Peter Purves
Actor
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.
Filmography
Doctor Who: The Chase
as Steven Taylor / Morton Dill 1965
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Steven Taylor 1966
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited) 1984
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as Steven Taylor 1966
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
as Steven Taylor 1966
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
as Steven Taylor 1966
Doctor Who: The Ark
as Steven Taylor 1966
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven Taylor 1965
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
as Steven Taylor 1965
Doctor Who: The Savages
as Steven Taylor 1966
Talking Doctor Who
as Self (archive footage) 2023
Robbie
as Narrator 1979
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven (voice) 2021
The Native Hue of Resolution
as Self - Narrator (voice) 2013
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as Steven Taylor (voice) 2024
B.P. Confidential
as Self 1998