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

• A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage (2025)
• Talking Doctor Who (2023)
• Behind the Sofa - Season 14 (2020)
• The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years (2017)
• The Native Hue of Resolution (2013)
• Remembering Douglas Camfield (2013)
• Boys! Boys! Boys! (2013)
• The End of the Line? (2011)
• Riverside Story (2011)
• Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series? (2009)
• The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
• The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
• B.P. Confidential (1998)
• Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)
• Round Trip to Glasgow (1982)
• Robbie (1979)
• Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
• Doctor Who: The Ark (1966)
• Doctor Who: The Savages (1966)
• Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
• Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (1966)
• Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 (1965)
• Doctor Who: The Chase (1965)
• Doctor Who: The Myth Makers (1965)