Peter Purves
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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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lancashire, England, UK
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Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Overview: The TARDIS lands on a planet on the verge of total annihilation as it drifts too close to the three suns which its orbits.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-15
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B.P. Confidential
Overview: 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.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-16
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Talking Doctor Who
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-01
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Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
Overview: As the very first Doctor, William Hartnell created the character that made Doctor Who a success. No other actor made such a lasting contribution to the programme or influenced it so greatly. In this special Myth Makers, Nicholas Briggs meets William’s friends, colleagues and family and explores the personality of this shy, complex and private man. With contributions from William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves, Verity Lambert, Michael Craze, Anneke Wills, Donald Tosh, Christopher Barry and a revealing interview with Jack Pitt, who was an extra in Doctor Who and shared William’s flat in London. Also featured is Jessica Carney, who has written a biography of the grandfather’s life titled Who’s There? This is not just a Myth Makers tribute… it’s almost a chance to meet the man himself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-02
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The Native Hue of Resolution
Overview: A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the preservation of archive television.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-21
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Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Overview: 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. This brand new animated version has been created using the original audio recordings.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Animation Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-02
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Round Trip to Glasgow
Overview: British Transport film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
Overview: This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who to life! Together with a special tribute to William Hartnell (the First Doctor), containing messages from a host of stars and production staff from Doctor Who, this also features the best in-depth interviews ever undertaken with, Carole Ann Ford (Susan), Jacqueline Hill (Barbara), William Russell (Ian), Peter Purves (Steven) and Jackie Lane (Dodo)!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-01
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Robbie
Overview: 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. His laces become caught on the tracks and he has an accident so serious that he will never play football again. A film for showing to eight to eleven-year old children and their parents, which points out the folly of breaking railway fences and trespassing on the line, and illustrates the immediate dangers. Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train".
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-02
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Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
Overview: In England, 1066, the Doctor confronts a mysterious Monk who is attempting to change history.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-24
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Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
Overview: 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. He meets Agamemnon and Odysseus. Forced to admit he is a mere mortal — albeit a traveller in space and time — he is given two days to devise a scheme to capture Troy. Steven and Vicki, meanwhile, have been taken prisoner by the Trojans. Vicki, believed to possess supernatural powers, is given two days to banish the Greeks to prove she is not a spy.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-06
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Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Overview: The Doctor, Vicki and Steven arrive on an arid planet where they meet the beautiful Drahvins and the hideous Rills. Each has crash-landed after a confrontation in space. The Rills are friendly, compassionate explorers. The Drahvins are dull-witted, cloned soldiers, terrorised by the intelligent, warlike matriarch Maaga.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-02
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Doctor Who: The Chase
Overview: The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-26
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Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Overview: 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. Only the Doctor and his friends can prevent catastrophe — and there is no guarantee they will escape with their lives...
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-29
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Doctor Who: The Ark
Overview: 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. However, the cold that Dodo has could prove devastating to these future humans and their servants, the Monoids.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-26
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Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Overview: Arriving in the town of Tombstone, the First Doctor finds himself involved with gunmen out to kill Doc Holliday...
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-21
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Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Overview: The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous apothecary Charles Preslin. Steven, meanwhile, is befriended by a group of Huguenots from the household of the Protestant Admiral de Coligny. Having rescued a young serving girl, Anne Chaplet, from some pursuing guards, the Huguenots gain their first inkling of a heinous plan being hatched at the command of the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici.
Genres: History Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-26
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Doctor Who: The Savages
Overview: 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.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-18
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Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Overview: 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.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-04-23
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The Story of Doctor Who
Overview: Documentary to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this popular cult sci-fi television series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-30
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Behind the Sofa - Season 14
Overview: New episodes with Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Philip Hinchcliffe, plus companions Sophie Aldred and Peter Purves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-04
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Doctor Who: The Savages
Overview: The Doctor, Steven and Dodo land on an alien world in this animated reconstruction of a lost 1966 Doctor Who adventure. There, they meet two peoples: the cutthroat Savages and civilised Elders, who claim to know all about the Doctor and his travels. Is all as it seems, and will the TARDIS crew come out in one piece if it isn't?
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-24
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Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Overview: 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. It is here the true purpose of the time corridor becomes apparent: after ninety years of imprisonment, Davros, the ruthless creator of the Daleks, is to be liberated to assist in the resurrection of his army. Not even the Daleks foresee the poisonous threat of their creator. Indeed, who would suspect Davros of wanting to destroy his own Daleks - and why? Only the Doctor knows the truth. Will he descend to Davros' level of evil to stop him?
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-15
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The End of the Line?
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-20
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The Ties That Bind Us
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-03
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Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
Overview: A look at writer Dennis Spooner’s work on Doctor Who.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-23
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Remembering Douglas Camfield
Overview: The life and work of respected director Douglas Camfield is remembered in this documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-30
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