Former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, The Very Reverend Dr Sandy McDonald, has lost his protracted (but valiant) struggle against terminal pulmonary fibrosis - an incurable lung disease - at the age of 78.

http://www.stv.tv/news/west-central/...who-star-dies/

Widowed Dr McDonald was, as mentioned ... father of the 10th thespian to take on the role of TV's famous Time Lord. And, indeed, his son David even dedicated the "Special Recognition" Prize he won at last years National Television Awards
Festival, to his ailing dad.

RIP.