Actor
Peter Purves
87 years · Lancashire, England, UK · 30 films
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.
Best known for
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
1965 · Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965 · Steven Taylor / Morton Dill
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984 · Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1965 · Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966 · Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966 · Steven Taylor
Filmography 30
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
2025 · Charles Dickens
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025 · Steven Taylor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024 · Steven Taylor (voice)
Interlude on Totter's Lane
2023 · Steven (voice)
Talking Doctor Who
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021 · Steven (voice)
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020 · Actor
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2017 · Actor
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Boys! Boys! Boys!
2013 · Actor
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013 · Actor
The End of the Line?
2011 · Actor
Riverside Story
2011 · Self
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2009 · Actor
The Ties That Bind Us
2008 · Steven Taylor (archive footage)
The Story of Doctor Who
2003 · Actor
B.P. Confidential
1998 · Self
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984 · Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Round Trip to Glasgow
1982 · Self
Robbie
1979 · Narrator
Doctor Who: The Savages
1966 · Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966 · Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966 · Steven Taylor
Doctor Who: The Ark
1966 · Steven Taylor