{"id":213442,"date":"2025-10-20T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/213442\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:45:08","slug":"its-not-doctor-who-peter-purves-hits-out-at-modern-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/213442\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s Not Doctor Who\u201d: Peter Purves Hits Out at Modern Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Doctor Who star Peter Purves has voiced his criticism of the current<\/a> direction of the show, suggesting it has lost touch with its roots.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Daily Star<\/a>, the actor, who played classic era companion Steven Taylor alongside William Hartnell\u2019s First Doctor, described the modern show far removed from the programme he once knew.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Doctor Who started it was a children\u2019s programme, we had a weekly cliffhanger and it was simple,\u201d Purves recalled. \u201cI liked it when it was straightforward entertainment. But it\u2019s a very different show now. I don\u2019t watch it any more, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Purves went on to criticise the show\u2019s high-budget spectacle, indicating that its glossy presentation has overshadowed its original charm. \u201cIt\u2019s very extravagant and there are lots of special effects. You can see the money on the screen. It\u2019s a multi-million pound production,\u201d he said. \u201cIt looks incredible. But it\u2019s not really Doctor Who for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor believes the series has strayed too far from its roots to ever return to its earlier form. \u201cIt couldn\u2019t go back now. It\u2019s gone too far to go back,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n

Despite his misgivings, Purves said he would still jump at the chance to appear in the series again, even in a small role. \u201cI would love a cameo. But it won\u2019t happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former Doctor Who star Peter Purves has voiced his criticism of the current direction of the show,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-213442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}