The Watchers are the fallen angels of the Bible and the Book of Enoch, who fell to earth in the days of Jared in Genesis, instead falling to Hell. They fell because of their want of mortal women. Their human-angel hybrid offspring are the giants.
A Watcher in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a member of a secret organisation devoted to tracking and combatting malevolent supernatural entities.
A Watcher from the Highlander television series, is a member of a secret organisation devoted to tracking Immortals.
In the "Logopolis" serial (1981) of the television series Doctor Who, The Watcher was a spectral figure that would appear in the distance, watching, whenever something significant happened.
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Words which describe these beings, such as b'nai Elohim, "sons of God", Zophim, "the watchers", and Malakh, "messengers", (translated angel in English), are used for the "aerial host" often regardless of alignment.
It is interesting to note that "Jordan" comes from that same root word denoting "descent, coming down or falling" - Yar-dane "the place of the descent".
The source of the Jordan river is Mount Hermon - the point of descent of the Watchers.
In the fictional Marvel Comicsuniverse, Uatu is the member of the extraterrestrial species known as the Watchers assigned to observe Earth and its solar system.
As he is thus the Watcher whom Earth-based superheroes most often come contact with, he is often known as simply the Watcher.
Like other Watchers, Uatu is sworn to an oath of non-interference; however, he has bent or outright violated his oath on several occasions in order to aid humanity.
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