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Peter John Purves (/ˈpɜːrvɪs/; 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.

Peter Purves
Purves in 2010
Born	Peter John Purves (1939-02-10) 10 February 1939 (age 83) New Longton, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Television presenter, actor
Years active	1965–present
Notable work	Steven Taylor in Doctor Who (1965–1966) Blue Peter Presenter (1967–1978)
Spouses	Gilly Fraser ​ ​ (m. 1962; div. 1982)​ Kathryn Evans ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	2
Website	www.peterpurves.net

Early life

Purves was born in New Longton, near Preston, Lancashire. His father was a tailor who also ran a hotel in Blackpool for a short period. He was educated at the independent Arnold School in Blackpool and in the sixth form at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys for a year, where he took A-levels and gained a pass in mathematics.[1] He originally planned to go into teaching, training at Alsager College of Education, but began to act with the Barrow-in-Furness Repertory Company instead.

Doctor Who

Purves first appeared in Doctor Who in the role of Morton Dill in The Chase after being cast by director Richard Martin.[2]

At 26 years old, Purves first became known to television audiences in 1965 as Steven Taylor, one of the early time-travelling companions in the programme Doctor Who, when the Doctor was played by William Hartnell.[3] He has provided DVD commentaries for many of the surviving Doctor Who episodes he appeared in and documents the making of each of his Doctor Who stories in his autobiography, Here's One I Wrote Earlier. He was also a good friend of the actor Jon Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor.[4]

Purves has said that he prefers the historical stories on the show, such as The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve and The Myth Makers.[5]

In 2007, he returned to the role of Steven Taylor in the audio drama Mother Russia and has portrayed him in several additional audio dramas in the years since.

Blue Peter

After leaving Doctor Who, Purves became a regular presenter on the children's magazine programme Blue Peter from 1967 to 1978.[6] He co-presented Blue Peter first with John Noakes and Valerie Singleton and then with Noakes and Lesley Judd, during the programme's perceived golden age. After Noakes, Purves is the longest-serving male Blue Peter presenter.

Purves maintained his connection to Doctor Who throughout his time on Blue Peter, often hosting special features on the programme and interviewing the actors. These included clips from episodes which are otherwise now lost, including The Daleks' Master Plan, in which Purves himself had appeared.

Dogs have featured in Purves's career since his Blue Peter days when he was given charge of one of the "Blue Peter Pets", Petra, a German Shepherd cross. Purves also presented the spin-off Blue Peter Special Assignment.

Later television appearances

After leaving Blue Peter, Purves presented Stopwatch and We're Going Places, then had spells as the front man for darts events on the BBC[4] and as presenter of the long-running BBC1 motorcycle trials series Kick Start.[7]

His later TV career has included cameo appearances in episodes of the soap opera EastEnders and sitcom The Office. In The Office episode "Training Day" Purves played himself in a customer care training video that David Brent and his staff were being shown (Purves is in fact a qualified business trainer and a motivational speaker).

Purves has had a 40-year association with television coverage of major dog shows such as Crufts and his 2007 appearance as a judge on the reality TV programme The Underdog Show. He also writes for the dog press and regularly presents at dog award shows. Marking his 70th birthday, his 2009 autobiography Here's One I Wrote Earlier was released at The Kennel Club.

Theatre

Purves has worked as a pantomime director and has directed over 30 pantomime productions.[7] In December 2012, he portrayed Alderman Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington at Harpenden Public Halls: this was the first time he performed in pantomime since 1985. He is also an after-dinner speaker.[7]

Personal life

Purves lived for a time in the Bilton area of Rugby, Warwickshire,[8] and then Northamptonshire. He now lives in the Suffolk village of Sibton with his wife, the West End actress Kathryn Evans.[9] He was previously married from 1962 to 1982 to a Leeds-born playwright, Gilly Fraser (actual name Gillian Emmett).[10] In 2008, Valerie Singleton revealed she had enjoyed a "brief fling" with Purves when he was "between marriages".[11]

Purves is an atheist.[12]

Purves is an amateur organist and has given occasional small recitals across the country. (Organist Review March 2002).

Credits

TV career

• Doctor Who (46 episodes, 1965–1966)
• Blue Peter (1967–1978)
• Blue Peter Special Assignment (1977–1981)
• Stopwatch (40 episodes, 1978–1981)[13]
• We're Going Places (23 episodes, 1978–1980)[14]
• Kick Start (1981–1992)

Audio dramas

Year	Title	Role
2007	Doctor Who: Mother Russia[15]	Steven Taylor
2010	Doctor Who: The Suffering[16]
2011	Doctor Who: The Perpetual Bond[17]
	Doctor Who: The Cold Equations[18]
	Doctor Who: Tales from the Vault[19]
	Doctor Who: The First Wave[20]
	Doctor Who: The Five Companions[21]
2012	Doctor Who: The Anachronauts[22]
	Doctor Who: The Burning Prince[23]
	Doctor Who: Return of the Rocket Men[24]
2013	Doctor Who: Upstairs[25]
	Doctor Who: The Light at the End[26]
2014	Doctor Who: The War To End All Wars[27]
	Doctor Who: The Bounty of Ceres[28]
	Doctor Who: An Ordinary Life[29]
2015	Doctor Who: Flywheel Revolution[30]
	Doctor Who: The Secret History[31]
	Doctor Who: The First Doctor Volume One[32]
	Doctor Who: Etheria[33]
2016	Doctor Who: This Sporting Life[34]
	Doctor Who: The Ravelli Conspiracy[35]
	Doctor Who: The Sontarans[36]
2017	Doctor Who: The First Doctor Volume Two[37]
	Doctor Who: Short Trips: O Tannenbaum[38]
2018	Doctor Who: The Dalek Occupation of Winter[39]
	Doctor Who: An Ideal World[40]
	Doctor Who: Entanglement[41]
	Doctor Who: The Crash of the UK-201[42]
2019	Doctor Who: The First Doctor Volume 03[43]
	Doctor Who: Daughter of the Gods[44]
	Doctor Who: Peace in Our Time[45]
2020	Doctor Who: Out of the Deep[46]
2021	Doctor Who: The Secrets of Det-Sen[47]

References

External links

• Official Site
• Peter Purves BBC Blue Peter
• Peter Purves at IMDb

Preceded by Christopher Trace	Blue Peter Presenter No. 6 1967 – '78	Succeeded by Simon Groom

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Peter Purves (New Longton, Lancashire; 10 de febrero de 1939) es un actor y presentador de televisión inglés. Fue educado en la escuela independiente Arnold, en Blackpool. Originalmente tenía intención de estudiar magisterio en Alsager, pero en vez de eso comenzó a actuar con la compañía de teatro de repertorio Barrow-in-Furness. También asistió a la Politécnica de Mánchester.

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