Peter Purves
Acting • Born 1939-02-10
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
52 credits
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Movie • 2021
Steven (voice)
B.P. Confidential
Movie • 1998
Self
Talking Doctor Who
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Native Hue of Resolution
Movie • 2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Movie • 2024
Steven Taylor (voice)
Round Trip to Glasgow
Movie • 1982
Self
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
Movie • 2017
Robbie
Movie • 1979
Narrator
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
Movie • 1965
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
Movie • 1965
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Movie • 1965
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Chase
Movie • 1965
Steven Taylor / Morton Dill
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Movie • 1966
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Ark
Movie • 1966
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Movie • 1966
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Movie • 1966
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Savages
Movie • 1966
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Movie • 1966
Steven Taylor
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie • 2003
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
Movie • 2020
Doctor Who: The Savages
Movie • 2025
Steven Taylor (voice)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Movie • 1984
Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The End of the Line?
Movie • 2011
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie • 2008
Steven Taylor (archive footage)
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
Movie • 2009
Remembering Douglas Camfield
Movie • 2013
Riverside Story
Movie • 2011
Self
Boys! Boys! Boys!
Movie • 2013
Harry Hill's TV Burp
TV • 2002
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Surprise, Surprise
TV • 1984
Self
The Office
TV • 2001
Peter Purves
Dixon of Dock Green
TV • 1955
Brian
Babble
TV
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
TV • 2009
Self
That's What I Call Television
TV • 2007
Self
Fantasy World Cup
TV • 1998
Self
Doctor Who: Lost in Time
TV • 1965
Steven
Bullseye
TV • 1979
Self - Presenter
EastEnders
TV • 1985
Presenter
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Morton Dill
Tales of the Tardis
TV • 2023
Steven Taylor
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011
Self - Participant
Death By...
TV • 2003
Self
Blue Peter
TV • 1958
Self - Guest
Ready, Steady, Cook
TV • 1994
Self - Guest
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
TV • 2018
Self
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
The World of Wooster
TV • 1965
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
TV • 2021
Steven
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Private