Peter Purves
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 10, 1939 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2025 | Doctor Who: The SavagesSteven Taylor (voice) | |
| 2024 | Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerSteven Taylor (voice) | |
| 2023 | Talking Doctor WhoSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | Tales of the TardisSteven Taylor | |
| 2021 | Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Steven (voice) | |
| 2021 | Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Steven | |
| 2020 | Behind the Sofa - Season 14 | |
| 2018 | Doctor Who: Behind the SofaSelf | |
| 2017 | The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years | |
| 2013 | The Native Hue of ResolutionSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | Remembering Douglas Camfield | |
| 2013 | Boys! Boys! Boys! | |
| 2011 | The End of the Line? | |
| 2011 | Riverside StorySelf | |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant | |
| 2009 | Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series? | |
| 2009 | Let's Dance for Comic ReliefSelf | |
| 2008 | The Ties That Bind UsSteven Taylor (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | That's What I Call TelevisionSelf | |
| 2003 | The Story of Doctor Who | |
| 2003 | Death By...Self | |
| 2002 | Harry Hill's TV Burp | |
| 2001 | The OfficePeter Purves | |
| 1998 | B.P. ConfidentialSelf | |
| 1998 | Fantasy World CupSelf | |
| 1994 | Ready, Steady, CookSelf - Guest | |
| 1985 | EastEndersPresenter | |
| 1984 | Doctor Who: Resurrection of the DaleksSteven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1984 | Surprise, SurpriseSelf | |
| 1982 | Round Trip to GlasgowSelf | |
| 1979 | RobbieNarrator | |
| 1979 | BullseyeSelf - Presenter | |
| 1966 | Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's EveSteven Taylor | |
| 1966 | Doctor Who: The ArkSteven Taylor | |
| 1966 | Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerSteven Taylor | |
| 1966 | Doctor Who: The GunfightersSteven Taylor | |
| 1966 | Doctor Who: The SavagesSteven Taylor | |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The ChaseSteven Taylor / Morton Dill | |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Time MeddlerSteven Taylor | |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Steven Taylor | |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Myth MakersSteven Taylor | |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master PlanSteven Taylor | |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: Lost in TimeSteven | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | |
| 1965 | The World of Wooster | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625Private | |
| 1963 | Doctor WhoMorton Dill | |
| 1963 | Doctor WhoSteven Taylor | |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | |
| 1958 | Blue PeterSelf - Guest | |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock GreenBrian | |
| - | Babble |