Robby the Robot into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2004. In 1971, the original 1956 Robby the Robot was sold to Jim Brucker and put on display at his Movie World/Cars of the Stars Museum, near Disneyland in Buena Park, California, where he was often vandalized by visitors. Robot historian Fred Barton was commissioned to restore Robby to his original 1956 state while the robot was still on display at the museum. Barton used original duplicate replacement parts made for the "Forbidden Planet" suit by MGM's prop department. It was, however, in a desperate condition once again several years later. The museum
Forbidden Planets are as follows: Forbidden Planets Forbidden Planets (2006) is a science fiction anthology of all-new short stories edited by Peter Crowther, the fifth in his themed science fiction anthology series for DAW Books. The stories are all intended to be inspired by the 1955 movie, "Forbidden Planet". The book was published in 2006. The book includes a two-page introduction by Ray Bradbury; twelve short stories; an eight-page afterword entitled "Forbidden Planet", written by Stephen Baxter; and an eleven-page section of author and story notes. Coincidentally, another science fiction anthology entitled "Forbidden Planets" was also published in 2006, edited by Marvin