Peter Purves
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 10 February 1939 · Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Known for
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- 2025A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage as Charles Dickens
- 2025Doctor Who: The Savages as Steven Taylor (voice)
- 2025Remembering/Forgetting 'The Savages' as Self
- 2024Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker as Steven Taylor (voice)
- 2023Interlude on Totter's Lane as Steven (voice)
- 2023Talking Doctor Who as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Flight Through Eternity as Self
- 2021Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 as Steven (voice)
- 2021The Trouble with Chumblies - Making 'Galaxy 4' as Self
- 2020Behind the Sofa - Season 14
- 2017The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
- 2013The Native Hue of Resolution as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2013Boys! Boys! Boys!
- 2013Remembering Douglas Camfield
- 2011The End of the Line?
- 2011Riverside Story as Self
- 2010Who Peter: Part One - Partners in Time (1963-1989)
- 2009Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
- 2008The Ties That Bind Us as Steven Taylor (archive footage)
- 2003The Story of Doctor Who
- 1999Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
- 1998B.P. Confidential as Self
- 1995Myth Makers 32: Peter Purves as Self
- 1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982Round Trip to Glasgow as Self
- 1979Robbie as Narrator
- 1966Doctor Who: The Savages as Steven Taylor
- 1966Doctor Who: The Gunfighters as Steven Taylor
- 1966Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker as Steven Taylor
- 1966Doctor Who: The Ark as Steven Taylor
- 1966Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve as Steven Taylor
- 1965Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan as Steven Taylor
- 1965Doctor Who: The Myth Makers as Steven Taylor
- 1965Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 as Steven Taylor
- 1965Doctor Who: The Time Meddler as Steven Taylor
- 1965Doctor Who: The Chase as Steven Taylor / Morton Dill