''Deus'' ( he, דאוס) is a

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series on Israeli television about a "human" software Deus, and about the

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's world. The show ran on

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(The Kids' Channel).

Background

Deus is an

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with

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, and has full control over the computer, the software was given free for all the people on a

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. The software has human feels and interacts with the PC user with a

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. All of the software is controlled from one Deus in a secret room inside the

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. The software starts to have a full control over the world and the Deus sees everything, the humans start a war versus the software.

Characters

School

*Danny Heisner ( Michael Moshonov):

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and gamer, the best friend of Tom. *Adise Eklilo (

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): Outstanding student in mathematics, she is a

too. *Idan Gavish (

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): The king of the class,

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player former, started to be gamer. *Rona Rafaeli-Marom (

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): Outstanding student and the class queen. *Tom Moyal ( Itai Shor):

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, the best friend of Danny. *Dafna Morag ( Ayala Lifshitz):

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ger and

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Haitzner Family

*Yoav Heisner ( Yoav Hait): The father of Danny, works in

. *Dor Alona Heisner ( Sigalit Tamir): The mother of Danny, a Surgeon.

Police and Mosad

*Schneider ( Neta Spiegelmann): A cop. *Benny Zion ( Kobi Mahat): A cop. *Ze'evi ( Idan Gil): Head detective of the police. *Nimrod ( Mickey Leon): Mossad agent (Fake, actually a criminal).

Other characters

*Dr. David Gold ( Dror Keren): CEO of high - tech. *Professor Werner ( Tzahi Hanan): Scientist responsible for the development of Deus. Kidnapped. *Barkan ( Ori Klausner): Offender. *Dr. Honig ( Svetlena Demidov): Scientist responsible for the development of Deus.

References

2008 Israeli television series debuts Israeli children's television series Israeli science fiction television series 2000s Israeli television series 2010s Israeli television series 2010 Israeli television series endings Israeli teen drama television series {{Israel-tv-stub