Peter Purves
Acting · Born Feb 10, 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
Films
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
2025
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
20248.0
Interlude on Totter's Lane
2023
Talking Doctor Who
20236.0
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
20218.0
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2017
The Native Hue of Resolution
201310.0
Boys! Boys! Boys!
2013
Remembering Douglas Camfield
20138.0
The End of the Line?
2011
Riverside Story
2011
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2009
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
The Story of Doctor Who
20038.0
B.P. Confidential
1998
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
19847.9
Round Trip to Glasgow
1982
Robbie
19796.0
Doctor Who: The Savages
19667.2
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
19666.3
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
19665.7
Doctor Who: The Ark
19666.8
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
19667.2
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
19657.9
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
19657.2
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
19656.4
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
19657.5
Doctor Who: The Chase
19656.9
