4X12 - Sanctuary For None Part 1
Written By :
Directed By : Damian Kindler
Guest Stars : Jonathon Young, Gil Bellows
Airs : Space 30-Dec-11, Syfy (US) 23-Dec-11, SciFi (Aus) 20-Jan-12
Directed By : Damian Kindler
Guest Stars : Jonathon Young, Gil Bellows
Airs : Space 30-Dec-11, Syfy (US) 23-Dec-11, SciFi (Aus) 20-Jan-12
NOTE : entries with a double asterisk are included tentatively as they have been identified with an episode based solely on a rough shooting schedule. They may not belong to this episode.
Short Episode Descriptions
Caleb, a notorious leader in Hollow Earth, asks for Helen Magnus' help to build a new home for displaced insurgents on the surface. But will the world's governments allow that to happen without sending in the troops?
Source : Sci Fi Channel (Aus)
Caleb asks Magnus to help broker a peace deal between his insurgents and the governments on the surface; Addison reactivates Will's federal commission; Tesla resurfaces.
Source : TVGuide.com
Source : Sci Fi Channel (Aus)
Caleb asks Magnus to help broker a peace deal between his insurgents and the governments on the surface; Addison reactivates Will's federal commission; Tesla resurfaces.
Source : TVGuide.com
Episode Promotional Photos
26-SEP-11
Q) Can you tell our fans a little bit about the season premiere, and what they can look forward to this season?
Amanda Tapping: ...I mean, we're all over the place. We're literally all over the world. And we're dealing, the whole time, the through-line is dealing with the fallout of going rogue, and separating ourselves from the World Government. So it's an intense roller coaster ride, but again, not without its humor. And then the ending, I wish I could say more about our season ender, our two-parter that Damian directed. But it's, I don't even want to give you a word, for fear that it will give too much away. It's incredible, and the way that it ends, I mean, we were shocked when we read the script. All, the crew, the cast, everyone was running around going, "what, what, what? How did you - what?" And so, but of course we did, in typical Sanctuary fashion. And I think it's quite shocking.
Robin Dunne: And we, even just shooting it, just being there and shooting those scenes, it was very emotional, very shocking for us to shoot. And to sort of realize what was happening, not to give it away.
Amanda Tapping: Which means Season 5, fingers crossed, is going to be even cooler.
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Q) Also, what was it like to have Gil Bellows on this season?
Amanda Tapping: Oh, fantastic. We got him on for the last two episodes, and he's just a really lovely man. And he completely got the Sanctuary vibe, he just kept saying, "What a great set." And he was so happy to be there. And he's got a really gentle spirit. I mean I didn't know a lot about Gil, I know his work most definitely, but he walked on and he was just so, sort of zen. He's just a really, really interesting man. And we loved it. We loved, because there's a darkness to his character, so dark, and so nasty. And then you've got Gil playing it, it just seems like the antithesis, it's really, it was very interesting.
Robin Dunne: And we've been so extremely lucky on Sanctuary, to keep welcoming these people who come into the group, and kind of, after they're there for a few days, you don't really remember what it was like without them.
Amanda Tapping: That's exactly what it was like with Gil. And Brian Markinson, same thing.
Robin Dunne: Brian Markinson, the same thing, and, yes. And also man, like the guy was in the Shawshank Redemption, you know, the coolest movie of all time. And I did not geek out on him much, a little bit, a little bit.
Amanda Tapping: You geeked out a little bit.
Q) Well, you didn't sing to him did you?
Amanda Tapping: Not publicly.
Robin Dunne: I may have. Would that have been weird? Hypothetically if I did, would that have been a weird thing to do? I don't think it would have been weird. Not that I did that, but, you know, whatever.
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Q) What are some of your recollections of the night shoot that ended your filming on the new season?
Amanda Tapping: Night shoots are always crazy, super fun, and there's a different sensibility on set. Because, it's 3 o'clock in the morning and you're still filming, and we were filming on location
Robin Dunne: Like you're having lunch at 3 o'clock.
