Editing Millennium Dome (section)

==In popular culture==
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* Within the foundations of the Dome in 1998, a time capsule was buried by [[Katy Hill]] and [[Richard Bacon (TV presenter)|Richard Bacon]], two of the then-current presenters of the long running BBC children's programme ''[[Blue Peter]]''. The capsule was due to be opened in 2050, but was accidentally unearthed and damaged in 2017 during construction work. It was originally intended to be reburied once it had been repaired,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38838033|title=Blue Peter time capsule dug up 33 years early|date=2 February 2017|access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> but was instead opened and its contents taken on a tour of the UK. It was subsequently stored in the National Archives until 2050 alongside a new Diamond Time Capsule celebrating the show's 60th anniversary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/blue-peter-time-capsule-tour|title='Dug up' Blue Peter millennium time capsule set to go on UK tour|date=10 May 2018|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>
* The song "Silvertown Blues" from [[Mark Knopfler]]'s 2000 album ''[[Sailing to Philadelphia]]'' deals with the construction of The Dome.
* Two books about the attempted robbery of the [[De Beers]] diamonds from the Dome were published in 2004: ''Diamond Geezers – The Inside Story of the Crime of the Millennium'' ({{ISBN|1843171228}}) written by Kris Hollington, published by Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, and ''Dome Raiders – How Scotland Yard Foiled the Greatest Robbery of All Time'' ({{ISBN|1852271949}}) written by Jon Shatford and William Doyle, published by Virgin Books.
* In 2005, the Dome was featured in a task on ''[[The Amazing Race 7]]'', in which contestants had to drive an [[AEC Routemaster]] [[double-decker bus]] through the structure's car park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/older-couple-meredith-and-gretchen-smith-get-eliminated-from-the-amazing-race-7-3465.php|title=Older couple Meredith and Gretchen Smith get eliminated from 'The Amazing Race 7'|work=Reality TV World|last=Sellers|first=Andrea|date=4 May 2005|access-date=31 December 2019}}</ref>
* ''[[Gideon's Daughter]]'' is a 2006 BBC television drama written and directed by [[Stephen Poliakoff]], stars [[Bill Nighy]] as a publicist working to promote the Dome in the run-up to its grand opening. [[Emily Blunt]] plays the titular daughter who is disdainful of the project, while [[Miranda Richardson]] plays Gideon's love interest whose simple observations about his life – and the Dome – reshape Gideon's life. Both Nighy and Blunt received Golden Globe Awards for their performances. The show won a Peabody Award in April 2007.
* The Millennium Dome was prominently featured in the pre-title sequence of the 1999 ''[[James Bond]]'' film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''. Bond falls down the outside of the Dome when pursuing a target, injuring his shoulder in the process.