Peter Purves
Birthday
1939/02/10 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Lancashire, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
Peter John Purves (born 10 February 1939) is an English television presenter and actor. He played Steven Taylor in Doctor Who under the First Doctor, a role he continued to play in audio dramas for Big Finish Productions. He later became a presenter on the BBC children's programme Blue Peter for eleven years. He has continued to make regular television appearances, including coverage of the Crufts dog show.
Acting
(2021) Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven (voice)
(1998) B.P. Confidential
as Self
(2023) Talking Doctor Who
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
as ---
(2013) The Native Hue of Resolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2024) Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as Steven Taylor (voice)
(1982) Round Trip to Glasgow
as Self
(2017) The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
as ---
(1979) Robbie
as Narrator
(1965) Doctor Who: The Chase
as Steven Taylor / Morton Dill
(1965) Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
as Steven Taylor
(1965) Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven Taylor
(1965) Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
as Steven Taylor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Steven Taylor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
as Steven Taylor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Ark
as Steven Taylor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as Steven Taylor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
as Steven Taylor
(1966) Doctor Who: The Savages
as Steven Taylor
(2003) The Story of Doctor Who
as ---
(2020) Behind the Sofa - Season 14
as ---
(2025) Doctor Who: The Savages
as Steven Taylor (voice)
(1984) Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2011) The End of the Line?
as ---
(2008) The Ties That Bind Us
as Steven Taylor (archive footage)
(2009) Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
as ---
(2013) Remembering Douglas Camfield
as ---
(2011) Riverside Story
as Self
(1995) Myth Makers 32: Peter Purves
as Self
(2025) Remembering/Forgetting 'The Savages'
as Self
(2022) Flight Through Eternity
as Self
(2021) The Trouble with Chumblies - Making 'Galaxy 4'
as Self
(2010) Who Peter: Part One - Partners in Time (1963-1989)
as ---
(2013) Boys! Boys! Boys!
as ---
(2012) Tomorrow's Times: The Third Doctor
as Self
(2002) Harry Hill's TV Burp
as ---
(1962) Z-Cars
as ---
(1984) Surprise, Surprise
as Self
(2001) The Office
as Peter Purves
(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Brian
Babble
as ---
(2009) Let's Dance for Comic Relief
as Self
(2007) That's What I Call Television
as Self
(1998) Fantasy World Cup
as Self
(1965) Doctor Who: Lost in Time
as Steven
(1979) Bullseye
as Self - Presenter
(1985) EastEnders
as Presenter
(1963) Doctor Who
as Morton Dill
(2023) Tales of the Tardis
as Steven Taylor
(2011) Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
(2003) Death By...
as Self
(1958) Blue Peter
as Self - Guest
(1994) Ready, Steady, Cook
as Self - Guest
(1963) Doctor Who
as Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
as Self
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as ---
(1965) The World of Wooster
as ---
(2021) Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven
(1964) Theatre 625
as Private