10 Best One-Off Villains Classic Doctor Who Villains
6. The Kandyman
An insane android with a sweet tooth, this Bertie Bassett-looking monster was in charge of executing non-conforming humans on the colony world of Terra Alpha.
Appearing in 1988's The Happiness Patrol, the Kandyman relished in torturing, imprisoning, and murdering colonists with large vats of boiling liquid sweets. Its favourite method of killing, however, was dousing non-conformers in its 'strawberry fondant surprise' and ensuring they died with smiles on their faces.
Child-like, twisted, and seriously creepy, this robotic confection was just another deadly surprise on a planet where residents were forced to be happy or face the consequences.
Under instruction from Terra Alpha's dictator, the sicky-sweet Helen A., the Kandyman was the unstoppable killing machine employed by this totalitarian regime.
Due to its thick, fondant outer shell, the Seventh Doctor managed to stick this monstrosity to the floor of its Kandy Kitchen with a bottle of lemonade - proving to the oppressed people of Terra Alpha that it could be defeated.
Rising up against the rose-tinted regime, the human residents of Terra Alpha and the native Pipe People managed to kill the Kandy Man with a blast of its own strawberry fondant surprise. With Helen A's enforcer destroyed, the regime fell and Terra Alpha's citizens regained their free will.
Due to it resembling the Bertie Bassett mascot, the Kandyman was promised to never return in the series in fear of copyright infringement. Its sole appearance and bizarre design, however, have secured its place as an icon in Who history.