Blue Peter's Peter Purves regrets working on show as it ruined dream career - The Mirror

Blue Peter's Peter Purves regrets working on show as it ruined dream career - The Mirror

Before joining the long-running kids' show Blue Peter, Peter Purves had been a Doctor Who companion for the first Time Lord, William Hartnell

Missing Episodes: Peter Purves “Furious” Over the BBC Junking Doctor Who Stories

Peter Purves, who played First Doctor companion Steven Taylor, has admitted that he’s “furious” that the BBC wiped so many episodes of Doctor Who. The actor said: “The closest thing I feel is anger. I’m furious the BBC were so profligate and unthinking. They didn’t even archive the telecine copies. How stupid is that?!” He likely reflects how many fans feel, seeing as we cannot properly experience stories featuring the First and Second Doctors …