Today’s Dr Who ‘too sophisticated’ for former star
A former Doctor Who star admitted he could not understand the stories in the current version of the BBC science-fiction series. Peter Purves played Steven Taylor, a travelling companion of the very first Doctor, for a year from 1965. The 86-year-old actor, who lives at Sibton in Suffolk, spoke to the BBC at the opening of a new Doctor Who exhibition at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, where he was the guest of honour on Saturday. Purves said the series…