Season 3

of Sanctuary premiered at 10:00pm on Friday, October 15th, 2010 on Syfy in the United States and SPACE in Canada, in the United Kingdom at 9:00pm Tuesday October 19th, 2010 on WATCH and on Thursday October 21st, 2010 on SciFi in Australia.
== Synopsis ==
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Ultimately, Big Bertha/Kali is saved and Terrance Wexford is ousted, but more questions are raised than answered. Doctor Will Zimmerman visits the spirit plane via induced cardiac arrest, and while there he sees two other powerful beings in addition to Kali; encounters Doctor Helen Magnus's father, who gives Will a message for her; and then spontaneously returns to life with no brain damage after an unprecedented length of time. The Sanctuary team speculate that the beings are avatars of abnormals as powerful as Big Bertha, one of which may have been the source of the earthquake that stopped a destructive tidal wave started by Kali's wrath. Meanwhile, Gregory Magnus's message leads the Sanctuary team to old birthday gifts that he had given to Helen years before, which in conjunction produce a tangible holographic map or miniature representing an unknown steampunk-style city. This is eventually revealed to be Praxis, an advanced underground civilization of humans and abnormals. After an initial period of mistrust (exacerbated by the antics of Adam Worth (Ian Tracey), an old enemy of Magnus's who inspired "Jekyll and Hyde", Magnus and her team save the world and reach an entente, with Gregory acting as ambassador. However, the peace does not last long. Worth, who escaped, manipulated unhappy abnormals in Praxis while experimenting with a dangerously unstable energy source to power a time machine. The end results of his machinations were the destruction of Praxis, several armies of displaced abnormals marching on the upper world, and his escape to the past to attempt to save his daughter, with Magnus hot on his heels.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_(Canadian_TV_series)#Third_season
== About the season ==
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The third season of the Canadian science fiction–fantasy television series Sanctuary, premiered on Syfy in the United States on October 15th, 2010 and consists of 20 episodes. Created by Damian Kindler, the series was adapted from a series of webisodes released in 2007. The increased number of episodes in this season allows the producers to include numerous story arcs. The second half of the third season premiered on April 15th, 2011 until it was moved to Monday nights on April 25th, 2011.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_season_3
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The Sanctuary team deal with the aftermath of the gigantic tidal wave released by Big Bertha while Dr. Will Zimmerman's life remains in balance but soon the errand comes to an end once Will leads one final plea to "Kali" A.K.A. Big Bertha in his near death experience to stop the destruction. Following Will's return to life two abnormals appear to him to rekindle his memory and in doing so Will remembers an important message that Gregory Magnus sent for Helen to find an underground city with great technology and secrets.Later Nikola Tesla sends an SOS call and after his rescue continues to help Dr. Helen Magnus in discovering the secrets of the city which eventually leads them to a Hollow Earth atlas. Soon Adam Worth, a former acquaintance, tricks Magnus and causes radiation poisoning (that should kill both Magnus and Worth in a few weeks) so that she may show Worth the Hollow Earth. Upon Worth's interference Magnus, Will, Henry Foss and Kate Freelander enter the city to save Gregory and find a cure for the poisoning but only to be executed immediately when caught while Worth imprisons John Druitt, leaving Tesla and Bigfoot alone in the mysteries. Magnus is then revived by Ranna Seneschal for answering and Magnus finds out that she needs her to help an abnormal from the events of 'KALI', thereby Magnus and the gang is revived and she given the cure and is reunited with her father, together Gregory and Helen save the abnormal and reach the surface back again while Druitt kills Worth.The show returned to its original format, featuring a new short story for every episode until Tesla and Magnus discover a Praxian stronghold. This is revealed to have been taken by vampires and as such was a vampire stronghold where a whole army of vampires and their queen were buried to be awakened someday. Magnus views this as a threat and destroys the stronghold, but not before restoring Tesla to a vampire again.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_season_3#Premise
== Cast ==
Amanda Tapping	Robin Dunne	Ryan Robbins	Agam Darshi	ChristopherHeyerdahl
 	 	 	 	
Series regular 	Character 	Episode
Amanda Tapping 	Doctor Helen Magnus 	All episodes.
