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Peter Purves

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

The Story of Doctor Who

2003