Sanctuary was the first television series in North America to start production using the new RED camera exclusively, capturing images at four times the resolution of a high definition camera. One of the only television series to shoot extensively on green screen with virtual sets.
It takes 5 hours in the prosthetics make-up chair by an actor to evolve into one of the creatures in Sanctuary.
The Sanctuary Poster is a composite image consisting of the central business district in Perth, Western Australia and CGI graphics. The tallest building in the poster is the Central Park tower. The orange building in the poster is Chancery House.
Jonathon Young, who plays Nikola Tesla, also plays Dr. Ethan Edison in the Sci-Fi series EUReKA. In real life Nikola Tesla and Dr. Edison's namesake Thomas Edison were bitter rivals.
It takes 2 hours in the make-up chair by an actor to get out of prosthetics.