Amanda Tapping 	Helen Druitt 	
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Robin Dunne 	Doctor Will Zimmerman 	All episodes, except: 
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Robin Dunne 	Captain Jack Zimmerman, U.S. Army 	
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Ryan Robbins 	Henry Foss 	All episodes, except: 
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Agam Darshi 	Kate Freelander 	All episodes, except: 
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Christopher Heyerdahl 	John Druitt 	
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Christopher Heyerdahl 	Bigfoot 	All episodes, except: 
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Guest starring 	Character 	Episode
Callum Blue 	Edward Forsythe 	
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Shaker Paleja 	Doctor Ravi Ganapathiraman 	
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Paul McGillion 	Terrance Wexford 	
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Sahar Biniaz 	Kali 	
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Robert Lawrenson 	Declan MacRae 	
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Terry Chen 	Charles 	
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Balinder Johal 	Rheka / Bibi 	
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Jim Byrnes 	Gregory Magnus 	
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Chasty Ballesteros 	Bridget 	
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Raquel Riskin 	Cheryl 	
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Jason Poulsen 	Dave 	
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Tobias Slezak 	Sean 	
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Gary Jones 	George 	
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Mary Black 	Grace 	
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Robin Mossley 	Thomas 	
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Jonathon Young 	Nikola Tesla 	
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Michael Rogers 	Detective Stanley O'Farrell 	
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Chris Gauthier 	Walter 	
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Matty Finochio 	Virgil St. Pierre 	
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Pauline Egan 	Erika Myers 	
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Allison Hossack 	Doctor Lillian Myers 	
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Ian Tracey 	Adam Worth 	
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Peter Wingfield 	Doctor James Watson 	
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Vincent Gale 	Nigel Griffin 	
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Duncan Fraser 	British Prime Minister 	
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Pascale Hutton 	FBI Agent Abby Corrigan 	
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Polly Walker 	Ranna Seneschal 	
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Jody Thompson 	Fallon 	
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Françoise Yip 	Doctor Lilian Lee 	
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Tinsel Korey 	Sioux 	
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James Pizzinato 	Koda 	
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Edward Foy 	Horatio Gibbs 	
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Peter DeLuise 	Ernie Watts 	
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Aliyah O'Brien 	Afina 	
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Douglas O'Keefe 	Colonel Franz Korba 	
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Erin Lacourciere 	Jeanette Anaïse 	
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Richard de Klerk 	U.S. Sergeant 	
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Marvin Ishmael 	Aged Doctor Ravi Ganapathiraman 	
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Jordana Largy 	Josie 	
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Barclay Hope 	Security Force Commander / Lotus Team Leader	
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Adam Copeland (credited as WWE Superstar Edge)	Thelo 	
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Tom McBeath 	General Villanova 	
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Featuring 	Character 	Episode
Baljodh Nagra 	Janu 	
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Bhavkhandan Singh Rakhra 	Man with Janu / Grandfather 	
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Hamza Adam 	Helmsman 	
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Ian Neeson 	Captain 	
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Rimple Sumer 	Distraught Woman 	
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Ronald Selmour 	Kanaan 	
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Byron Chief Moon 	Spirit Being 	
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Nimet Kanji 	Pili 	
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Eric Keenleyside 	Detective Michael Bronson 	
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Peter Flemming 	FBI Special Agent Bruce Tanner 	
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Jorgito Vargas Jr. 	Denny Stefano 	
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Fabrice Grover 	Young Father Nathaniel Jensen 	
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Martin Christopher 	Father Clark the False Priest 	
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Benita Ha 	Channel 13 News Reporter Sherilee Wilkins 	
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Alexander Neveroff 	Old Father Nathaniel Jensen 	
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Robert Clarke 	Ray the Scientist 	
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Michael Adamthwaite 	Trace 	
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Dan Payne 	The Adjuster Actor 1 	
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Paula Giroday 	Temptress 	
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Tim Fellingham 	Brad 	
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Michael Patric 	Alistair 	
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Adrian Hough 	Liam 	
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Patrick Keating 	Joe 	
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Chris Nowland 	Orderly 1 	
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Brent McLaren 	Orderly 2 	
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Margot Berner 	Imogene Worth 	
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Potjana Khong-Jaroen 	Cambodian Girl 	
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John Emmet Tracy 	British Museum Curator 	
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Sylvesta Stuart 	Seralops Abnormal 	
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Denton Winn 	Angelo 	
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Scott McNeil 	Birot 	
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Luvia Petersen 	Narra 	
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Alexander Kambolis 	Linor 	
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Nels Lennarson 	Praxis Guardsman Commander Juno Toland 	
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Valin Shinyei 	Biza 	
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Sandy Robson 	Remy 	
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Chuck Campbell 	Two Faced Guy 	
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Christine Chatelain 	Clara Griffin 	
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Rob Hayter 	Mothman 	
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Kandyse McClure 	Meg 	
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Sean Rogerson 	Caster 	
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Aaron Brooks 	Liaison Officer Lieutenant Hallman 	
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Juan Riedinger 	German Major 	
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Nic Rhind 	German Lieutenant 	
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Herbert Sommerfeld 	Fox Company Sergeant 	
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Harrison Xu 	Additional Voices (voice) 	
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Colleen Winton 	Anna 	
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Andrew Halliwell 	French Man 	
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Elysia Rotaru 	French Woman 	
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Mike Carpenter 	Unknown 	
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Adrian Holmes 	Lab Technician 	
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Emilie Ullerup 	Ashley Magnus 	
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David Milchard 	Garris 	
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Greyston Holt 	Lieutenant Coxwell 	
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Fraser Aitcheson 	Herusan / Unknown Thelo Follower 	
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Uncredited 	Character 	Episode
Unknown actor 	Male Tabor 	
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Unknown actress 	Female Tabor 	
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Christian Sloan 	Thug Actor 	
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Chris Cochrane 	The Adjuster Actor 2 	
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Lauren Watson 	Bioluminescent 	
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Damian Kindler 	Jacob Zimmerman (voice) 	
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Unnamed actor 	Henry (cat) 	
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Mentioned 	Character 	Episode
No actor 	Alfredo 	
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No actor 	Gooban 	
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No actor 	Kalmin 	
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No actor 	Monty 	
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== Episodes ==
== Production ==
: This article page section uses content from: Wikipedia:Sanctuary season 3#Production.
