Peter Purves
ActingPeter 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.
Movies
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
2025
Steven Taylor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025
Steven Taylor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024
Self (archive footage)
Talking Doctor Who
2023
Steven (voice)
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
Boys! Boys! Boys!
2013
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013
The End of the Line?
2011
Self
Riverside Story
2011
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2009
Steven Taylor (archive footage)
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Self
B.P. Confidential
1998
Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
Self
Round Trip to Glasgow
1982
Narrator
Robbie
1979
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Savages
1966
TV Shows
Steven Taylor
Tales of the Tardis
2023
Steven
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021
Self
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
Self - Participant
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
Peter Purves
The Office
2001
Self - Guest
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
Presenter
EastEnders
1985
Self
Surprise, Surprise
1984
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Steven
Doctor Who: Lost in Time
1965
Private
Theatre 625
1964
Morton Dill
Doctor Who
1963
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who
1963
Z-Cars
1962
Self - Guest
Blue Peter
1958
Blue Peter
1958
Brian
Dixon of Dock Green
1955