Robby the Robot Robby the Robot Robby the Robot is a fictional character and science fiction icon who first appeared in the 1956 film "Forbidden Planet". He made a number of subsequent appearances in science fiction movies and television programs, usually without specific reference to the original film character. The name "Robbie" (spelled with an "ie") had appeared in science fiction before "Forbidden Planet". In a pulp magazine adventure "The Fantastic Island" (1935), the name is used for a mechanical likeness of Doc Savage used to confuse foes. The name is also used in Isaac Asimov's short story "Robbie" (1940) about a first-generation
Return to the Forbidden Planet in Sydney, Australia, the beginning of a national tour, the pre-recorded narrator was Clive "Robbo" Robertson, who performed a futuristic parody of his own late-night TV news show, "Newsworld". An Australian cast album was released in 1991 by ATA Records. On September 27, 1991, an Off-Broadway production opened in New York at the Variety Arts Theatre, a former nickelodeon movie theatre. "Return to the Forbidden Planet" was the first theatrical production in the new venue. The cast included Julee Cruise, known to audiences from her role in "Twin Peaks". The pre-recorded narrator was James Doohan, famous as "Scotty" from "Star