Forbidden Planet a faster-than-light starship of their own creation. It was also the first to be set entirely on another planet in interstellar space, far away from Earth. The Robby the Robot character is one of the first film robots that was more than just a mechanical "tin can" on legs; Robby displays a distinct personality and is an integral supporting character in the film. Outside science fiction, the film was groundbreaking as the first of any genre to use an entirely electronic musical score, courtesy of Bebe and Louis Barron. "Forbidden Planet"'s effects team was nominated for the Academy Award for
Planet of the Apes (comics) Apes". Many fans believe this to be the benchmark in quality writing and art, not usually matched in published works. Set in the Forbidden Zone, lone gorilla Gideon goes on an epic hunt of a savage human and takes shelter in an abandoned relic. The story was originally issued in episodic form with each chapter hosted on a different "Planet of the Apes" website, in an effort to promote co-operation between the online community. A compilation of these pages can be seen at Hunter's Planet of the Apes Archive, After unsuccessful attempts at securing a publisher, a re-write was undertaken