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

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.

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 & 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.

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.

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 & James; 'Here's to the Future...Love is the answer!' We're blissfully in love with this story at this point - where bees and rock and roll combine to bring down a genocidal war fleet. Let's have space buns and tea on Mars.

Joe & James; 'Actually, I think I may have gone a little too far...' We're basking in the Welsh sunshine (and countryside), taking in the beauty spots, riding cycles, hanging out with charming (and wise) locals and gathering a ragtag collection of heroes to defeat the villainous Bannermen!

Joe & James; 'We're having our get to know you dance!' We're off to the 1950s - the Rock and Roll Years! Romance, genocide, dancing, firefights, Ken Dodd - it's all in here! Can Doctor Who survive a dive into romantic comedy (with an edge)?

Join Joe, Luke & Andrew as we head to Ancient Egypt and discover the curse of the mummified Nyssa! We discuss Justin Richards' timey wimey plot, atmospheric prose and excellent characterisation. Reading by Ken Moss.

Welcome to Hamster Omnibus! Extended episodes bringing together all the instalments into one mammoth listen. Let's head to the planet Dulkis with Frazer Gregory (& Quickie the Quark) where I hear they are under threat from some dastardly Dominators...

Joe, Frazer & Si; 'I shan't let you take him! I shan't! I shan't!' Enter the most spectacular guest actor to ever appear in a Doctor Who. Neska remains a fan favourite, a woman of rare guile and integrity. We discuss her impact on the Whoniverse here.

Joe, Si & Frazer; 'He's turned off to the right, Brigadier!' It's a ruddy great one episode chase over land, sea and air. Is this a self indulgent non episode to appease the departing star? Or a dynamic, suspenseful race against time set piece?

Joe, Frazer & Si; 'Concentrate!' A biggie...the end of the Jon Pertwee's time on Doctor Who, the culmination of the work of Barry Letts & Terrance Dicks and bloody great spiders too! What will the intrepid trio think of this meditative opening episode?

Join Joe & Michael Mills as they enter the twisted, brilliant and hilarious world of The Toymaker and find out the true meaning of playing games...