Amanda Tapping: Yes, and it's just, it messes with your time clock, but there's also a weird sense of adventure when you shoot nights. And because we were shooting, again away from home, we weren't in the studio, we were on location in the downtown East side, which is an interesting place to shoot.
Robin Dunne: You want to talk about abnormals.
Amanda Tapping: And we were shooting in this really beautiful space, like this old ironworks foundry, and there's a sense of adventure to it, a sense of adventure when you shoot nights.
Robin Dunne: It was also strange for us, too, because not only we were shooting all night every night, which throws your equilibrium off completely, if any of us have any equilibrium, which that's still very debatable, but also, we very, very, very rarely leave our studio. We shoot everything here, and so, the end of the season, like Amanda said, we were on a location, so that kind of added another level to the sort of weirdness of finishing the season.
Amanda Tapping: Yes, and it was huge. I mean the last of the season two-parter is huge. And we had like, 70 extras, and we had crazy huge set deck.
Robin Dunne: Yes, that two-parter is like a big feature. There's all kinds of major stuff going on.
Amanda Tapping: I think for us we don't feel it maybe as much as the locations guys do, and having to canvas the neighborhoods, and let people know we're blowing stuff up and, I mean, logistically it's a bit of a nightmare when you go on location, and especially when you shoot nights, and you're in a neighborhood.
Robin Dunne: Yes, if you're on the downtown East side at 3 o'clock in the morning and you're firing, like having major gunfights, I think there's a lot of paperwork.
Amanda Tapping: There's a lot of paperwork to happen.
Q) You get to drive a big truck, too, right, Robin?
Robin Dunne: I got to drive a big truck. I like driving big trucks. I didn't crash it or anything. Yes, I did, I did actually get to drive.
Amanda Tapping: You got to drive a big truck, and a motorcycle. We do like a Magnus and Will, Magnus takes off in her car and Will chases her on a motorcycle, they get into a fight, Magnus takes Will's motorcycle, and she chases after it.
Robin Dunne: Yes, it was like doing a big Neal Moritz movie or something at certain times. It was like The Fast and the Furious or something, it was very cool, it was very cool. And yes, the fact that people let me behind the wheel of automobiles is amazing to me that they have that kind of trust.
Amanda Tapping: The paperwork, I can't even tell you the half, paperwork.
Robin Dunne: The paperwork to allow me to drive one of those trucks, my God, I had to sign documents, and give blood samples, and you know.
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Source : Starry Constellation Magazine - Amanda Tapping and Robin Dunne
Amanda Tapping: ...I mean, we're all over the place. We're literally all over the world. And we're dealing, the whole time, the through-line is dealing with the fallout of going rogue, and separating ourselves from the World Government. So it's an intense roller coaster ride, but again, not without its humor. And then the ending, I wish I could say more about our season ender, our two-parter that Damian directed. But it's, I don't even want to give you a word, for fear that it will give too much away. It's incredible, and the way that it ends, I mean, we were shocked when we read the script. All, the crew, the cast, everyone was running around going, "what, what, what? How did you - what?" And so, but of course we did, in typical Sanctuary fashion. And I think it's quite shocking.
Robin Dunne: And we, even just shooting it, just being there and shooting those scenes, it was very emotional, very shocking for us to shoot. And to sort of realize what was happening, not to give it away.
Amanda Tapping: Which means Season 5, fingers crossed, is going to be even cooler.
S~s~S~s~S
Q) Also, what was it like to have Gil Bellows on this season?
Amanda Tapping: Oh, fantastic. We got him on for the last two episodes, and he's just a really lovely man. And he completely got the Sanctuary vibe, he just kept saying, "What a great set." And he was so happy to be there. And he's got a really gentle spirit. I mean I didn't know a lot about Gil, I know his work most definitely, but he walked on and he was just so, sort of zen. He's just a really, really interesting man. And we loved it. We loved, because there's a darkness to his character, so dark, and so nasty. And then you've got Gil playing it, it just seems like the antithesis, it's really, it was very interesting.
Robin Dunne: And we've been so extremely lucky on Sanctuary, to keep welcoming these people who come into the group, and kind of, after they're there for a few days, you don't really remember what it was like without them.
