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Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End

TV·2016–2016·1 season, 10 episodes·History·Documentary·43m

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A look ahead at the cataclysmic events that could extinguish the human race.

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  1. 01Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E02Black HoleS01E02 · 8.0Human civilization is under attack from a catastrophic–but unseen–threat from space. A supermassive black hole is moving toward Earth at almost the speed of light. As this celestial killer approaches our planet, its enormous gravitational forces trigger earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis larger than any the world has ever seen.
  2. 02Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E04Solar StormS01E04 · 8.0When Earth gets hit by a deadly Solar Storm--a massive chunk of the Sun--our planet's electrical system turns into a smoking ruin. How does modern civilization cope without power?
  3. 03Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E05Nuclear WarS01E05 · 8.0World War 3 breaks out and a nuclear nightmare becomes reality as thousands of hydrogen bombs destroy the world's greatest cities. A deadly fallout of ash and debris creates a Nuclear Winter, plunging the planet into a sudden Ice Age. Crops fail worldwide and mass starvation drives humanity to the brink of extinction.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2016Aired 7.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E01Killer AsteroidSeptember 30, 2016 7.065 Million Years ago, an asteroid impact caused a cascade of catastrophes that led to the downfall of the dinosaurs, but what would happen i
  2. S01E02Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E02Season's bestBlack HoleOctober 7, 2016 8.0Human civilization is under attack from a catastrophic–but unseen–threat from space. A supermassive black hole is moving toward Earth at alm
  3. S01E03Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E03Rogue PlanetOctober 14, 2016 7.0There are twice as many rogue planets as stars in the galaxy. So what might happen if a ringed planet the size of Neptune were on a collisio
  4. S01E04Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E04Solar StormOctober 21, 2016 8.0When Earth gets hit by a deadly Solar Storm--a massive chunk of the Sun--our planet's electrical system turns into a smoking ruin. How does
  5. S01E05Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E05Nuclear WarOctober 21, 2016 8.0World War 3 breaks out and a nuclear nightmare becomes reality as thousands of hydrogen bombs destroy the world's greatest cities. A deadly
  6. S01E06Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E06Gamma Ray BurstOctober 28, 2016 7.0The most powerful blast of cosmic radiation in the Universe is just seconds from slamming into Planet Earth. When a gamma ray burst from two
  7. S01E07Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E07Mega EruptionOctober 28, 2016 8.0For the first time in human history, a volcanic hyper eruption blows through the surface of the Earth. Explosive shock waves tear apart buil
  8. S01E08Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E08Earth Out of OrbitNovember 4, 2016 7.0What if, for the first time in four and a half billion years, the Earth was pulled out of its orbit... sending our planet on a collision cou
  9. S01E09Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E09Alien InvasionDecember 30, 2016 7.0When rogue aliens launch a surprise attack on Earth, people are left dying in the streets, world governments are obliterated, cities are des
  10. S01E10Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End S01E10Deep Sea DisasterDecember 30, 2016 8.0Ocean currents control the climate around the world. When they suddenly stop, it unleashes an endless cascade of weather disasters, includin

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