Overview
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Acting
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Birthday
Feb 10, 1939 (86 years old)
Peter Purves
Known For
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
New episodes with Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Philip Hinchcliffe, plus...
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
A look at writer Dennis Spooner’s work on Doctor Who.
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.
Acting
2024
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2023
Talking Doctor Who
2020
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2017
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2013
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2011
The End of the Line?
2009
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
2003
The Story of Doctor Who
1999
Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
1998
B.P. Confidential