Amanda Tapping: That's exactly what it was like with Gil. And Brian Markinson, same thing.
Robin Dunne: Brian Markinson, the same thing, and, yes. And also man, like the guy was in the Shawshank Redemption, you know, the coolest movie of all time. And I did not geek out on him much, a little bit, a little bit.
Amanda Tapping: You geeked out a little bit.
Q) Well, you didn't sing to him did you?
Amanda Tapping: Not publicly.
Robin Dunne: I may have. Would that have been weird? Hypothetically if I did, would that have been a weird thing to do? I don't think it would have been weird. Not that I did that, but, you know, whatever.
S~s~S~s~S
Q) What are some of your recollections of the night shoot that ended your filming on the new season?
Amanda Tapping: Night shoots are always crazy, super fun, and there's a different sensibility on set. Because, it's 3 o'clock in the morning and you're still filming, and we were filming on location
Robin Dunne: Like you're having lunch at 3 o'clock.
Amanda Tapping: Yes, and it's just, it messes with your time clock, but there's also a weird sense of adventure when you shoot nights. And because we were shooting, again away from home, we weren't in the studio, we were on location in the downtown East side, which is an interesting place to shoot.
Robin Dunne: You want to talk about abnormals.
Amanda Tapping: And we were shooting in this really beautiful space, like this old ironworks foundry, and there's a sense of adventure to it, a sense of adventure when you shoot nights.
Robin Dunne: It was also strange for us, too, because not only we were shooting all night every night, which throws your equilibrium off completely, if any of us have any equilibrium, which that's still very debatable, but also, we very, very, very rarely leave our studio. We shoot everything here, and so, the end of the season, like Amanda said, we were on a location, so that kind of added another level to the sort of weirdness of finishing the season.
Amanda Tapping: Yes, and it was huge. I mean the last of the season two-parter is huge. And we had like, 70 extras, and we had crazy huge set deck.
Robin Dunne: Yes, that two-parter is like a big feature. There's all kinds of major stuff going on.
Amanda Tapping: I think for us we don't feel it maybe as much as the locations guys do, and having to canvas the neighborhoods, and let people know we're blowing stuff up and, I mean, logistically it's a bit of a nightmare when you go on location, and especially when you shoot nights, and you're in a neighborhood.
Robin Dunne: Yes, if you're on the downtown East side at 3 o'clock in the morning and you're firing, like having major gunfights, I think there's a lot of paperwork.
Amanda Tapping: There's a lot of paperwork to happen.
Q) You get to drive a big truck, too, right, Robin?
Robin Dunne: I got to drive a big truck. I like driving big trucks. I didn't crash it or anything. Yes, I did, I did actually get to drive.
Amanda Tapping: You got to drive a big truck, and a motorcycle. We do like a Magnus and Will, Magnus takes off in her car and Will chases her on a motorcycle, they get into a fight, Magnus takes Will's motorcycle, and she chases after it.
Robin Dunne: Yes, it was like doing a big Neal Moritz movie or something at certain times. It was like The Fast and the Furious or something, it was very cool, it was very cool. And yes, the fact that people let me behind the wheel of automobiles is amazing to me that they have that kind of trust.
Amanda Tapping: The paperwork, I can't even tell you the half, paperwork.
Robin Dunne: The paperwork to allow me to drive one of those trucks, my God, I had to sign documents, and give blood samples, and you know.
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Source : Starry Constellation Magazine - Amanda Tapping and Robin Dunne
20-AUG-11
2 hr finale, 17 days shooting, 5 nights in terminal city, 13 eps = @SanctuarySeries S4 wrap. Gratitude and props all 'round. To sleep.…
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
20-AUG-11
Last day of @Sanctuaryseries S4. Best job I've ever had. Thanks to all our amazing fans. Can't wait until S5. @damiankindler @amandatapping
That's a wrap on Season 4 @Sanctuaryseries. Just poured myself a Guinness.
Source : Twitter - Robin Dunne
That's a wrap on Season 4 @Sanctuaryseries. Just poured myself a Guinness.
