Podcast Episodes

Hamster Book Club - ‘Trix’ - original short story

For Andrew, who has long been frustrated at a lack of backstory and explanation for Patricia ‘Trix’ MacMillan. So I thought I would write my own.

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10 months ago

Happy Anniversary! The Day of the Doctor Commentary (with Dylan Rees & Iain Martin)

In a crossover with Too Hot for TV & We're All Stories in the End, Dylan, Iain and I have assembled to talk about the 50th anniversary special - The …

10 months, 1 week ago

Talks to James Lark about his choice of The Ark (2/4)

The virus is spreading, the human race is falling, the Earth is burning and the Doctor's time is running out... Also one of the best cliffhangers of …

10 months, 1 week ago

Talks to James Lark about his choice of The Ark (1/4)

Joe & James - in person! The intrepid explorers head to the Ark which itself heads away from a decaying planet Earth and Refusis II...

10 months, 1 week ago

Hamster Book Club - Party Like Its 1998! (featuring Andrew Batty, Luke Sims-Jenkins & Jon Arnold)

The greatest gift we can think of - an anthology of short stories celebrating the eighth Doctor range. Sam Jones, Fitz Kreiner, Compassion, Anji Kapo…

10 months, 1 week ago

Talks to Martin Parsons about his choice of Image of the Fendhal (4/4)

This mammoth commentary comes to an end with a plethora of reasons to love this creepy, smart and funny tale. We're tossing salt (ahem), sucking in (…

10 months, 1 week ago

Talks to Martin Parsons about his choice of Image of the Fendhal (3/4)

'I will be a God!' Every horror trope imaginable descends on Fetch Priory; cults, eldrich horrors, slavering monsters, ghosts...and Martin and I are …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Talks to Martin Parsons about his choice of Image of the Fendhal (2/4)

The menace is afoot with clicky technology summoning an ancient evil, Ma Tyler is on the move, and who the hell did let the Doctor go?

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Talks to Martin Parsons about his choice of Image of the Fendhal (1/4)

We welcome Martin into the Hamster family, discover his Doctor Who journey and find out precisely what happened last night at Fetch Priory. 'A dead o…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Hamster Book Club - Rob Shearman Interview

Joe & James talk to one of their favourite authors about writing The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee, coming to terms with your own work, and the crea…

10 months, 2 weeks ago