Just wanted to know your favourite episodes of who. Both Old and New.

For old:
Genesis of the Daleks
The Daleks
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Tomb of the Cybermen
Remembrance of the Daleks
The Caves of Androzani

For new:
The Waters of Mars
Turn Left
Midnight
Blink
Utopia
The Stolen Earth/Journeys End

All time favourite would have to be the Waters of Mars. Fantastic episode

My favourite of Classic who is probably The Caves of Androzani. Though I haven't seen many to be honest.

Of new who:
Human Nature/Family of Blood
The Parting of the Ways
Vincent and the Doctor (possibly my all time favourite)
Utopia
Listen (don't shout at me)

Why would anyone shout at you for Listen? Its easily one of the best episodes of all time. And I already use it as a barometer of whether I will get on with a person. Like a favourite song or similar. If you don't like Listen? Well. You're not for me. I think it was probably a bit disliked by those who pine for Donna Noble, mime comedy and blobs of sentient fat. You know..the golden era of DW.

Pre 1989
I really can watch Genesis of the Daleks , Terror of The Zygons, The Key To Time series and City of Death over and over.

2005 onwards- The Doctor Dances/Empty Child, Dalek, Impossible Planet/Satan Pit, Human Nature/ Family of Blood and The Doctors Wife.

Ha! Yes! When the writing was clever and witty and you actually cared about the characters! I mean, Catherine Tate's David Tennant impression!? The mark of a true quality series finale. And Tish Jones? Such a well rounded well written individual. Remember when she left that answerphone message that time? Brought a tear to my eye.

I actually get quite annoyed at those that found Listen boring. It was beautiful viewing to me. You just had to extend your understanding beyond the usual problem/solution/resolve format of a Doctor Who episode. It was wonderful.
I like what you said about judging whether you'd get on with someone based on if they like that episode or not! I'm like that with the whole of Doctor Who if I'm honest. As you say, like a particular song or a particular band. If you can't love what I love then what's the point in knowing you.

Classic:
1) City of Death,
2) The Talons of Weng-Chiang
3) Genesis of the Daleks
4) The Robots of Death
5) The Seeds of Doom
6) Spearhead From Space
7) Pyramids of Mars
8) Caves of Androzani
9) The Tomb of the Cybermen
10) Curse of Fenric

New:
1) Blink
2) The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
3) Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
4) Mummy on the Orient Express
5) Listen
6) Dalek
7) The Doctor's Wife
8) Human Nature/The Family of Blood
9) The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
10) The Girl in the Fireplace

And whilst I'm at it here's a top 10 Big Finish(Even though I've not heard them all):
1) The Chimes of Midnight
2) The Holy Terror
3) The Marian Conspiracy
4) Master
5) Protect and Survive
6) The Harvest
7) Dark Eyes: Part 1
8) The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
9) Memory Lane
10) Human Resources

Try The One Doctor. Genuinely laugh out loud funny.

In fact I've inspired myself to listen to it again

Classic:
1) The Caves of Androzani
2) The Genesis of the Daleks
3) The Aztecs (No idea why, just love it.)
4) Tomb of the Cybermen
5) Inferno

New Who:
1) The Doctor's Wife
2) Blink
3) Midnight
4) Day of the Doctor
5) Asylum of the Daleks (This one is lost on a lot of others as well, but I love it.)
6) Listen
7) The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances.
8) Mummy on the Orient Express
9) The Impossible Planet / Satan Pit
10) The Crimson Horror

All Time Favourite: The Doctor's Wife (My only perfect episode.)

Or who those who just wanted to be entertained and found it lacking. Why the completely unnecessary pre-emptive belittling?

Deleted. Blah.

It's the 'My Opinion Thread' crowd. Far worse and shouty than any trolls they perpetually bang on about.

Indeed, the hypocrisy is staggering at times, it really is.

Anyhoo, best episode of Who, virtually impossible to answer as it changes continually, but if I had to think of one story that I instantly fell in love with and still love as much all these years later it would be The Ark In Space.

In terms of New Who again a lot of contenders but I'd probably plump for Midnight, it's one I never tire of watching.

Any episode with Clara in it

I liked Partners in Crime a lot!
I also quite liked Listen too... bit overrated, but it was good all the same.

Anyway, what do I consider the best episodes of all? Well not necessarily in favourite order but these are

The Parting of the Ways - still the best finale episode for me. Everything about it just worked... a dignified regeneration, the Daleks as a credible threat, interesting companions, healthy dose of death scenes, brilliant score, brilliant effects, didn't exhaust its story or surprises in the first part, minimised the cheesy gameshow references from the first part, and admittedly a bit of deux ex machina but it was satisfying! Aside from the cheesy 'think you need a Doctor' line it was well written and felt like the culmination of RTD's ideas for Doctor Who - not that what followed wasn't awesome, but I think most show runners will have had an imaginary series in their heads prior to getting the job and this was his imagination brought to screen. One of the best ever episodes.

