in many Big Finish Productions audio dramas including The Five Companions alongside the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison), The War to End All Wars, which looks in depth at his life after he left the Doctor, and The Secret History in which he and Vicki meet the Fifth Doctor after a complex plot by the Monk sees the Fifth Doctor replace the First during a crucial adventure. In addition, he appears in many stories of the BBC Short Trips and the Virgin Decalog. Casting Peter Purves originally auditioned for the part of a giant insect in The Web Planet, but failed. He then appeared in the third episode of The Chase as Morton Dill, a "hillbilly". He then appears as Steven in the final episode. Purves had grown "the beginnings of a beard" to disguise the connection between the two characters of the serial. The production team had been looking for a character to replace Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) and Ian Chesterton (William Russell), who were leaving in the serial, and Purves was suggested by both William Hartnell and Maureen O'Brien. Early drafts of the story used the names "Bruck" and "Michael" for the character of the captured astronaut, before settling on "Steven". References Bibliography External links Steven Taylor on the BBC's Doctor Who website Doctor Who companions Fictional space pilots Male characters in television Television characters introduced in 1965