2. Alright, I Admit It - The Kandyman
Much like #6 earlier, I really tried to resist including Mr. K., simply because he was so clearly one of the obvious choices. But at the end of the day, anyone who can write up a list of the weirdest things in Doctor Who history and not include the Kandyman is lying to themselves. The Kandyman is Weird. Capital 'W' weird. I don't know at what point in the production process it was determined that he would be literally a man made of Kandy. Perhaps it was always thus from the script's first draft. What I do know is that in a delightfully perverse way, the fact that he is literally a saccharin villain with no substance somehow winds up turning him into one of the most interesting and nuanced antagonists that we ever got. He's a self centered bully who simply likes hurting people - partially because he enjoys seeing other people get hurt and partially as a brutal exercise in power dynamics. This is, unfortunately, a
much more realistic villain than yet another cackling scientist who wants to take over the world. He's the guy out there who will hurt you simply because he can. And that wouldn't read as well if he wasn't a living embodiment of everything fake and artificial.