Peter Purves
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-02-10 (86 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Doctor Who: The Savages
as Steven Taylor (voice)
(2024)
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as Steven Taylor (voice)
(2023)
Talking Doctor Who
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven (voice)
(2020)
(2017)
(2013)
The Native Hue of Resolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2013)
(2011)
(2009)
(2008)
The Ties That Bind Us
as Steven Taylor (archive footage)
(2003)
(1999)
(1998)
B.P. Confidential
as Self
(1984)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1982)
Round Trip to Glasgow
as Self
(1979)
Robbie
as Narrator
(1966)
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Steven Taylor
(1966)
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
as Steven Taylor
(1966)
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as Steven Taylor
(1966)
Doctor Who: The Ark
as Steven Taylor
(1966)
Doctor Who: The Savages
as Steven Taylor
(1966)
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
as Steven Taylor
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
as Steven Taylor
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Chase
as Steven Taylor / Morton Dill
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
as Steven Taylor
(1965)
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven Taylor