Editing Forbidden Planet (section)

==Costumes and props==
The costumes worn by Anne Francis were designed by [[Helen Rose]].<ref name="bfi">{{Cite web |title=Forbidden Planet (1956) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aa6beb7 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820095909/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aa6beb7 |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |access-date=August 9, 2020 |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> Her miniskirts resulted in ''Forbidden Planet'' being banned in Spain; it was not shown there until 1967.<ref>[http://hoycinema.abc.es/noticias/20160315/abci-sesenta-anos-desde-viera-201603142056.html "Sesenta años desde que se viera la primera minifalda en la pantalla de un cine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316113912/http://hoycinema.abc.es/noticias/20160315/abci-sesenta-anos-desde-viera-201603142056.html |date=March 16, 2016 }}. ''Hoycinema''. Retrieved: August 22, 2016.</ref> Other costumes were designed by [[Walter Plunkett]].<ref name=bfi/>

Robby the Robot was operated at first by diminutive stuntman [[Frankie Darro]]. He was fired shortly after an early scene because of his having consumed a five-martini lunch prior to the scene being shot; he nearly fell over while attempting to walk while inside the expensive prop.<ref name="Mank2014">{{Cite book |last=Gregory William Mank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwKhAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 |title=The Very Witching Time of Night: Dark Alleys of Classic Horror Cinema |publisher=McFarland |year=2014 |isbn=978-0786449552 |page=50}}</ref><ref name="Weaver2003">{{Cite book |last=Tom Weaver |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esCnTSqGtUYC&pg=RA1-PA164 |title=Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews |publisher=McFarland |year=2003 |isbn=978-0786482153 |page=164}}</ref>

Many costume and [[prop]] items were reused in several different episodes of the television series [[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|''The Twilight Zone'']], most of which were filmed by [[Rod Serling]]'s Cayuga Productions at the MGM studio in [[Culver City]], including Robby the Robot, the various ''C-57D'' models, the full-scale mock-up of the base of the ship (which featured in the episodes "[[To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone)|To Serve Man]]" and "[[On Thursday We Leave for Home]]"), the [[Raygun|blaster]] pistols and rifles, crew uniforms, and special effects shots.

In late September 2015, several screen-used items from ''Forbidden Planet'' were offered in [[Profiles in History]]'s Hollywood Auction 74, including Walter Pidgeon's "Morbius" costume, an illuminating blaster rifle, blaster pistol, a force field generator post, and an original [[Sascha Brastoff]] steel prehistoric fish sculpture seen outside Morbius' home; also offered were several lobby cards and publicity photos.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Hollywood Auction 74 |publisher=[[Profiles in History]] |year=2015 |location=California |pages=325–328 |quote=Lot 885: Forbidden Planet hero illuminating laser rifle. (MGM, 1956) Est. US$30,000 – $50,000. Lot 886: Forbidden Planet hero illuminating laser pistol. (MGM, 1956). Est. US$20,000 – $30,000. Lot 889: Force Field generator post from Forbidden Planet. Est. US$8,000 – $12,000. Lot 890: Walter Pidgeon "Dr. Morbius" costume from Forbidden Planet. (MGM, 1956). Est. US$20,000 – $30,000. Lot 891: Original Sascha Brastoff Prehistoric Fish steel sculpture used in the home of Dr. Morbius in Forbidden Planet. (MGM, 1956). Est. US$8,000 – $12,000.}} (Auction took place September 29, 30, October 1, 2015. Catalog 83MB PDF and Prices Realized List PDF available at [https://www.profilesinhistory.com/buyers/auction-archives/ ProfilesinHistory.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906204431/https://www.profilesinhistory.com/buyers/auction-archives/ |date=September 6, 2015 }}.)</ref>
On November 2, 2017, the original Robby the Robot prop was offered for auction by Bonhams, and it earned US$5.3 million, including the [[buyer's premium]]. It set a new record for TCM-Bonhams auctions, surpassing the US$4 million earned for a [[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|Maltese Falcon]] in 2013, making it the most valuable film prop ever sold at auction.<ref>Bonham's Auctions Press Release, [http://www.bonhams.com/press_release/25037/ Robby The Robot Makes A World Record $5.3M At Bonhams New York] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123002610/http://www.bonhams.com/press_release/25037/ |date=November 23, 2017 }}, November 21, 2017. Accessed November 21, 2017.</ref>