Source : Twitter - Robin Dunne
20-AUG-11
A shot from earlier today before the sun went down. #Sanctuary yfrog.com/kebjspj
Source : Twitter - SanctuarySeries
Source : Twitter - SanctuarySeries
20-AUG-11
Last day/night of shooting season4 of @SanctuarySeries!! I'll be tweeting random photos all night. Hope you enjoy! twitpic.com/68nvpz
Damian singing John Denver over the radio to serenade the @SanctuarySeries crew! Heehee twitpic.com/68ome6
Packing up the hair and make up trailer. Still have HOURS left to shoot. Starting to feel really sad. twitpic.com/68sphq
One more shot left on @SanctuarySeries season 4. twitpic.com/68v6xp
Source : Twitter - Amanda Tapping
Damian singing John Denver over the radio to serenade the @SanctuarySeries crew! Heehee twitpic.com/68ome6
Packing up the hair and make up trailer. Still have HOURS left to shoot. Starting to feel really sad. twitpic.com/68sphq
One more shot left on @SanctuarySeries season 4. twitpic.com/68v6xp
Source : Twitter - Amanda Tapping
19-AUG-11
Midnight on the @SanctuarySeries set. lockerz.com/s/130936027
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
18-AUG-11
Everyone LOVES a night shoot! Weeeeeeeeeee! :) xo twitpic.com/67s718
Source : Twitter - Amanda Tapping
Source : Twitter - Amanda Tapping
16-Aug-11
Passing thru chilliwak. Home stretch. Left Banff at 6am. On set for a night shoot at 6pm. Yikes!
Source : Twitter - Agam Darshi
Source : Twitter - Agam Darshi
28-JUL-11
Congrats to @DamianKindler on Day 1 of directing the 2-Part Season 4 Finale. Oz is knocking it out. Gonna be EPIC. @SanctuarySeries
Source : Twitter - Robin Dunne
Source : Twitter - Robin Dunne
28-JUL-11
First day directing the @SanctuarySeries 2 pt finale, tweeps! Gonna be huge. Cool Magnus / Will / monsters story. Super Shock Ending.
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
27-JUL-11
Can't believe we've only got 2 more eps of #Sanctuary season 4 to film... These last couple are gonna be jaw-dropping, eye-popping and EPIC!
Source : Twitter - Ryan Robbins
Source : Twitter - Ryan Robbins
27-JUL-11**
Saw Mr Heyerdahl reading for Nikola Tesla in #Sanctuary today...hilarious rendition - could Chris have a 3rd character?! #RobertsRandomWed
Source : Twitter - Robert Lawrenson
Source : Twitter - Robert Lawrenson
24-JUL-11
Sanctuary Panel - Moderated by Josh Gates from Destination Truth
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Fan question : Are we going to see Tesla as much as we did in Season 3?
AT : Ah, yes. Yeah, he's in our season finale (figures out how many eps on her fingers)
RD : Yeah, he's big in the season.
AT : He's in like a good five episodes. If we could have him on every day, we would but he's a busy man.
RD : yeah, he's an actor very much in demand so... (jokes) unlike me!
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Source : San Diego Comic Con 2011 - Sanctuary Panel
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Fan question : Are we going to see Tesla as much as we did in Season 3?
AT : Ah, yes. Yeah, he's in our season finale (figures out how many eps on her fingers)
RD : Yeah, he's big in the season.
AT : He's in like a good five episodes. If we could have him on every day, we would but he's a busy man.
RD : yeah, he's an actor very much in demand so... (jokes) unlike me!
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Source : San Diego Comic Con 2011 - Sanctuary Panel
20-JUL-11
@sanctuaryseries peeps sorry won't be at SDCC this year. Prepping epic 2pt finale that will. Rock. You. Promise. Juicy kisses to AT/RD & Jas
Oops!! Meant @SanctuarySeries SEASON FINALE!! don't panic. : ))
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
Oops!! Meant @SanctuarySeries SEASON FINALE!! don't panic. : ))
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler