Robby the Robot robot designed to care for children. In "Tom Swift on The Phantom Satellite" (1956), it is also the name given to a small four-foot robot designed by Tom Swift Jr., the boy inventor in the "Tom Swift Jr." science fiction novel series by Victor Appleton II. Robby the Robot originated as a character in the 1956 MGM science fiction film "Forbidden Planet". The story centers on a crew of space explorers from Earth who land their starship, the C57-D, on the planet Altair IV, ruled by the mysterious Dr. Morbius. Robby is a mechanical servant that Morbius has designed, built,
Planet of the Apes (comics) in 2005 with input from a panel of fans including Ty Templeton, Beware the Beast Redux emerged from this rewrite and can be viewed in the Facebook group Planet of the Apes the Forbidden Zone, https://www.facebook.com/groups/485867174771037/ Gideon also made a brief appearance in 'Within The Planet Of The Apes', set shortly before 'Beware The Beast'. The Dark Horse series was written by Ian Edginton and was a tie-in with the Tim Burton's 2001 "Apes" film. Between 2001–2002, Dark Horse published a film adaptation, a mini-series, a brief ongoing run, a Toys R' Us minicomic and a three-part serial in "Dark