Sanctuary
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Sanctuary is a Canadian science fiction-fantasy television series, created by Damian Kindler. The show is an expansion of an eight-webisode long series that was released through the internet in early 2007 and sold directly to the viewer.
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[edit] Plot
The show centers on Dr. Helen Magnus, a 157 year-old english scientist, and her team of experts who run the sanctuary, an organization that seeks out non-human intelligent creatures, known as abnormals, and tries to help and learn from them, while also having to contain the more dangerous creatures.
[edit] Production and Release
Seeing the success of the web series, the network Syfy (formerly known as the Sci Fi Channel) decided to pick up the series for a more traditional television-based 13-episode series; it has since been renewed for a second season, also lasting 13 episodes.
The series premiered onOctober 3, 2008, in both Canada and the United States, and on October 6 in the United Kingdom. The premiere drew more than three million viewers, making it the highest rated series premiere since Eureka debuted on SyFy in July 2006. The premiere's two-parter, "Sanctuary For All", was a combination and rewriting of the first four webisodes. Amanda Tapping and all of the original cast from the web series transitioned to the television series. The second season premiered on October 9, 2009 in the 10pm timeslot.
[edit] Web Series
- Release Date: 2007
[edit] TV Series
- Premiered October 2008
