Person
Peter Purves
Acting · Born 1939-02-10 · Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Known for
EastEnders
Presenter
Doctor Who
Morton Dill
Blue Peter
Self - Guest
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
Theatre 625
Private
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Z-Cars
1962
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
Dixon of Dock Green
Brian
Filmography
- 2025A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on StageCharles Dickens
- 2025Doctor Who: The SavagesSteven Taylor (voice)
- 2024Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerSteven Taylor (voice)
- 2023Talking Doctor WhoSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Tales of the TardisSteven Taylor
- 2021Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Steven (voice)
- 2021Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Steven
- 2020Behind the Sofa - Season 14
- 2018Doctor Who: Behind the SofaSelf
- 2017The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
- 2013The Native Hue of ResolutionSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2013Boys! Boys! Boys!
- 2013Remembering Douglas Camfield
- 2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant
- 2011The End of the Line?
- 2011Riverside StorySelf
- 2009Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
- 2009Let's Dance for Comic ReliefSelf
- 2008The Ties That Bind UsSteven Taylor (archive footage)
- 2007That's What I Call TelevisionSelf
- 2003The Story of Doctor Who
- 2003Death By...Self
- 2002Harry Hill's TV Burp
- 2001The OfficePeter Purves
- 1998B.P. ConfidentialSelf
- 1998Fantasy World CupSelf
- 1994Ready, Steady, CookSelf - Guest
- 1985EastEndersPresenter
- 1984Surprise, SurpriseSelf
- 1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the DaleksSteven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982Round Trip to GlasgowSelf
- 1979BullseyeSelf - Presenter
- 1979RobbieNarrator
- 1973Blue Peter Special Assignment
- 1971Blue Peter Flies the World
- 1966Doctor Who: The SavagesSteven Taylor
- 1966Doctor Who: The GunfightersSteven Taylor
- 1966Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerSteven Taylor
- 1966Doctor Who: The ArkSteven Taylor
- 1966Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's EveSteven Taylor
- 1965Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master PlanSteven Taylor
- 1965Doctor Who: The Myth MakersSteven Taylor
- 1965BBC Play of the Month
- 1965Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Steven Taylor
- 1965Doctor Who: The Time MeddlerSteven Taylor
- 1965Doctor Who: The ChaseSteven Taylor / Morton Dill
- 1965The World of Wooster
- 1965Doctor Who: Lost in TimeSteven
- 1964Theatre 625Private
- 1963Doctor WhoMorton Dill
- 1962Z-Cars
- 1958Blue PeterSelf - Guest
- 1955Dixon of Dock GreenBrian
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