Forbidden Planet the Morbius in the movie, the protectrons being modeled after Robby the Robot, and The Forbidden Dome being based on the movie's title. In the first Mass Effect game while examining the planets in the Gagarin system of the Armstrong Nebula, on the planet's Junthor survey feed about the planet. A reference is made "Monsters from the id." Author George R. R. Martin cites "Forbidden Planet" as his favorite science fiction film and owns a working replica of Robby the Robot made by Fred Barton Productions. New Line Cinema had developed a remake with James Cameron, Nelson Gidding, and Stirling
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