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Peter Purves

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English actor and television presenter

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Peter John Purves is an English television presenter and actor. Beginning his career as an actor, he joined Doctor Who to play Steven Taylor, a companion of the First Doctor, which he played from 1965 until 1966. In 1967, he became a presenter on the children's programme Blue Peter, where he remained for eleven years.

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Purves in 1976, while covering the White City Rebels for Blue PeterPurves in 1976, while covering the White City Rebels for Blue PeterPurves at The Television and Movie Store in Norwich in March 2009Purves at The Television and Movie Store in Norwich in March 2009

Filmography 29

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler1965
Doctor Who: The Chase1965
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan1965
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks1984
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters1966
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker1966
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve1966
Doctor Who: The Ark1966
Doctor Who: Galaxy 41965
Doctor Who: The Savages1966
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers1965
Talking Doctor Who2023
Robbie1979
The Story of Doctor Who2003
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker2024
The Native Hue of Resolution2013
Doctor Who: Galaxy 42021
Remembering Douglas Camfield2013
Doctor Who: The Savages2025
The Ties That Bind Us2008
The End of the Line?2011
Boys! Boys! Boys!2013
Behind the Sofa - Season 142020
Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?2009
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years2017
Riverside Story2011
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage2025
B.P. Confidential1998
Round Trip to Glasgow1982

53 credits on file

Television 23

Doctor Who1963
EastEnders1985
Ready, Steady, Cook1994
Z-Cars1962
BBC Play of the Month1965
The Office2001
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011
Theatre 6251964
Harry Hill's TV Burp2002
Dixon of Dock Green1955
Blue Peter1958
Surprise, Surprise1984
Tales of the Tardis2023
Let's Dance for Comic Relief2009
The World of Wooster1965
Fantasy World Cup1998
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa2018
Bullseye1979
Doctor Who: Lost in Time1965
That's What I Call Television2007
Doctor Who: Galaxy 42021
Death By...2003
Babble

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Peter ThomasAlso in Doctor Who: The Savages (1966)Dinah SheridanAlso in The Ties That Bind Us (2008)Michael SheardAlso in Doctor Who: The Ark (1966)Verity LambertAlso in Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 (1965)David GrahamAlso in Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan (1965)Leslie GranthamAlso in Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)

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Peter John Purves is an English television presenter and actor. Beginning his career as an actor, he joined Doctor Who to play Steven Taylor, a companion of the First Doctor, which he played from 1965 until 1966. In 1967, he became a presenter on the children's programme Blue Peter, where he remained for eleven years. He has continued to make appearances on TV, including coverage of the Crufts dog show.

Country
United Kingdom
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Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1939 · age 87
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