Joe Ford
@docoho44.bsky.social
Host of Doctor Who podcast A Hamster with a Blunt Penknife. Also, Finish Big, The Nimon Be Praised, Untitled Star Trek Project and Bite Me.
Joe & @jameslark.bsky.social talk to one of their favourite authors about writing The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee, coming to terms with your own work, and the creating unique short story collections. Insight into the writing process from one of the masters.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Joe & @jameslark.bsky.social talk to one of their favourite authors about writing The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee, coming to terms with your own work, and the creating unique short story collections. Insight into the writing process from one of the masters.
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I haven’t watched it for years but this last week I’ve been reminding myself of why The 10th Kingdom is one of the most gloriously irreverent and sumptuous fairytale series of all time. ‘Suck’an Elf!’
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I haven’t watched it for years but this last week I’ve been reminding myself of why The 10th Kingdom is one of the most gloriously irreverent and sumptuous fairytale series of all time. ‘Suck’an Elf!’
Coming tomorrow to Hamster, Martin Parsons and I discover a body (a dead one whatever sort is there?), serve loony old trout, get invited to the Fetch Prirory orgy and face one of these…
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Coming tomorrow to Hamster, Martin Parsons and I discover a body (a dead one whatever sort is there?), serve loony old trout, get invited to the Fetch Prirory orgy and face one of these…
New episode! Space by Chris Carter
The worst X-Files episode of all time? I draft in the self confessed 'champion of the damned' agent @felixfrazer.bsky.social to discuss the many strengths of this episode...
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The worst X-Files episode of all time? I draft in the self confessed 'champion of the damned' agent @felixfrazer.bsky.social to discuss the many strengths of this episode...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
New episode! Space by Chris Carter
The worst X-Files episode of all time? I draft in the self confessed 'champion of the damned' agent @felixfrazer.bsky.social to discuss the many strengths of this episode...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The worst X-Files episode of all time? I draft in the self confessed 'champion of the damned' agent @felixfrazer.bsky.social to discuss the many strengths of this episode...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Hamster Book Club - Ghost Light by Marc Platt. Quintessence of wickedness! Corruption incarnate! Until all the Atlas is pink! The Cream of Scotland Yard! Will @2broad2deeppod.bsky.social and I finally get the answers we seek from the Ghost Light novelisation...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Hamster Book Club - Ghost Light by Marc Platt. Quintessence of wickedness! Corruption incarnate! Until all the Atlas is pink! The Cream of Scotland Yard! Will @2broad2deeppod.bsky.social and I finally get the answers we seek from the Ghost Light novelisation...
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This week in Star Trek: Slow-Witted White Men, no one does much of anything at all — at least not anything that anyone will remember 23 years later. @nathanbottomley.com & Joe are staggered at how three people could dream up something this unambitious.
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untitledstartrekproject.com/171/
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This week in Star Trek: Slow-Witted White Men, no one does much of anything at all — at least not anything that anyone will remember 23 years later. @nathanbottomley.com & Joe are staggered at how three people could dream up something this unambitious.
untitledstartrekproject.com/171/
untitledstartrekproject.com/171/
A brilliant ending to this six part classic...or a damp squib? And will @tobyhadoke.bsky.social have the audacity to rewrite what is on TV to suit his reading of the story?
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November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A brilliant ending to this six part classic...or a damp squib? And will @tobyhadoke.bsky.social have the audacity to rewrite what is on TV to suit his reading of the story?
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Hamster Book Club Merchandise has arrived! @devondan.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hamster Book Club Merchandise has arrived! @devondan.bsky.social
Shomi update. He’s letting me rub his belly now. That’s trust.
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Shomi update. He’s letting me rub his belly now. That’s trust.
Coming Friday, an episode of Enterprise so tedious UTSP are left describing the one scene aliens of the week… @nathanbottomley.com
‘He looks like he’s covered in lichen’ ‘On his head it’s like desert sands that have cracked dry’
‘He looks like he’s covered in lichen’ ‘On his head it’s like desert sands that have cracked dry’
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Coming Friday, an episode of Enterprise so tedious UTSP are left describing the one scene aliens of the week… @nathanbottomley.com
‘He looks like he’s covered in lichen’ ‘On his head it’s like desert sands that have cracked dry’
‘He looks like he’s covered in lichen’ ‘On his head it’s like desert sands that have cracked dry’
We're still mightily impressed with the production value, the thick atmosphere and the performances in this underground chiller... @tobyhadoke.bsky.social
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November 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We're still mightily impressed with the production value, the thick atmosphere and the performances in this underground chiller... @tobyhadoke.bsky.social
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Finish Big - ready for action!
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Finish Big - ready for action!
NEW EPISODE - Ice!
