Peter Purves

Born: 1939-02-10

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.


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Doctor Who: The Chase

as Steven Taylor / Morton Dill
Released: 1965-06-26

The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert...

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Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

as Steven Taylor
Released: 1966-01-29

In the year 4000, the Daleks conspire to conquer the Solar System. Their scheme involves...

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Talking Doctor Who

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2023-11-01

As part of the sixtieth anniversary celebrations of Doctor Who, David Tennant time-travels back...

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Doctor Who: The Savages

as Steven Taylor
Released: 1966-06-18

The TARDIS has arrived on a far-distant and seemingly idyllic world. Yet the Doctor, Steven and...

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The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years

as uncredited
Released: 2017-06-01

This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the William...

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Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

as Steven Taylor (voice)
Released: 2024-03-02

While the Doctor plays the Trilogic Game, Steven and Dodo are forced to play seemingly childish...

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Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

as Steven Taylor
Released: 1966-05-21

Arriving in the town of Tombstone, the First Doctor finds himself involved with gunmen out to...

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The Story of Doctor Who

as uncredited
Released: 2003-12-30

Documentary to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this popular cult sci-fi television series.

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Doctor Who: The Myth Makers

as Steven Taylor
Released: 1965-11-06

When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the...

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Doctor Who: The Time Meddler

as Steven Taylor
Released: 1965-07-24

In England, 1066, the Doctor confronts a mysterious Monk who is attempting to change history.

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Robbie

as Narrator
Released: 1979-01-02

Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go...

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Doctor Who: The Ark

as Steven Taylor
Released: 1966-03-26

The Doctor and his companions Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet arrive some ten million years into...

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B.P. Confidential

as Self
Released: 1998-11-16

Documentary revealing the true character of those working behind and in front of the camera on...

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Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

as Steven Taylor
Released: 1966-02-26

The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous...

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Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

as Steven (voice)
Released: 2021-11-15

The TARDIS lands on a planet on the verge of total annihilation as it drifts too close to the...

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Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell

as uncredited
Released: 1999-06-02

As the very first Doctor, William Hartnell created the character that made Doctor Who a success....

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The Native Hue of Resolution

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2013-12-21

A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the...

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Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

as Steven Taylor
Released: 1965-10-02

The Doctor, Vicki and Steven arrive on an arid planet where they meet the beautiful Drahvins and...

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Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

as Steven Taylor
Released: 1966-04-23

The travellers arrive in a strange domain presided over by the Celestial Toymaker — an...

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Round Trip to Glasgow

as Self
Released: 1982-01-01

British Transport film.

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Doctor Who

as Steven Taylor
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Doctor Who

as Morton Dill
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Doctor Who

as Steven
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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EastEnders

as Presenter
First aired: 1985-02-19

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square...

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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant
First aired: 2011-10-24

Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and...

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Harry Hill's TV Burp

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-11-14

Harry Hill's TV Burp is a British television comedy programme that ran for 11 years from 2001 to...

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BBC Play of the Month

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Brian
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Z-Cars

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-01-02

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...

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Tales of the Tardis

as Steven Taylor
First aired: 2023-11-01

Classic Doctor Who duos are reunited as they board a very special TARDIS on a nostalgic voyage...

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The Office

as Peter Purves
First aired: 2001-07-09

Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg. Fancy a tea break...

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Surprise, Surprise

as Self
First aired: 1984-05-06

Surprise, Surprise is a British television programme originally hosted by Cilla Black and...

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Doctor Who: Lost in Time

as Steven
First aired: 1965-03-27

A digitally restored collection of rare 1960s Doctor Who episodes, from stories which no longer...

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