Cast
Peter Purves
Acting
Cast
Peter Purves
Known for
Acting
Born
1939-02-10
From
Lancashire, England, UK
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.
MOVIE2011
Riverside Story
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1965
Doctor Who: The Chase
as Steven Taylor / Morton Dill
★7.9
MOVIE1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Steven Taylor (archive footage)
★5.0
MOVIE2023
Talking Doctor Who
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE2013
The Native Hue of Resolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1979
Robbie
as Narrator
MOVIE2013
Boys! Boys! Boys!
MOVIE2025
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
as Charles Dickens
★7.9
MOVIE1965
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Steven Taylor
★8.0
MOVIE2013
Remembering Douglas Camfield
★8.0
MOVIE2003
The Story of Doctor Who
★5.7
MOVIE1966
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as Steven Taylor
★7.2
MOVIE1966
Doctor Who: The Savages
as Steven Taylor
★8.0
MOVIE2024
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as Steven Taylor (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE1966
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
as Steven Taylor
★7.2
MOVIE1965
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
as Steven Taylor
MOVIE2025
Doctor Who: The Savages
as Steven Taylor (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE1965
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
as Steven Taylor
★6.8
MOVIE1966
Doctor Who: The Ark
as Steven Taylor
★6.3
MOVIE1966
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
as Steven Taylor
★5.5
MOVIE1965
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
as Steven Taylor
MOVIE2020
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
MOVIE2009
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
MOVIE1998
B.P. Confidential
as Self
MOVIE2011
The End of the Line?
MOVIE2017
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
MOVIE1982
Round Trip to Glasgow
as Self