Web Series

The web series was the original format of Sanctuary that debuted on the world wide web in 2007. Each of the eight individual fifteen minute long installments released for this platform were termed a webisode; an internet episode. 
: These eight webisodes were rewritten for the TV series that debuted in 2008.
== About the web series ==
The Sanctuary web series plot is split between two different story parts.
=== Part One ===
Part One consists of , , , and . These four webisodes were re-written to become the TV series two-hour pilot episode. This pilot was originally premiered as a single episode in the United States; later split into two episodes. and became , while and became .
=== Part Two ===
Part Two consists of , , , and . These four webisodes were re-written to become the singular .
== Cast ==
Amanda Tapping	Robin Dunne	Emilie Ullerup	ChristopherHeyerdahl
 	 	 	
=== Part One ===
 Part One cast
Series regular 	Character
Amanda Tapping 	Doctor Helen Magnus
Robin Dunne 	Doctor Will Zimmerman
Christopher Heyerdahl	John Druitt
Emilie Ullerup 	Ashley Magnus
Featuring 	Character
David Hewlett 	Larry Tolson
Kavan Smith 	Detective Joe Kavanaugh
Cainan Wiebe 	Alexei
Michael Adamthwaite 	Albert Russo
Malik McCall 	Lawrence Birch
Diana Pavlovská 	Jagna Lutrova
Darien Provost 	Young Will
Sheri Noel 	Molly
Lorena Gale 	Nurse
Sarah Sands 	Babysitter
Dan Payne 	Monster On TV
Brent Chapman 	Transit Worker
Dan Joffre 	Transit Cop 1
Don Thompson 	Transit Cop 2
Chuck Campbell 	Two Faced Guy (front face)
Brad Proctor 	Two Faced Guy (back face)
Peter DeLuise 	Ernie Watts
Robin Dunne 	Barney
Uncredited 	Character
Ellie Harvey 	Eleanor
Ivan de Leon 	Med Tech
Kandyse McClure 	Meg
Nicholas Podbrey 	Mohawked Zombie
Peter Shinkoda 	Andy Fets
Christopher Heyerdahl	Bigfoot
Unnamed actor 	Steve
Mentioned 	Character
No actor 	Tom Cruise
No actor 	Joe Louis
No actor 	Albert Einstein
=== Part Two ===
 Part Two cast 
Series regular 	Character
Amanda Tapping 	Doctor Helen Magnus
Robin Dunne 	Doctor Will Zimmerman
Emilie Ullerup 	Ashley Magnus
Featuring 	Character
Miranda Frigon 	Danu
Leah Cairns 	Tatha
Laura Mennell 	Caird
Christopher Heyerdahl	John Druitt / Bigfoot
Ryan Robbins 	Henry Foss
Jim Byrnes 	Gregory Magnus
Emily Tennant 	Young Helen
Christopher Gaze 	Victorian Doctor 1
Simon Webb 	Victorian Doctor 2
Ian Browne 	Voice of Steve
Paul McGillion 	Wexford
Dan Payne 	Corporate Vampire
Uncredited 	Character
Unnamed actor 	Steve
Mentioned 	Character
No actor 	King Arthur
No actor 	Merlin
No actress 	Morgan le Fay
== Webisodes ==
== Notes ==
: This article page section uses content from: ITV.com - Sanctuary Stats and Facts.
 The series in stats and facts ITV.com - Sanctuary Stats and Facts
Sanctuary by numbers:	
* 3.7 million: downloads and views across the Internet that Sanctuary received within the first six months of being on the web (as webisodes).
Firsts: 	
* It’s the first web series to become a full-season television series.
Awards: 	As a webisode series, Sanctuary won:
• Guinness World Record: Highest Budget for a Direct-to-Web Broadcast.
• 2007 Vancouver International Digital Festival award: Best Digital Visual Effects.
• SyfyPortal.com award: Best Web Production.
• 2007 TV Guide Online Awards: Best Original Web Drama Series.
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* Continuity Error: There is a lack of reasoning behind Part Ones plot conflict. Webisode One through webisode Four depict John Druitt inserting himself into the Sanctuary's case of tracking down the abnormal boy named Alexei. Druitt also simultaneously tracks down and abducts Ashley Magnus. These two story lines culminate in webisode Four with Druitt forcing Helen Magnus to choose between her daughter or an abnormal. However, there's no goal the character of Druitt is trying to reach from doing this, aside from being conflict for the sake of conflict. Viewers can only speculate that at most it's Druitt's demented way to spite Magnus? Druitt abducting Ashley was explained as he had been searching throughout the decades for her to have been born, yet constantly frustrated that she hadn't. Druitt however involving himself with Alexei doesn't make sense. In webisode One Druitt finds Alexei because he was looking for Ashley, and Ashley was following Alexei into the subway tunnel. Why does Druitt's attention suddenly shift from his long sought after daughter to a random runaway child he knows nothing about? Only until after Druitt meets the boy does Druitt sense and try to connect in webisode Two to the 'evil' of the appendage, but it's found out that the kid is just scared and the appendage's murderous actions are actually a defense mechanism to protect him; that's not 'evil'. The only explanation for Druitt to be interested in Alexei is because Druitt uses Alexei as a pawn in webisode Four. However, there is nothing for Druitt to gain out of this. The most that occurs is that in webisode Three a captive Ashley learns the truth about Druitt being her father (an action which doesn't need her to be abducted in order for him to reveal that information to her), creating more unnecessary family drama in webisode Four by involving Helen Magnus into it to have the characters 'air their dirty laundry' in front of Ashley.
** TV Series: This lacking of conflict reasoning was corrected in the TV series by keeping the two plot lines separated in and . The Sanctuary team find and deal with Alexei without John Druitt's interference. Druitt is seen with the sole interest to get into the Old City Sanctuary. After being rejected by the EM shield, he resorts to following after Ashley Magnus when she leaves to meet with Sylvio Rudd, as her capturing him is a way to get into the Sanctuary. He wants to get into the building in order to get to her mother Helen Magnus because he needs her blood to treat his recurrent disease. He then abducts and threatens Ashley's life to force Magnus to give him what he wants. Druitt and Magnus have a more subdued discussion about Ashley not knowing who her father is.
== Gallery ==
File:The_Official_Sanctuary_Trailer|Sanctuary web series trailer
File:Sanctuary-logo.png|Sanctuary logo (2007)
File:Sanctuary_IMDb_Poster_1.jpg|Will Zimmerman, Helen Magnus, Bigfoot, and Ashley Magnus
File:Sanctuary_IMDb_Production_Art_1.jpg|Will Zimmerman
File:Sanctuary_IMDb_Production_Art_2.jpg|John Druitt
File:Sanctuary_IMDb_Production_Art_3.jpg|Ashley Magnus
File:Sanctuary_IMDb_Production_Art_4.jpg|Helen Magnus
File:Sanctuary_IMDb_Production_Art_5.jpg|A sitting room in the Old City Sanctuary.
File:Sanctuary_IMDb_Production_Art_6.jpg|Old City Sanctuary
File:Sanctuary_IMDb_Production_Art_7.jpg|Old City Sanctuary
File:Sanctuary_IMDb_Production_Art_8.jpg|Old City Sanctuary
File:Sanctuary_IMDb_Production_Art_9.jpg|Old City Sanctuary
== References ==
* Source: The Official Sanctuary Website (2007)
Category:Web_Series