10 Most Hateable Doctor Who Characters

10. Fenton

We've all known people like Fenton, who are so confident about their perspective on the world, despite knowing absolutely nothing about it. The absolute worst person to be put in charge of overseeing community service, Fenton is wretched throughout the Series 8 episode Flatline.

It's an incredible performance by Christopher Fairbank, who really brings out the toxicity of Fenton's character. He belittles Rigsy's artwork, and delights in ordering him to paint over his graffiti. The need for artistic expression is as alien a concept to Fenton as the Boneless themselves, and in fact, his mind is so staggeringly closed that the psychic paper doesn't work on him due to his lack of imagination.

The fact that someone as small-minded and petty as Fenton was able to survive without having his mind changed is quite unique in Doctor Who, and it's notable that he's one of the few characters the Doctor regrets saving.

Twelve may have had some sharper edges at first, but it's hard to deny that much better and redeemable people died over the course of Flatline.