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Peter Purves Inducted Into London Film And Comic Con Hall Of Fame

Peter Purves Inducted Into The LFCC Comics Hall Of Fame

Today, at the end of his panel with Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves was handed the London Film And Comic Con Comics Hall Of Fame trophy, inducted into its hallowed halls by show organiser Tony Lee. While many at the show are familiar with Peter Purves for playing Steven opposite William Hartnell in Doctor Who, he was[...]

Doctor Who: Celestial Toymaker Story Returns as Awful CGI Animation

Doctor Who: "The Celestial Toymaker" Cursed by Creepy CGI Animation

This classic series stars the First Doctor, William Hartnell, and companions Peter Purves as Steven Taylor and Jackie Lane as Dodo Chaplet, with the late Michael Gough (now best known as Alfred in the Tim Burton Batman movies) as the Toymaker. Here's a clip from the surviving live-action episode It's the end of that story where The Doctor defeats the[...]

A scene from Doctor Who, courtesy of BBC Studios.

Doctor Who: Matthew Waterhouse Reads BBC Audio Annual Story Conundrum

The other readers include Peter Purves (Steven), Anneke Wills (Polly), Geoffrey Beevers (The Master, standing in for the late Roger Delgado) and Nicola Bryant (Peri) The 2-CD set was originally released around Christmas in 2017, just like all the original annual books. Once again, the BBC is giving us nice things for free! And of[...]