Well , the world did n't end after all , and the perennially panic - mongering Evening Standard billboards had to make do with the slightly disappointed - sounding declaration " World not Ended " , which could do for any day at all . I suspect that if anything had gone wrong , they would have blamed it on Ken Livingstone anyway . Work progressed pleasantly enough - I sanded and polished sixty paint samples ( embedded in acrylic resin ) while listening to Torchwood on the radio , then discussed possible avenues for research next week . Back to the British Library - hooray !
Question: What may have happened if the world had ended ?
The answer to the above question:


People would be panick strickened .