Blink - definitely overrated, and it doesn't even make my Top 10 but it's still formidably good. A terrific idea that deals with time travel well, and is kind of timeless by having so few references to the series of which it is a part of.

Midnight - another one like Blink that is almost timeless, this one takes on the scares and puts them at the fore. It relies on stellar acting, and is superbly written with my one gripe being that there wasn't an alien aboard the bus.

A Christmas Carol - if Doctor Who ever had just one go at Christmas it'd be this. It had the Doctor best suited to the festive season, it had brilliant acting, music, visuals...absolutely stunningly directed. Again, it feels kind of timeless and it's ultimately a very bittersweet tale but it's so much fun along the way with Kazran and Abigail feeling like one-off companions... after the rather serious fifth series it was nice for travelling with the Doctor to feel like an extra special treat again!

The Doctor's Wife - a bit of a gimmicky idea, but it was pulled off thanks to Suranne Jones. The whole thing felt a very special, very one-off event kind of thing. But it's an interesting story, and one of the concepts that will be remembered for a long time in the history of the show.

For reference, my top 15...
01 - /The Parting of the Ways
02 - A Christmas Carol
03 - The Doctor's Wife
04 - The Empty Child/
05 - Midnight
06 - The Stolen Earth/
07 - Dalek
08 - The Pandorica Opens/
09 - Gridlock
10 - The Unquiet Dead
11 - Tooth and Claw
12 - The Crimson Horror
13 - Vincent and the Doctor
14 - The Girl Who Waited
15 - Mummy on the Orient Express
16 - The God Complex

1. Genesis of The Daleks
2. Turn Left
3. The Key to Time Season
4. The Utopia Trilogy
5. The City of Death
6. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
7. The Dalek's Master Plan
8. Tomb of The Cybermen
9. Blink
10. The Invasion of Time

I'm guessing you like bit of epic scale action

Amen. I love a good, long story with lots of intrigue, action and no leaves.

Marco Polo? Bloody great. Shame it's missing but even in audio it's still a great odyssey.

And of course, the War Games. I really don't find it as laborious as some do.

I have to say I love the Key to Time season too. I'm not really sure why some people think it's inconsistent.

Saves me having to engage my own brain to write something! I think this was one of the most perfectly executed pieces of TV ever, definitely my favourite episode, can't see it being topped tbh.

I give RTD marks for bravado on this one - as the resolution was the most literal expression of a 'god from the machine' as you could possibly get!

Pyramids of Mars..
(I see close parallels with Capaldis current take on the doctor and how Tom played the role here - focussed on the bigger picture and not dwelling on the dead or doomed. Also the interplay between the fourth doctor and Sarah was always good but never better than in this story)

Christmas Carol / The Doctors Wife..
(The first was, for me, a beautifully crafted tale with Smith showing ALL the facets of his doctor from the quiet but threatening right through to the wacky humour. The doctors wife was just a superb complete one off story, beautifully paced, wonderfully casted. Enjoyable brilliance..)

For me, it's Asylum of the Daleks.

One of the biggest rug pulls in the show's history, introducing Jenna early and then turning her into a bloody Dalek! I loved every minute of it, 11 was on top form, Amy and Rory's story was fantastic, Jenna Coleman stole the show and on top of that, the Daleks felt scary again.

However, I also adored the "of the Doctor" trilogy. I thought the 50th was a revelation.

Favourite episodes (in no particular order)

Classic:

The Daleks
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Mind Robber
The Invasion
The War Games
Spearhead from Space
Inferno
The Green Death
The Ark in Space
The Android Invasion
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
The Invisible Enemy
City of Death

Post-2005: (so far)

Father's Day
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways
The Christmas Invasion
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday
Gridlock
Human Nature/The Family of Blood
Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords
Midnight
Turn Left
The Night of the Doctor
The Day of the Doctor
Deep Breath
Listen

Favourite old Who is probably 'Pyramids of Mars'
Favourite new Who is probably 'The God Complex' (or 'The Doctor Wife' or 'Vincent and the Doctor').

Old Who first of all. Ark in Space was 'Alien' before 'Alien' (though the 'Quatermass Experiment' film was the first to tackle the idea). Brain of Morbius, Pyramids of Mars, & Talons of Weng Chi'ang, all had a great gothic horror atmosphere. ToWC managed to synthesize the Phantom of the Opera, & the Jack the Ripper & vampire myths & throw in some space travel, hi-tech & a grotesque & homicidal dwarf to produce an original piece of horror-scifi.as for BoM. Planet of Evil managed to feature a mysterious predatory beast & adapt Jekyll & Hyde to a future space colony/space ship setting to good effect.

Of new who, Utopia stands out for me. The build-up to the revelation about genial old Professor Yana is awesomely done, &, with the other events of the episode, is a superbly atmospheric bit of slowly building but accelerating ratcheting-up of tension. Blink was also a great piece of writing.