Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1939-02-10 (Age: 87)
Place of Birth
Lancashire, England, UK
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 (29)
⭐ 0
Role:
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
2025
⭐ 0
Role:
Steven Taylor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Steven Taylor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024
⭐ 5.0
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Talking Doctor Who
2023
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Steven (voice)
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2017
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Boys! Boys! Boys!
2013
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Unknown
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
The End of the Line?
2011
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
Riverside Story
2011
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2009
⭐ 0
Role:
Steven Taylor (archive footage)
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Unknown