Peter Purves
Acting
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
2025Doctor Who: The Savages
Steven Taylor (voice)
2025A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
Charles Dickens
2024Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Steven Taylor (voice)
2023Talking Doctor Who
Self (archive footage)
2021Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Steven (voice)
2020Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2017The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2013The Native Hue of Resolution
Self - Narrator (voice)
2013Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013Boys! Boys! Boys!
2011The End of the Line?
2011Riverside Story
Self
2009Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2008The Ties That Bind Us
Steven Taylor (archive footage)
2003The Story of Doctor Who
1998B.P. Confidential
Self
1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982Round Trip to Glasgow
Self
1979Robbie
Narrator
1966Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Steven Taylor
1966Doctor Who: The Ark
Steven Taylor
1966Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Steven Taylor
1966Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Steven Taylor
1966Doctor Who: The Savages
Steven Taylor