The thing with "Doctor Who" is that you can never pick just one favorite episode. Despite the varying quality of writing that prevails even today, every episode had its moment.
It’s just one of those shows where you could go on for hours about what you liked (or didn’t like) about every episode you’ve seen.
Case in point: "Genesis of the Daleks".
Great intro for Davros, and in another timeline, they would have ended the Davros storyline there, and not carried it on to the point where each subsequent Dalek episode in the Classic Series became "The Davros Show" With Special Guests The Daleks (though Julian Bleach was great in "Journey’s End").
The whole morality issue ("Do I have the right?") was perhaps the story’s defining moment, and was touched upon in subsequent Dalek episodes.
Drawback: Davros’ experimental clam would probably have some of us wishing for a return appearance by the Adipose.
Now that’s just one classic episode. If you want, I could tell you why I thought "Delta and the Bannermen" was my favorite Season 24 episode…
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Ian Stewart: You know, if you were to take Journey's End back in time and show it to the people who created the show back in 1963, I think they would just stop.
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More likely, they would figure out a way to have the Doctor or his companions push Daleks around just for fun, or vice versa ("Evil of the Daleks", part five cliffhanger).
"Trains…trains…trains…"
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"Journey's End" screencap courtesy of the "Doctor Who: Time and Space" website.
May make voters who scored "Journey’s End" with a negative number feel nauseous.
Viewer discretion is advised.