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Doomsday or Doom's Day may refer to: religious and philosophical:

• Eschatology, a part of theology and philosophy concerned with the final events in the history of the world
• Doomsday cult, its belief system has the expectation of the imminent advent of the Last Judgement
• Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth, are existential risks that would imperil humankind as a whole
  • Doomsday device, a hypothetical weapon which could destroy all life on the Earth
  • Doomsday argument, a probabilistic argument that claims to predict the future lifetime of the human race

In fiction:

• Doctor Doomsday, a supervillain in the Amalgam Comics world
• Doomsday (comics), a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe
• Doomsday (Sonic the Hedgehog), the ultimate weapon being developed by Dr. Robotnik in the later episodes of "Sonic the Hedgehog"
• The Doomsday Zone, a level in Sonic & Knuckles
• Doomsday (film), an upcoming science fiction film written and directed by Neil Marshall
• Doomsday, a Judge Dredd story

In literature:

• Doomsday (Warwick Deeping), a 1927 novel by Warwick Deeping
• Superman: Doomsday & Beyond, a licensed novel set in the DC Comics universe

In music:

• Doomsday (band), a heavy metal band from Mexico
• Doomsday (band), a heavy metal band from California
• Doomsday (Texas band), a Thrash metal band from San Antonio, Texas
• Doomsday (Arizona band), a Thrash metal band from Scottsdale, Arizona
• Doomsday: Back and Forth Series 5: Live in Dresden, a live CD from the band, Skinny Puppy
• Operation: Doomsday, an album by MF DOOM

In television:

• "Doomsday" (Doctor Who), an episode from the 2006 series of Doctor Who
• "Doomsday" (MMPR), a 2-part episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
• "The Doomsday Machine" (Star Trek), an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first aired in 1967.
• "Doomsday" (War of the Worlds), an episode of War of the Worlds
• "Doomsday" (Fantastic Four), third episode of Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes

In other fields:

• Doomsday Engine, a Doom source port
• Doomsday Clock, symbolically predicting humankind's nearness to nuclear annihilation
• Doomsday (demogroup), a discontinued demogroup
• Doomsday event, a specific occurrence which has an exceptionally destructive effect on the human race
• Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday, a stand-alone expansion for the game Hearts of Iron II
• Doomsday rule, a way of calculating the day of the week of a given date
• Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a "doomsday" seedbank under construction on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen

[edit] See also

• Domesday Book, the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086
• Doom's Day, Latveria is a fictional nation in the Marvel Universe
• Judgment Day (disambiguation)