Watchmen is television drama set in an alternate history.
" The title of the series refers to the question "Who will watch the watchmen themselves?", famously posed by the Roman satirist Juvenal (as "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"), although Moore was not aware of the phrase's classical origins until Harlan Ellison informed him
 Moore has expressed his displeasure with later adaptations and asked that Watchmen not be adapted for future works