On December 12th, 2009 Sanctuary was renewed for a third season consisting of twenty episodes. It will conclude the second-season cliffhanger. The expanded season will also give the producers the opportunity to involve "really big story arcs", as well as exploring more on Helen Magnus's past and deal with "something that's much bigger than Big Bertha." Former Rome and "Caprica" actress Polly Walker will guest star as antagonist Ranna Seneschal in two episodes during the middle of the season. In addition, former wrestler Edge (Adam Copeland) will guest star as an abnormal named Thelo in the season finale, scheduled to air during the Spring 2011. Production of the season commenced on March 15th, 2010.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_season_3#Production
== Broadcast, ratings, and awards ==
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=== Broadcast and ratings ===
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Syfy originally announced that the third season will premiere alongside the second season of "Stargate Universe" on September 28th, 2010. However, they later announced it will be delayed until Friday, October 15th on their original 10:00 PM timeslot. The season premiere was seen by almost 1.8 million viewers and 1.3 household ratings. Viewership increased 17 percent in total viewers, and 12 percent among adults aged 18 through 49, compared to the average for season two. After the fall season concluded, the first ten episode averaged 1.483 million viewers, with an adults 18–49 rating of 0.4, per episode, making it one of the higher rated shows in 2010 for the network.The spring season began airing on April 15th, 2011 with 1.217 million viewers, a season low. Syfy later announced it would swap the show with "Urban Legends" where it was moved to Monday nights and be paired with "Stargate Universe" starting April 25th due to the low rating from the mid season premiere. However ratings for the show worsened, with 868,000 viewers watching . Ratings hit an all-time low when only 656,000 saw . However, the last three episodes of the season saw a sizable recovery, likely due to the ending of the 2010/11 broadcast season from the major networks; nearly 1.3 million watched the season finale. The spring season averaged 997,000 however, though Syfy picked up the show for a fourth season in January 2011. In Canada the season premiered on the Space channel on October 15th, 2010. In the United Kingdom, the satellite channel Watch bought the rights to show the third season of the show. The previous two season were shown on ITV4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_season_3#Broadcast_and_ratings
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=== Awards and nominations ===
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The third season won three Leo Awards out of seventeen nominations. Jean Tejkel, Kevin Sands, Hugo de la Cerda, Kevin Belen won "Best Overall Sound in a Dramatic Series" for . Christina McQuarrie won "Best Costume Design in a Dramatic Series" for her role in . Ryan Robbins won "Best Supporting Performance by a Male" for his role in . it was the second time he won the award in the category, the first time being in 2009. The season was also nominated for "Best Dramatic Series", but lost out to the final season of "Smallville".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_season_3#Awards_and_nominations
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== Home media release ==
BELIEVE IN THE UNBELIEVABLEDr. Helen Magnus (AMANDA TAPPING) is a beautiful and enigmatic scientist who seeks out all manner of monstrous creatures. Aided by forensic psychiatrist Dr. Will Zimmerman (ROBIN DUNNE), tech expert Henry Foss (RYAN ROBBINS), professional con artist Kate Freelander (AGAM DARSHI), and the mysterious and unpredictable John Druitt (CHRISTOPHER HEYERDAHL), the Sanctuary team tracks down, studies and protects the strange and often terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world."Fans of strange creatures and conspiracy plotsare sure to love SANCTUARY"-THE NEW YORK TIMES
== Notes ==
* Watch Online: As of 2021, the series is available to watch for free with ads on Vudu. Season 3 can be viewed here: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Sanctuary-Season-3/199776.
** Update: Known as of June 2024, though still available on the website, after three years the series is no longer free to watch with ads and must be purchased.
== Gallery ==
File:Sanctuary_Season_3.5_Trailer_Syfy_Promo_1|Season 3.5 trailer promo 1
File:Sanctuary_Season_3_Trailer_Promo_4|Season 3 trailer promo 4
File:Sanctuary_Season_3.5_Trailer_NEW_SCENES_Syfy_Promo_5|Season 3.5 promo 5
File:Sanctuary_-_New_Adventures,_New_Night_-_S3.5_Promo|Season 3.5 promo
File:Sanctuary_-_season_3_trailer|Season 3 trailer
== References ==
* sanctuaryspoilers: "Season 3 General Spoilers"
* sanctuaryspoilers: "Season 3 Unknown Episodes"
* sanctuaryspoilers: "Season 3 Trailers"
* sanctuaryspoilers: "Season 3.5 Fan Promotions"
* sanctuaryspoilers: "Season 3 Fan Promo Competition Video Entries"
* sanctuaryspoilers: "Season 3 Fan Promo Competition Poster Entries"
* sanctuaryspoilers: "Season 3 Fan Promo Competition Banner Entries"
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