Gripping...or derivative? The best episode to date? I bring together two Agents to discuss the stellar guest cast and some of the most rivetting Mulder/Scully scenes to date... @felixfrazer.bsky.social @nathanbottomley.com
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Gripping...or derivative? The best episode to date? I bring together two Agents to discuss the stellar guest cast and some of the most rivetting Mulder/Scully scenes to date... @felixfrazer.bsky.social @nathanbottomley.com
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
NEW EPISODE - Ice!
Gripping...or derivative? The best episode to date? I bring together two Agents to discuss the stellar guest cast and some of the most rivetting Mulder/Scully scenes to date... @felixfrazer.bsky.social @nathanbottomley.com
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Gripping...or derivative? The best episode to date? I bring together two Agents to discuss the stellar guest cast and some of the most rivetting Mulder/Scully scenes to date... @felixfrazer.bsky.social @nathanbottomley.com
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Joe Ford & @tobyhadoke.bsky.social are very different people. One crude & coarse, the other erudite & charming. One selling a podcast on gossip & scandal, the other on trivia and critique. This unites us: we both think this is one of the best episodes of all time
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November 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Joe Ford & @tobyhadoke.bsky.social are very different people. One crude & coarse, the other erudite & charming. One selling a podcast on gossip & scandal, the other on trivia and critique. This unites us: we both think this is one of the best episodes of all time
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Hibernation mode. Pure happiness.
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Hibernation mode. Pure happiness.
Next week, I’ll be interviewing the glorious Jacqueline Rayner for the Hamster Book Club opening weekend in January.
If you have any questions for Jac - pop them below.
If you have any questions for Jac - pop them below.
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Next week, I’ll be interviewing the glorious Jacqueline Rayner for the Hamster Book Club opening weekend in January.
If you have any questions for Jac - pop them below.
If you have any questions for Jac - pop them below.
We’ve had a super relaxing weekend of naps and walks and meals out. Sometimes it’s nice to just stop. I hope you’re all well.
November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We’ve had a super relaxing weekend of naps and walks and meals out. Sometimes it’s nice to just stop. I hope you’re all well.
@davidjgp1983.bsky.social @garethbowley.bsky.social @devondan.bsky.social scale heights and depths with Plague City, Reckless Engineering and The Paradise of Death, @markdonaldson.bsky.social is tackling whores and laughs with Adventuress of Henrietta Street and The Tomorrow Windows…
November 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@davidjgp1983.bsky.social @garethbowley.bsky.social @devondan.bsky.social scale heights and depths with Plague City, Reckless Engineering and The Paradise of Death, @markdonaldson.bsky.social is tackling whores and laughs with Adventuress of Henrietta Street and The Tomorrow Windows…
The future of the Hamster Book Club looks great: @dwcoverstory.bsky.social
@jonarnold.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social
are delving into the Earth and Timewyrm arcs, @jameslark.bsky.social & @michaelmills.bsky.social are getting festive and final with Chimes of Midnight and Lungbarrow…
@jonarnold.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social
are delving into the Earth and Timewyrm arcs, @jameslark.bsky.social & @michaelmills.bsky.social are getting festive and final with Chimes of Midnight and Lungbarrow…
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The future of the Hamster Book Club looks great: @dwcoverstory.bsky.social
@jonarnold.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social
are delving into the Earth and Timewyrm arcs, @jameslark.bsky.social & @michaelmills.bsky.social are getting festive and final with Chimes of Midnight and Lungbarrow…
@jonarnold.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social
are delving into the Earth and Timewyrm arcs, @jameslark.bsky.social & @michaelmills.bsky.social are getting festive and final with Chimes of Midnight and Lungbarrow…
Otherwise known as the one with the balloon people…although one of us was surprised by the reaction to the animation @tobyhadoke.bsky.social
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November 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Otherwise known as the one with the balloon people…although one of us was surprised by the reaction to the animation @tobyhadoke.bsky.social
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This week, we are properly introduced to Voyager’s latest Intransigent Alien Antagonist - things go pretty well, on the whole, despite (or perhaps because of) some interpersonal conflict between two important cast members and their characters.
untitledstartrekproject.com/170/
untitledstartrekproject.com/170/
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This week, we are properly introduced to Voyager’s latest Intransigent Alien Antagonist - things go pretty well, on the whole, despite (or perhaps because of) some interpersonal conflict between two important cast members and their characters.
untitledstartrekproject.com/170/
untitledstartrekproject.com/170/
Shomi update - he’s coming in for cuddles ❤️
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Shomi update - he’s coming in for cuddles ❤️
Troughton is taking a week off but we are ably supporting by a host of fascinating guest characters...and more importantly @tobyhadoke.bsky.social & I can watch this episode!
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October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Troughton is taking a week off but we are ably supporting by a host of fascinating guest characters...and more importantly @tobyhadoke.bsky.social & I can watch this episode!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Where @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and I explore dark undergound passages, homicidal mythological creatures, sticky web and the joy of returned missing episodes...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Where @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and I explore dark undergound passages, homicidal mythological creatures, sticky web and the joy of returned missing episodes...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...