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

Not for the faint hearted - watching the episode and listening to the commentary. The experiment begun with this being a balanced conversation...

Will the Doctor and Jo escape the fetid fruits of the mine? Will the Brigadier decide beef or fungus? Will Jo and Cliff ever get to kiss?

Brand new contributor to Hamster, Chris Stebbings, delivers a delicious top ten favourite classic series stories!

Humble (but superb) artist (he'll argue that but check out his Insta page Pauls Doodles) provides a wonderful list of Doctor Who covers to celebrate!

The disgusting fruits of the mine are making their move...and the Doctor and Jo are trapped in their path! Oh Blodwyn!

Too Broad and Too Deep's Anthony Carroll spends a glorious evening with me extolling the virtue of his ten - hugely uplifting - favourite classic stories!

We're heading to the valleys with the Wholeweal community...but something nasty and fetid and green is bubbling up from Global Chemicals...

If you thought Joe was angry during The Robot Revolution...fortunately Jon is there to temper with praise whilst Eddie is the one who isn't sure this time...

Jon loves Heaven Sent, Eddie hates Heaven Sent and Joe is somewhere in the middle! Can they find common ground discussing this celebrated episode?

Sarah Jane is being tortured, the Doctor is indulging in hand to hand combat and Styre is deflating - it's all going on in episode two!

Buckle up! Back by popular demand is Joumana Medlej who delivers her top three and bottom three Doctors & Companions!

The delight when an 18 year old Doctor Who fan selects his ten favourite classic stories and they are truly surprising...

The funniest opening to an episode of Hamster ever? The political machinations are flying, the Doctor is behaving very strangely and Leela is desperate...

Journalist and all round top bloke Dom Carter steps into Hamster to deliver his top ten classic Doctor Who stories...

To Gallifrey we go to discuss politics, fashion, design, awesome characters and BIG ideas...

The most difficult task ahead; Toby Hadoke - the man who loves Doctor Who more than anyone I know - details his ten least favourite Classic Doctor Who stories...

A celebration of a little mentioned but highly atmospheric story. Why is the premise here as Doctor Who as it gets? Who is the creature in the rocks?

Comedian, actor, presenter, podcaster extraordinaire Toby Hadoke delivers his ten favourite classic Doctor Who stories...

We've gone from a terrifying opening episode to playing hopscotch with alien marmosets. And we're not complaining! Why does this story have the best last scene ever?

We're heading into the City of the Exillons, the Root is on the move and setting everybody on fire, and Sarah Jane has made some shining friends...

The power is down, the executions have been begun, deals are being made, and wind effects are screaming!

It's the sneaky Dalek story that emerges at the end of the Pertwee era that Tom and I both happen to love. Especially episode one...

It feels different this time... Luke and I reach the end of this incredible, dramatic, violent, surprising, emotional story...only to greet somebody quite magnificent!

Things are truly hotting up now; plots are bubbling over, resentments are raging, corpses are flying. We're not going to let you stop us now!

David gets out the custard pie gun to rain dairy goods all over his least favourite classic Doctor Who stories...