Former Derbyshire vicar and dad of Dr Who Star Sophia Myles dies after treatment for coronavirus

Rev Peter Myles, who began his career with the church as a curate in Tideswell before moving to London, is one of the latest British victims of the pandemic.

The 77-year-old had suffered with Parkinsons Disease, and daughter Sophia had been documenting her father’s illness for a US TV network.

Sophia posted an image on Twitter of her comforting her father the day before he died. She was shown touching his brow while wearing plastic gloves, a mask and a protective hospital apron.

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Just one day later, she tweeted: “My dear Dad died only a few hours ago. It was the Coronavirus that finally took him.”

Before he retired in 2008, Rev Myles was an Anglican vicar at St John’s Church at Isleworth, west London.

After being ordained in 1971 his first job as curate was in Tideswell. He spent the rest of his career at parishes in west London, including stints as a priest at Notting Hill’s St Peter’s Church and as chaplain to the Bishop of Kensington.

TV and film actress Sophia has appeared in Spooks, Underworld, Moonlight and Doctor Who.

In the UK, 338 people have died with the virus – the majority with underlying health conditions – and the country is spending its first day under strict new measures to increase social distancing and halt its spread.