I was browsing the magazines in a supermarket today and saw another one of those £9.99 genre bookazine/magbook things – “100 Greatest Sci-Fi Characters Of All Time”. Nice idea, I thought, but I was a little dismayed by the upper reaches of the top 10 – Batman not even in there, Doctor Who only number two behind – WTF – Han Solo?!?! Get out the front door!! I just don’t understand that.

Anyway, it got me thinking – wouldn’t it be marvellous to ask you lot for your greatest fictional characters ever, no specific genre, no specific medium. Give me your top five and if there’s a big enough response I’ll compile a top 20 or top fifty or, heaven forfend, a top 100. There’s literally millions to choose from – see my tags for a little taster.

Go on, you know you want to.