Peter John Purves (/ˈpɜːrvɪs/; born 10 February 1939) is an English television presenter and actor. In 1965, he joined Doctor Who to play Steven Taylor, a companion of the First Doctor, a role he reprised in audio dramas for Big Finish Productions. In 1967, he became a presenter on the children's programme Blue Peter for eleven years. He has continued to make regular television appearances, including coverage of the Crufts dog show. More about Peter Purves
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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. 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.In total, we tracked 450 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Peter Purves (PETER PURVES HAND SIGNED PHOTO TV PRESENTER BLUE PETER DR WHO) was sold in May 2019 for £112.00 while the cheapest item (PETER PURVES SIGNED DR WHO TRADING CARD) found a new owner for £0.01 in September 2019. The month with the most items sold (12) was May 2019 with an average selling price of £4.77 for an autographed item of Peter Purves. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2023 with £68.66 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.49 was October 2017. In average, an autographed item from Peter Purves is worth £3.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Peter Purves were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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ANIMAL TALES First Day Cover 2006 CERTIFIED SIGNED PETER PURVES | £5.99 | ||
BLUE PETER PETER PURVES & DOG HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH CAST PHOTO CARD FREE POST | £19.99 | ||
Doctor Who - The Time Meddler [DVD] - SIGNED AUTOGRAPH -Peter Purves ( Taylor) | £12.00 | ||
Doctor Who Autograph: PETER PURVES (The Time Meddler) Signed Photo | £17.00 | ||
DOCTOR WHO THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION SERIES 3 - AU6 PETER PURVES AUTOGRAPH CARD | £12.50 | ||
DOCTOR WHO THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION SERIES 3 - AU6 PETER PURVES AUTOGRAPH CARD | £11.99 | ||
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters DVD Cover Signed by PETER PURVES | £26.00 | ||
PETER PURVES - DR WHO- 10x8 PHOTO SIGNED- (6) | £9.99 | ||
PETER PURVES DR WHO STEVEN SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 6x4 PRE PRINTED PHOTO HARTNELL BLUE | £0.49 | ||
PETER PURVES DR WHO STEVEN SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 6x4 PRE PRINTED PHOTO HARTNELL BLUE | £0.49 |
Doctor Who at 50: Blue Peter’s Peter Purves on travelling in time and space with (11/23/13): Fifty years ago tonight, a quirky new programme made its bow − in black and white in those days, of course. It featured an enigmatic and sometimes crotchety time-traveller whose spaceship looked like a police box but was vastly bigger on the inside than the outside. We’ve since had nearly 800 episod