for Si, is this one of the best Doctor Who adventures?

Citizens of Argolis! The age of Joe & Si has begun! Much conversation about JNT and his revisions, his biography and his impact on the show. Plus, what is the secret illicit past between Mena and Hardin?

After all those conversations on telecommunicator, here Joe & Si are at last! Who’s balls are going to drop? Who had the most outrageous carpet in the early eighties? And how do we force Tom Baker to act?

Join Joe & Si as they avoid robotic, gladiatorial games and instead head for the blasted radioactive surface of Argolis. What do we think of the revamp to the show? How fares the trailer? And what did the imagery do to an impressionable, five year old Si?

Join Joe & John as they witness the most important punch in history and realise they came from that, that soup! What is the most glorious line in Doctor Who? Is it ‘Is no-one interested in history? or ‘Bye Bye Duggan!’

Join Joe & John as they pop through time, figure out why the Jaggaroth want all the chickens and do a few more daft impressions! Why oh why is this the best cliffhanger of all time? ‘No! Not that switch!’

Join Joe & John (a beautiful man, probably) as they join the heist to steal the Mona Lisa (1/8). Just how many impressions can you squeeze into one episode? And why is the cliffhanger to this episode so good?

Join Joe & John as they slingshot from four hundred million years ago to (absolutely marvellous) Paris. Who does the better Kerensky impression? Why does this look SO good? Listen to two fans loving every second of what they are watching.

Join Joe & Sarah & Mark as they assemble the keys and take on terrible Voord! We don’t care about Susan being kidnapped...especially when there is Gilmore Girls to talk about! Does this story falter at the last hurdle? And dare you listen to Mark’s song ‘Unadulterated Altos?’

Join Joe & Sarah & Mark as they head to a terrible miscarriage of justice - the Trial of Ian Chesterton! Gawp as defence lawyer William Hartnell returns from his holiday and steals the show! And is this Doctor Who’s first femme fatale?

Join Joe & Sarah & Mark as they venture through the snows of terror! 17 glorious minutes on Two Watch Who, RuPaul and WandaVision. How rapey should Doctor Who be? Sarah explains why The Keys of Marinus is simply the best story ever.

Join Joe & Sarah & Mark as they head into the Screaming Jungle! Is Mark’s Marinus themed escape room viable? How was Sarah’s dad the hands of Jesus? And just what has been going on in Neighbours lately?

Join Joe & Sarah & Mark as the are dazzled by the elegance offered by the great eye brains of Morphoton. We discuss the clever camera trickery, the knees of Altos, and which Brain from Doctor Who you should bid for at auction...

Join Joe & Mark & Sarah as they head to the Crystal Maze and are drafted to find the keys of the Consciousness. Why are Ian and Barbara so fabulous? How young is William Hartnell? And how many ways can Susan be useless in one episode?

Join Joe & Jonny as they head to Leeds, avoid internment camps and try to get away from Sutton Court ASAP. How will Joe cope with his favourite writer, favourite season and favourite new series episode? Is this the ultimate Doctor Who story to hardly feature the Doctor?

Join Joe & Stacey as they take up arms alongside the Vikings to take on the evil Mire! Why is this the definitive new series Doctor Who story? What takes this from a fun episode to an incredible one? How does this this re-affirm everything that is great about this silly show?

Join Joe & Pete as the attempt to stop the freighter and find out if they were right. Adric is appearing in Time-Flight so how is he going to save the day? Who is the hottest extra/Cyberman? Is it irresponsible to kill companions?

Join Joe & Pete as they point their gun in the wrong direction, mister! Things aren’t as 80s as you might think, the ratings are up, Beryl Reid is taking a break from her banter with Mooncat and the Cybermen are on the March. We’re in love with this story.

Join Joe & Pete as they discover precisely what happens to stowaways on this ship. How fares the new design of the Cybermen? Why is Eric Saward so out of vogue these days? And is Beryl Reid as pissed as the boys recording?

Join Joe & Pete as they start drinking and go deep...it could be rough. What is the legacy of The Mutants? Is Janet Fielding’s fun worth sacrificing? How soap has Doctor Who become?