March 28, 2024

BBC2 Plans “Doctor Who” Biopic

Being prepared in time for the franchise's 50th anniversary, BBC Two has hired "Sherlock" actor/co-creator and "The League of Gentlemen" scribe Mark Gatiss to pen a historical drama telemovie about the creation of "Doctor Who" in the early 1960's says Airlock Alpha. No cast or director is attached as yet to the project, going by the title "An … [Read more...]

New “Doctor Who” Promo Art, Trailer

The BBC have unleashed a new trailer along with the first promo art for the upcoming seventh season of "Doctor Who". The art is from the first episode "Asylum of the Daleks" which has The Doctor encountering the different variations of Daleks he's battled over the years. It looks like at least some of the classic series versions like the original … [Read more...]

Doctor Brian Day defends extra billing

The owner of the Cambie Surgery Centre insists he fully cooperated with BC's Medical Services Commission during an audit which confirmed two of his Vancouver clinics are illegally billing patients for services covered by Medicare. Doctor Brian Day is reacting to commission chair Tom Vincent's claim the clinics refused investigators access to … [Read more...]

Health minister says province still on track to solve family doctor shortage

B.C.’s health minister says the province is still working towards its promise, that every British Columbian will have a doctor by 2015. "It’s still the goal and it's still attainable. The significant number of more doctors that are being trained in B.C. … the big challenge, I think, still relates to communities, particularly in … [Read more...]

“Doctor Who” Movie Talk Shot Down

The other week "Harry Potter" film director David Yates sent the online blogosphere into a tailspin with comments to the trade paper Variety that a movie is in development based on the classic and still highly popular British sci-fi TV series "Doctor Who". What was surprising was word that he and BBC Worldwide Productions head Jane Tranter are … [Read more...]

David Yates Develops “Doctor Who” Movie

David Yates, the director of the last four "Harry Potter" movies, is turning his attentions to another British cultural institution - "Doctor Who". Yates and the BBC are teaming up to turn the sci-fi TV series into a big budget feature film franchise. Since wrapping work on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two", Yates has been … [Read more...]

No doctor in Princeton today

"Inexcusable and frightening" - That's how the mayor of Princeton describes his town facing a holiday weekend with a hospital emergency room closed. Mayor Randy Mclean says there's no doctor available. He says "We haven't enough doctors.  WE have three but the amount of on call they're able to perform isn't enough to meet the … [Read more...]

Newborn died due to staff shortage, doctor claims

Beginning of Story Content A shortage of anesthesiologists at Victoria General Hospital may have contributed to the death of a newborn being delivered by caesarean section, a doctor claims. The ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]

Marvel Proceeds With “Doctor Strange” Film

With "The Avengers" hitting next Summer, Marvel looks to be quietening down a bit for the forseeable future. Or are they? "Iron Man 3" and "Thor 2" are already slated for a 2013 release, while Twitchfilm reports that a script by "Sahara" and "Conan the Barbarian" remake scribes Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer has been turned in for a … [Read more...]