I went as Milky Joe for Halloween 2017 and it required minimal effort (a XXL £3 stripy t-shirt from a charity shop, a shit tonne of black eyeliner and an even shittier tonne of hairspray), made for some hilarious pictures/videos, and didn’t make me feel like I was stepping too far out of my comfort zone. There are plenty of non-recurring characters, like Mr Susan, Old Gregg and Nanatu (you get to wipe the smirks off people’s faces when you tell them you’re not just a little old lady; you’re actually the ‘evilest demon known to man’) as well as minor recurring characters like The Hitcher and Tony Harrison (although good luck with that one) that would make for some hilarious and original costumes.

Everybody talks about how scary statues became after watching ‘Blink’, but what about scarecrows after watching ‘Human Nature’ and ‘The Family of Blood’? A Weeping Angel costume is definitely an option, although to get the proper effect you’d need to do a lot of standing still with your hands over your eyes, which isn’t ideal on a night out (but would definitely provide plenty of opportunities to scare your mates, so swings and roundabouts I guess?). There are the obvious villains like the Daleks, the Slitheen and the Cybermen, and some more minor ones like the Krillitane – which could be achieved with the same materials as The Pale Man, so you could tag-team with a friend to save money – and Jamie from ‘The Empty Child’ and ‘The Doctor Dances’, whose catchphrase is sure to send shivers down the spines of your fellow partygoers.