Peter Purves
- Acting
- February 10, 1939 · 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
Filmography
- A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage · Charles Dickens
- Doctor Who: The Savages · Steven Taylor (Voice)
- Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker · Steven Taylor (Voice)
- Interlude on Totter's Lane · Steven (Voice)
- Talking Doctor Who · Self
- Tales of the Tardis · Steven Taylor
- Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 · Steven (Voice)
- Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 · Steven
- Behind the Sofa - Season 14
- Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa · Self
- The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
- The Native Hue of Resolution · Self
- Boys! Boys! Boys!
- Remembering Douglas Camfield
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip · Self
- The End of the Line?
- Riverside Story · Self
- Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
- Let's Dance for Comic Relief · Self
- The Ties That Bind Us · Steven Taylor (archive footage)
- That's What I Call Television · Self
- The Story of Doctor Who
- Death By... · Self
- Harry Hill's TV Burp
- The Office · Peter Purves
- B.P. Confidential · Self
- Fantasy World Cup · Self
- Ready, Steady, Cook · Self
- EastEnders · Presenter
- Surprise, Surprise · Self
- Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks · Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Round Trip to Glasgow · Self
- Bullseye · Self
- Robbie · Narrator
- Blue Peter Special Assignment
- Blue Peter Flies the World
- Doctor Who: The Savages · Steven Taylor
- Doctor Who: The Gunfighters · Steven Taylor
- Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker · Steven Taylor
- Doctor Who: The Ark · Steven Taylor
- Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve · Steven Taylor
- Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan · Steven Taylor
- Doctor Who: The Myth Makers · Steven Taylor
- BBC Play of the Month
- Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 · Steven Taylor
- Doctor Who: The Time Meddler · Steven Taylor
- Doctor Who: The Chase · Steven Taylor / Morton Dill
- The World of Wooster
- Doctor Who: Lost in Time · Steven
- Theatre 625 · Private
- Doctor Who · Morton Dill, Steven Taylor
- Z-Cars
- Blue Peter · Self
- Dixon of Dock Green · Brian
- Babble