
Peter Purves
Department: Acting
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

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021

B.P. Confidential
1998

Talking Doctor Who
2023

The Native Hue of Resolution
2013

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024

Round Trip to Glasgow
1982

The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2017

Robbie
1979

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
1965

Doctor Who: The Chase
1965

Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
1965

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1965

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
1965

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
1966

Doctor Who: The Ark
1966

Doctor Who: The Savages
1966

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966

The Story of Doctor Who
2003

Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020

Doctor Who: The Savages
2025

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984

The End of the Line?
2011

The Ties That Bind Us
2008

Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2009

Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013

Riverside Story
2011

Boys! Boys! Boys!
2013

Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002

Z-Cars
1962

Surprise, Surprise
1984

The Office
2001

Dixon of Dock Green
1955

Babble
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Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009

That's What I Call Television
2007

Fantasy World Cup
1998

Doctor Who: Lost in Time
1965

Bullseye
1979

EastEnders
1985

Doctor Who
1963

Tales of the Tardis
2023

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011

Death By...
2003

Blue Peter
1958

Ready, Steady, Cook
1994

Doctor Who
1963

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018

BBC Play of the Month
1965

The World of Wooster
1965

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021

Theatre 625
1964