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Thursday, May 8th, 2025

Live Poll: Favorite "Foundation" Character

A complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire. Which character from the TV series "Foundation​​" is your favorite? https://www.imdb.com/list/ls592116354 - 33 images https://www.imdb.com/list/ls592116354/copy https://www.imdb.com/poll/eQc07jxrnhA/

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3 months ago

@GabrielFox, My favorite character that has appeared so far: Hariton 'Hari' Seldon From the Foundation book series my favorite character: R. Daneel Olivaw I'm looking forward to his appearance in the television series.

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Hari is a great choice. Thanks for sharing. R. Daneel Olivaw is indeed present in the Foundation TV series, though he appears under the name Eto Demerzel, and is portrayed by Laura Birn as a female character.

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@GabrielFox, I had forgotten that Eto Demerzel is an alias for R. Daneel Olivaw. I wonder whether Eto Demerzel being portrayed as a woman is a nod to Susan Calvin from Isaac Asimov's collection of short stories, "I, Robot".

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2 months ago

Congratulations, @GabrielFox! Favorite "Foundation" Character Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/eQc07jxrnhA/ https://imdbstats.com/user/ur0798233/?sort=votes,desc

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Thanks.

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2 months ago

@GabrielFox, 9 August 2025 Favorite "Foundation" Character https://www.imdb.com/poll/eQc07jxrnhA/ https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/live-poll-favorite-foundation-character/681c86aa579a1172afa0424e?ref_=po_vt_ov_desc Gabrielfox has had 19 polls featured on the IMDb Home Page. First Appearance on Home Page: 9-August-2025 Live: 24-July-2025

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Excellent!!!

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19 days ago

@GabrielFox, FYI: The production team behind the Amazon series "Foundation" was initially barred from using the name R. Daneel Olivaw because the rights to the character were owned by a different studio. The character is central to Isaac Asimov's "Robot" series, and the rights to those stories were held by Fox, which is now part of Disney. According to showrunner David S. Goyer, they were aware of this issue from the beginning and planned to only allude to Demerzel's backstory without using the name R. Daneel Olivaw. However, a lucky coincidence led to them getting the necessary permission. Goyer was in a meeting with the head of Fox, who was a fan of the show, and Goyer made a direct appeal for a one-time allowance to mention the name in Season 3. The Fox executive agreed, and their business affairs department granted the permission. This allowed the show to officially confirm on screen the connection that book readers have long known: that the character of Eto Demerzel and R. Daneel Olivaw are one and the same.

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I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing this information.