Peter Purves

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A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage TrailerDoctor Who: The Savages TrailerDoctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker Trailer

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.

Most Popular Peter Purves Trailers

Total trailers found: 29

Round Trip to Glasgow Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

British Transport film.

The Ties That Bind Us Trailer (2008)

03 March 2008

A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.

The Story of Doctor Who Trailer (2003)

30 December 2003

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

The Native Hue of Resolution Trailer (2013)

21 December 2013

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

Robbie Trailer (1979)

02 January 1979

Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go through a hole in a railway fence on to the track for some reason.

B.P. Confidential Trailer (1998)

16 November 1998

Documentary revealing the true character of those working behind and in front of the camera on Blue Peter - Britain's longest continuously running children's programme.

Doctor Who: The Savages Trailer (2025)

24 March 2025

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo land on an alien world in this animated reconstruction of a lost 1966 Doctor Who adventure.

Behind the Sofa - Season 14 Trailer (2020)

04 May 2020

New episodes with Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Philip Hinchcliffe, plus companions Sophie Aldred and Peter Purves.

Boys! Boys! Boys! Trailer (2013)

14 October 2013

Peter Purves, Frazer Hines and Mark Strickson reminisce about their time as companions to the First, Second and Fifth Doctors respectively.

Riverside Story Trailer (2011)

14 February 2011

Matthew Sweet takes actor Peter Purves back to the studio that hosted numerous Doctor Who productions in the 1960s.

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks Trailer (1984)

15 February 1984

Captured in a time corridor, the Doctor and his companions are forced to land on 20th century Earth, diverted by the Doctor's oldest enemy - the Daleks.

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker Trailer (2024)

02 March 2024

While the Doctor plays the Trilogic Game, Steven and Dodo are forced to play seemingly childish but ultimately dangerous games with the aim of being reunited and getting back to the Tardis.

Doctor Who: The Ark Trailer (1966)

26 March 1966

The Doctor and his companions Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet arrive some ten million years into the future, on board a generation starship which is carrying the last of humanity away from an Earth that is about to fall into the Sun.

Doctor Who: The Chase Trailer (1965)

26 June 1965

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

Talking Doctor Who Trailer (2023)

01 November 2023

As part of the sixtieth anniversary celebrations of Doctor Who, David Tennant time-travels back through the BBC archives to tell the story of the Doctor’s classic era.

Remembering Douglas Camfield Trailer (2013)

30 September 2013

The life and work of respected director Douglas Camfield is remembered in this documentary.

Doctor Who: The Savages Trailer (1966)

18 June 1966

The TARDIS has arrived on a far-distant and seemingly idyllic world. Yet the Doctor, Steven and Dodo learn it hides a terrible secret: the apparently civilised Elders maintain their advanced society by draining and transferring to themselves the life-force of the defenceless Savages.

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan Trailer (1965)

13 November 1965

In the year 4000, the Daleks conspire to conquer the Solar System. Their scheme involves treachery at the highest levels and a weapon capable of destroying the very fabric of time.

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve Trailer (1966)

26 February 1966

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

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler Trailer (1965)

24 July 1965

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

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 Trailer (1965)

02 October 1965

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

Doctor Who: The Myth Makers Trailer (1965)

06 November 1965

When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the mighty god Zeus and taken to the Greek camp.

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker Trailer (1966)

23 April 1966

The travellers arrive in a strange domain presided over by the Celestial Toymaker — an enigmatic, immortal entity who forces them to play a series of games, failure at which will render them his playthings for all eternity.

The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years Trailer (2017)

01 June 2017

This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who to life!

Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 Trailer (2021)

15 November 2021

The TARDIS lands on a planet on the verge of total annihilation as it drifts too close to the three suns which its orbits.

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters Trailer (1966)

21 May 1966

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

A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage Trailer (2025)

17 December 2025

Television favourites Colin Baker and Peter Purves lead the cast in a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic - which also features a rare, specially recorded appearance by Tom Baker as Jacob Marley! Presented by Crime And Comedy Theatre Company as a radio-play-live-on-stage and filmed at The Regal Theatre, Stowmarket, this is the 180th anniversary production of Dickens’ timeless tale of charity, forgiveness and redemption at Christmas.

The End of the Line? Trailer (2011)

20 June 2011

Once the nation's favourite, by its third year Doctor Who was in trouble. With changes afoot in the production office and increasing problems with its lead actor, the programme was heading for the Last Chance Saloon.

Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series? Trailer (2009)

23 February 2009

A look at writer Dennis Spooner’s work on Doctor Who.