Editing Doomsday Clock (section)

== In popular culture ==
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* "[[Seven Minutes to Midnight (song)|Seven Minutes to Midnight]]", a 1980 single by [[Pete Wylie|Wah! Heat]], refers to that year's change of the Doomsday Clock from nine to seven minutes to midnight.
* Australian rock band [[Midnight Oil]]'s 1984 LP ''[[Red Sails in the Sunset (album)|Red Sails in the Sunset]]'' features a song called "[[Minutes to Midnight (song)|Minutes to Midnight]]", and the album's cover shows an aerial-view rendering of [[Sydney]] after a nuclear strike.
* The title of [[Iron Maiden]]'s 1984 song "[[2 Minutes to Midnight]]" is a reference to the Doomsday Clock.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bowen |first=LB |date=January 24, 2017 |title=Doomsday Clock: Iron Maiden – Two Minutes to Midnight|url=https://onstagemagazine.com/iron-maiden-doomsday-clock|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115221951/https://onstagemagazine.com/iron-maiden-doomsday-clock/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 15, 2018|magazine=OnStage Magazine|access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="aux av">{{cite news|last1=Ihnat|first1=Gwen|title=The people behind the Doomsday Clock explain why we're so close to midnight|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-people-behind-the-doomsday-clock-explain-why-we-re-1798258266|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=AUX ([[The A.V. Club]])|date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141323/https://aux.avclub.com/the-people-behind-the-doomsday-clock-explain-why-we-re-1798258266|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The Doomsday Clock appears in the beginning of the 1985 music video for "[[Russians (song)|Russians]]" by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]].
* The 1986 short story "[[The End of the Whole Mess]]" by [[Stephen King]] refers to the Doomsday Clock being set at fifteen seconds before midnight due to elevated geopolitical tension.<ref>{{cite book |last=King |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen King |date=1993 |title=[[Nightmares & Dreamscapes]] |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |page=97 |isbn=978-1-5011-9203-6 |quote=The saber-rattling had become a din. On the last day of the old year the Scientists for Nuclear Responsibility had set their black clock to fifteen seconds before midnight.}}</ref>
* The Doomsday Clock was a recurring visual theme in [[Alan Moore]] and [[Dave Gibbons]]'s seminal ''[[Watchmen]]'' graphic novel series (1986–87), its [[Watchmen (2009 film)|2009 film adaptation]], and its [[Watchmen (TV series)|2019 television miniseries sequel]].<ref name="aux av"/> Additionally [[Doomsday Clock (comics)|its sequel series]], which takes place in the main [[DC Universe]], borrows the title.
* The title of [[Linkin Park]]'s 2007 album ''[[Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album)|Minutes to Midnight]]'' is a reference to the Doomsday Clock.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/linkin_park_makes_minutes_to_midnight_count |title=Linkin Park Makes 'Minutes to Midnight' Count |last=Rodriguez |first=Dana |date=May 25, 2007 |work=BMI.com |access-date=June 5, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804113029/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/linkin_park_makes_minutes_to_midnight_count |url-status=live }}</ref> Their music video for "[[Shadow of the Day]]" from Minutes to Midnight, represents the Doomsday Clock as an actual clock with it reaching midnight at the end of the video.
* In the [[Flobots]]' song "[[The Circle in the Square]]", the lyrics say "the clock is now 11:55 on the big hand", which was the Doomsday Clock's setting in 2012 when the song was released.<ref>{{Citation |title=Flobots – The Circle in the Square |url=https://genius.com/Flobots-the-circle-in-the-square-lyrics |language=en |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209053059/https://genius.com/Flobots-the-circle-in-the-square-lyrics |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The title of the 1982 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Four to Doomsday]]" references the Doomsday Clock. In the 2017 episode "[[The Pyramid at the End of the World]]", the Monks changed every clock in the world to three minutes to midnight as a warning about what will happen if humanity does not accept their help. Representatives of the three most powerful armies on Earth agreed not to fight each other, believing a potential war is the catastrophe. However, the clock remained displaying two minutes to midnight. After the Doctor averted the true catastrophe – an [[Biotechnology risk|accidental bacteriological disaster]] –, the clock began moving backwards.<ref name="bbc fact">{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4NRq50lCNJd82TLRjNxYjHT/the-pyramid-at-the-end-of-the-world-the-fact-file | title = The Pyramid at the End of the World: The Fact File | access-date = May 27, 2017 | work = [[BBC]] | archive-date = May 29, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170529140659/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4NRq50lCNJd82TLRjNxYjHT/the-pyramid-at-the-end-of-the-world-the-fact-file | url-status = live }}</ref> 
* The Doomsday Clock is featured in [[Yael Bartana]]'s ''What if Women Ruled the World'', which premiered on July{{nbsp}}5, 2017 at the [[Manchester International Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/10/what-if-women-ruled-the-world-review-yael-bartana-manchester-international-festival |title=What If Women Ruled the World? review – Kubrick meets covfefe as catastrophe strikes |last=Judah |first=Hettie |date=July 10, 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=July 26, 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=July 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726012222/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/10/what-if-women-ruled-the-world-review-yael-bartana-manchester-international-festival |url-status=live }}</ref>
* One minute to midnight on the Doomsday Clock is heavily referenced in the [[Grime (music genre)|grime]]/punk crossover song "Effed" by [[Nottingham]] rapper Snowy and Jason Williamson of [[Sleaford Mods]]. Because of the track's political content, there was an initial reluctance from mainstream radio stations to play the track before the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]]. However, the track was later championed by a number of [[BBC Radio]] DJs, including punk innovator [[Iggy Pop]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://notion.online/effed-by-snowy-feat-jason-williamson/|title="EFFED" by Snowy feat. Jason Williamson|website=genius.com|date=November 21, 2019|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224171907/https://notion.online/effed-by-snowy-feat-jason-williamson/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/Snowy-and-jason-williamson-effed-lyrics|title=Snowy & Jason Williamson (Ft. Jason Williamson & Snowy) – EFFED|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320044256/https://genius.com/Snowy-and-jason-williamson-effed-lyrics|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000d1lz|title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Iggy Pop, Iggy Confidential with a track from his album of 2019|work=BBC|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308152816/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000d1lz|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In the ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' season 13 episode "The Bunker", the unsubs abduct women using the Doomsday Clock.
* The ''[[Madam Secretary (TV series)|Madam Secretary]]'' season 2 episode "On the Clock" features the Doomsday Clock, as the characters try to keep it from moving forward.
* The character Bezel in ''[[Chikn Nuggit]]'' is a personification of the Doomsday Clock.