Peter Purves
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.
Filmography
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
2025
as Charles Dickens
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025
as Steven Taylor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024
as Steven Taylor (voice)
Talking Doctor Who
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021
as Steven (voice)
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2017
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Boys! Boys! Boys!
2013
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013
The End of the Line?
2011
Riverside Story
2011
as Self
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2009
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Steven Taylor (archive footage)
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
B.P. Confidential
1998
as Self
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Round Trip to Glasgow
1982
as Self
Robbie
1979
as Narrator
Doctor Who: The Savages
1966
as Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966
as Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966
as Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Ark
1966
as Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
1966
as Steven Taylor