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Pandora's Clock (also known as Doomsday Virus) is a 1996 NBC miniseries based on a novel by John J. Nance about a deadly virus on a Boeing 747-200 from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
In 2008, the Reaper Virus ravaged Scotland. Unable to contain the outbreak or cure the infected, the British government erected a 30-foot wall isolating Scotland. The quarantine was a success, but the extreme method turns the country into a pariah state. In 2035, authorities discovered several people in London infected with Reaper.
The Doomsday Clock is featured in Yael Bartana's What if Women Ruled the World, which premiered on July 5, 2017 at the Manchester International Festival. [57] One minute to midnight on the Doomsday Clock is heavily referenced in the grime/punk crossover song "Effed" by Nottingham rapper Snowy and Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods.
The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by members of the journal Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as a dramatic metaphor that symbolises just how close humanity is to the end of civilization. Source:
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set its Doomsday Clock at a new time that indicates how close we are to making Earth uninhabitable for humanity.
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Doomsday Clock is a superhero comic book limited series published by DC Comics, created by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank and Brad Anderson. [1] As a direct sequel to the graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and John Higgins, [2] this series concluded the plot established between The New 52 and DC Rebirth, featuring a massive roster of characters owned by DC Comics.