Peter Purves
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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
Credits
Doctor Who: The Ark (1966)
as Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Chase (1965)
as Steven Taylor / Morton Dill
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)
as Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
as Steven Taylor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan (1965)
as Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
as Steven Taylor
Talking Doctor Who (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
Actor
Riverside Story (2011)
as Self
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers (1965)
as Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker (2024)
as Steven Taylor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Savages (1966)
as Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Savages (2025)
as Steven Taylor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (1966)
as Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler (1965)
as Steven Taylor
The Native Hue of Resolution (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series? (2009)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
as Steven Taylor
Robbie (1979)
as Narrator
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 (1965)
as Steven Taylor
B.P. Confidential (1998)
as Self
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 (2021)
as Steven (voice)
Remembering Douglas Camfield (2013)
Actor
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage (2025)
as Charles Dickens
The End of the Line? (2011)
Actor
Behind the Sofa - Season 14 (2020)
Actor
Boys! Boys! Boys! (2013)
Actor
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years (2017)
Actor
Round Trip to Glasgow (1982)
as Self