In the (literally) electrifying climax, the astronauts are confronted by the horrible "Id" creature that wiped out the extinct Krell species who once populated Altair-4.
Bonhams is proud to present Robby, his Jeep, and his other major components at auction for the very first time.įorbidden Planet finds the crew of the spaceship C-57D (led by Leslie Nielsen) discovering a scientist, Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Altaira (Anne Francis), and Morbius' robotic servant, Robby, on the distant planet Altair-4. Originally created for M-G-M's outer space epic Forbidden Planet, Robby the Robot ranks among the single most iconic props in science fiction film history and arguably is the cinema's most famous and instantly recognizable robot. Original Robby the Robot suit consisting of three main interlocking sections: His intricate "head," the upper torso with bellows-jointed arms, and the legs constructed of Royalite plastic, metal, rubber, wood, acetate, and Perspex, with a 1950s pair of men's size 10.5B black leather loafers located inside Robby's feet with Robby's original Jeep, control panel, alternate original "claw" hands, alternate original "Uncle Simon" The Twilight Zone head, and original wooden shipping "stage crates" with original painted studio transmittal information and shipping labels. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. The prop recently sold at auction for more than $5.3 million.Ĭopyright © 2017 NPR. MCEVERS: NPR's Glen Weldon on Robby the Robot. WELDON: People from all different walks of life, all different adds, all different movies and television just kept reusing it and reusing it because it was so iconic, so recognizable and so expense. (SOUNDBITE OF JOHN WILLIAMS' "LOST IN SPACE MAIN TITLE") WELDON: Whatever you needed, you had this amazing, really expensive prop. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As Squeezak) Fluffy - squeeze Charmin. The robot that cannot help but squeeze the Charmin in a Charmin commercial. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As Squeezak) Don't squeeze Charmin. George Whipple) Finally, a robot to stop ladies from squeezing Charmin. WELDON: He also played the Squeezaks (ph).ĭICK WILSON: (As Mr. I am sorry about the door.ĭICK TUFELD: (As the Robot) The Robinsons prefer me. RODDY MCDOWALL: (As Chuck the Robot) Greetings, Mindy. ROBIN WILLIAMS: (As Mork) This is Chuck the Robot. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) A new craving - hot chocolate.
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(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE TWILIGHT ZONE") WELDON: He did an episode of "The Twilight Zone". The rocket has just been entered by a robot. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Get the Pentagon - class-A emergency. WELDON: And then over the course of his long career, he - like any other actor, he got whatever gig he could. MILLER: (As Robby the Robot) I rarely use it myself, Sir.
Adams) Nice climate you have here - high oxygen content. WELDON: He is designed to look friendly, to look like a helper as opposed to all those robots we'd see in movies up to that point, which were - tended to be either obviously a dude in a suit or just evil incarnate. MILLER: (As Robby the Robot) I am at your disposal with 187 other languages, along with their various dialects and sub-tongues (ph). He's got two little whirligigs kind of whirling around. WELDON: He looks like a cross between a guy in a deep-sea diving suit and the Michelin Man, right? He's got pincers for hands. MARVIN MILLER: (As Robby the Robot) For your convenience, I am monitored to respond to the name Robby. GLEN WELDON, BYLINE: He is the iconic '50s film robot. And his career went well beyond "Forbidden Planet." NPR's Glen Weldon takes us through some of Robby's highlights. Robby was constructed of metal, plastic and glass and cost about $100,000 to make.
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Bonhams auction house says that's a record for a movie prop. Last week, Robby sold at auction for more than $5.3 million to an unknown buyer. In the mid-1950s, a team of designers at MGM Studios built an elaborate robot for the sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet." Robby the Robot played a servant to Dr.
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