10: John Lumic

John who?? Well, take a camply evil Bond villain - now make him much less subtle, and you’ve got John Lumic – whose intense cheesiness was neatly balanced by his technological genius.

Lumic was the creator of the Cybermen – but in a parallel universe. Unlike the Cybermen we’re used to (who originated on the planet Mondas), Lumic’s troopers were "upgraded" Earthlings who were forcibly marched into a conversion chamber. And, adding insult to very severe injury, The Lion Sleeps Tonight would be loudly played to cover their screams.

In the end, Lumic was unwillingly converted into a Cyberman himself – which actually made him less of a cartoon villain.

9: Omega

There’s nothing like being trapped in an antimatter universe for thousands of years to drive you absolutely bonkers. And that was the cruel fate that befell Omega – the legendary Time Lord who harnessed the power of a star to make time travel possible.

Unfortunately, the experiment also sucked Omega through a black hole into an antimatter universe, where he basically sat and fumed for several millennia. By the time the Doctor encountered him, he was a raving maniac bent on getting revenge on the Time Lords.

At least his self-esteem didn’t suffer - when told he was the Doctor’s childhood hero, Omega replied "A hero? I should have been a God!" But we can cut him some slack. The man had been through a black hole, for goodness sake.