Peter Purves

Peter Purves

Acting

Born February 10, 1939 · Lancashire, England, UK

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 Bi…

Known for

Ready, Steady, Cook

Ready, Steady, Cook

1994

EastEnders

EastEnders

1985

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

1962

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

1964

Blue Peter

Blue Peter

1958

Acting(52)

2025A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on StageCharles Dickens

2025Doctor Who: The SavagesSteven Taylor (voice)

2024Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerSteven Taylor (voice)

2023Talking Doctor WhoSelf (archive footage)

2023Tales of the TardisSteven Taylor

2021Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Steven (voice)

2021Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Steven

2020Behind the Sofa - Season 14

2018Doctor Who: Behind the SofaSelf

2017The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years

2013The Native Hue of ResolutionSelf - Narrator (voice)

2013Boys! Boys! Boys!

2013Remembering Douglas Camfield

2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant

2011The End of the Line?

2011Riverside StorySelf

2009Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?

2009Let's Dance for Comic ReliefSelf

2008The Ties That Bind UsSteven Taylor (archive footage)

2007That's What I Call TelevisionSelf

2003The Story of Doctor Who

2003Death By...Self

2002Harry Hill's TV Burp

2001The OfficePeter Purves

1998B.P. ConfidentialSelf

1998Fantasy World CupSelf

1994Ready, Steady, CookSelf - Guest

1985EastEndersPresenter

1984Surprise, SurpriseSelf

1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the DaleksSteven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982Round Trip to GlasgowSelf

1979BullseyeSelf - Presenter

1979RobbieNarrator

1966Doctor Who: The SavagesSteven Taylor

1966Doctor Who: The GunfightersSteven Taylor

1966Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerSteven Taylor

1966Doctor Who: The ArkSteven Taylor

1966Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's EveSteven Taylor

1965Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master PlanSteven Taylor

1965Doctor Who: The Myth MakersSteven Taylor

1965BBC Play of the Month

1965Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Steven Taylor

1965Doctor Who: The Time MeddlerSteven Taylor

1965Doctor Who: The ChaseSteven Taylor / Morton Dill

1965The World of Wooster

1965Doctor Who: Lost in TimeSteven

1964Theatre 625Private

1963Doctor WhoMorton Dill

1958Blue PeterSelf - Guest

1955Dixon of Dock GreenBrian

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