Cast & creator
Peter Purves
Best known for EastEnders, Doctor Who, Doctor Who
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.
30
film credits
27
television credits
57
1955–2025 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (57)
Showing 57 of 57 credits
EastEnders
Presenter
1985
Doctor Who
Morton Dill
1963Doctor Who
Steven Taylor
1963
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
1994
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Z-Cars
1962
Theatre 625
Private
1964
The Office
Peter Purves
2001
Blue Peter
Self - Guest
1958Blue Peter
1958
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Dixon of Dock Green
Brian
1955
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
Surprise, Surprise
Self
1984
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
2018
Tales of the Tardis
Steven Taylor
2023
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Self
2009The World of Wooster
1965Bullseye
Self - Presenter
1979Blue Peter Flies the World
1971Fantasy World Cup
Self
1998That's What I Call Television
Self
2007
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Steven
2021
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Steven Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Doctor Who: Lost in Time
Steven
1965
Riverside Story
Self
2011
The Ties That Bind Us
Steven Taylor (archive footage)
2008
Doctor Who: The Chase
Steven Taylor / Morton Dill
1965
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Steven Taylor
1965Babble
Death By...
Self
2003
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
Steven Taylor
1965
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Steven Taylor (voice)
2024Blue Peter Special Assignment
1973
Talking Doctor Who
Self (archive footage)
2023
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Steven Taylor
1966
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Steven Taylor
1966
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
Steven Taylor
1965
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Steven Taylor
1966
Doctor Who: The Ark
Steven Taylor
1966
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Steven (voice)
2021
Interlude on Totter's Lane
Steven (voice)
2023
Doctor Who: The Savages
Steven Taylor (voice)
2025
Doctor Who: The Savages
Steven Taylor
1966
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
2009
Robbie
Narrator
1979
The Native Hue of Resolution
Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2017
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Steven Taylor
1965
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
Charles Dickens
2025
The End of the Line?
2011
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013
Boys! Boys! Boys!
2013
B.P. Confidential
Self
1998
Round Trip to Glasgow
Self
1982