It All Began As a Passion......For comics and science fiction and later for movie and TV memorabilia and toys.

Forbidden Planet first opened it’s doors on Denmark Street, the location of a 12th century former leper colony, but better known in the 60s & 70s as ‘Tin Pan Alley’ – the street where David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John and the Sex Pistols composed, rehearsed and recorded, as well as where the top rock bands came to buy their instruments.

The original store hosted the best and brightest of science fiction, comic book and TV stars such as Douglas Adams, Sir Terry Prachett, Arthur C. Clarke, Neil Gaiman, Neal Adams, Alan Moore, Phillipe Druillet, Leonard Nimoy, Adam West, Mike Moorcock and several thousand other authors. It soon needed more space, moving to New Oxford Street and then to our current location of Shaftesbury Avenue.

The store business expanded around the country, adding both publishing companies for fiction, illustrated books, comics and magazines as well as a merchandise division and even dabbling in a five year West End theatre run and an air freight company.

But, at the end of the day, the reason it all works is you – our customers and staff. And we would like to thank you for sharing the journey and the passion.

Viv & Nick

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TIMELINE

1987

1995

1999

2009

2018

1984

1986

1996

1997

2012

2017

1979

1980

1990

1993

2003

2006

JULY – 23 Denmark Street opensNOVEMBER – HARRY HARRISON

is our first signing

NOVEMBER – Forbidden Planet 2, specialising in movie memorabilia opens

JULY – Forbidden Planet Cambridge opens

JULY – London stores combine and relocate to New Oxford Street store

New stores open in Liverpool and Coventry

APRIL – Buffy signing with AMBER BENSON & JOSS

WHEDON

Website FORBIDDENPLANET.COM launches – plus Twitter @FORBIDDENPLANET

NICK RHODES of Duran Duran signs

SEPTEMBER – FRANK MILLER signs The Dark Knight ReturnsSEPTEMBER – ALAN MOORE &

DAVE GIBBONS sign Watchmen

Forbidden Planet Southampton opens

Forbidden Planet Birmingham opens

Birmingham relocates to Bull Street Megastore

Newcastle store relocates to a huge new Megastore

on Grainger Street

SEPTEMBER – Animated commercial plays in West End

cinemas before screenings of Alien

MAY – STAR WARS cast signing

AUGUST – First 2000AD signing

MAY – WILL EISNER signingAUGUST – James ‘SCOTTY’

Doohan signing

NOVEMBER – Forbidden Planet Bristol opens on Penn Street

DECEMBER – New Oxford Street store expands to give even more floor space

Celebrating our 25TH ANNIVERSARY, London store

relocates to Shaftesbury Avenue Megastore

Bristol store relocates to Clifton Heights Megastore

MARCH – PETER DAVISON is our first Doctor Who signing

MAY – Signing by STEPHEN KING

AUGUST – Launch of Tales From The Forbidden Planet book

NOVEMBER – Our first signing with TERRY PRATCHETT

Forbidden Planet Croydon opens

Forbidden Planet Birmingham relocates to larger site

Southampton relocates to Hanover Buildings Megastore

MARCH – Signing by Evil Dead star BRUCE CAMPBELL

APRIL – Our 100th DOCTOR WHO related signing

Turn to page 2 to see some of the highlights from the last 40 years

Classic Brian Bolland poster design of the People Like Us ‘Family’

BEGINNINGTHE

Summer 1979 - Bolland Mail Order catalogue design

16th June 1979 - NEAL ADAMS

May 1980 - MARK HAMILL & DAVE PROWSE at the screening of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back at The Dominion Theatre

5th September 1979 - H.R. GIGER 16th August 1980 - The first 2000AD signing with (L to R)

BRIAN BOLLAND, MIKE MCMAHON, JOHN WAGNER, RON SMITH H.R. GIGER 28th July 1979 - TANITH LEE

10th October 1979 - First appearance by DOUGLAS ADAMS

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80’s

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31st August 1985 - CLIVE BARKER launching Damnation Game

18th April 1987 - STAN LEE signs How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way - ‘Nuff said!

8th December 1984 - Duran Duran star NICK RHODES

27th September 1986 - FRANK MILLER & LYNN VARLEY

24th October 1987 - DAVE GIBBONS and ALAN MOORE. Who Watches The Watchmen?

13th March 1982 - PETER DAVISON signing in full Doctor Who outfit

28th November 1981 - FORBIDDEN PLANET 2, specialising in Movie and TV Books and Memorabilia opens on St. Giles High Street

28th November 1981 - NICK LANDAU welcomes GERRY ANDERSON to the opening of Forbidden Planet 2

18th April 1987 - How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way- ‘Nuff said!

14th May 1983 - STEPHEN KING signing for the UK publication of Christine

90’s

7 1st February 1995 - NICHELLE NICHOLS

25th October 1993 - The Avengers LINDA THORSON & PATRICK MACNEE

1st July 1990 - PAUL VERHOEVEN signing Total Recall posters

21st July 1998 - More Babylon 5! PETER JURASIK in Croydon

7th November 1996 - RUSS MEYER 29 September 1990 - URSULA LE GUIN

10th November 1990 - J.G.BALLARD

8th October 1994 - ADAM WEST

5th January 1991 - STORM CONSTANTINE

4th October 1997 - TOM BAKER

20th November 1998 - Five Rounds Rapid! NICHOLAS COURTNEY

Babylon 5 at FP - CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN & JULIE CAITLIN BROWN (5th November 1999) and BRUCE BOXLEITNER & J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (9th July 1997)

& JULIE CAITLIN BROWN 1999) and J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

1991 - LENNY HENRY appeared at the star-studded Comic Relief event 9th March and returned to sign The Big Woof 16th November

19th May 1994 - NEIL GAIMAN & ALICE COOPER signing The Last Temptation Of Alice

Flyers for the ‘Bad Guys Tour’ by DAVID PROWSE & GUNNAR HANSEN (September 1996) and Nightbreed cast & crew (29 September 1990)September 1990)

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24th April 2001 - AMBER BENSON

29th November 2008 - CORY DOCTOROW

31st July 2008 - CHRIS CARTER & FRANK SPOTNITZ. The Truth Is Out There...

18th October 2003 - ELISABETH SLADEN at the opening day of our Shaftesbury Avenue Megastore

9 September 2009 - AMANDA PALMER (and friend!)

5th August 2006 - TERRY GILLIAM

29th August 2003 - SIR TERRY PRATCHETT has been our most frequent signing guest with 30 visits

24th May 2009 - Drag Me To Hell. SAM RAIMI, ALISON LOHMAN & JUSTIN LONG

18th December 2003 - ANDY SERKIS

29th August 2007 - WILLIAM GIBSON

6th October 2009 - KEVIN SMITH

18th November 2006 - MAX BROOKS and zombies

8th November 2003 - CHRISTOPHER LEE

17th January 2009 - ROBERT RANKIN

25th November 2006 - NOEL CLARKE

00’s

11 1st December 2007 - NICK PARK

11 November 2009 - GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

14th November 2007 - Fans queued overnight to meet My Chemical Romance frontman GERARD WAY

4th October 2007 - PIA GUERRA 4th November 2001

- JAMES MARSTERS

23rd August 2007 - FP Logo designer RIAN HUGHES

9th October 2008 - KEVIN WALKER & CHARLIE HIGSON signing the Young Bond Graphic Novel

11th November 2006 - JEFF WAYNE

24th October 2009 - JOHN LANDIS & EDGAR WRIGHT make a surprise appearance at RAY HARRYHAUSEN’s signing

27th September 2004 - Spaced signing with (L to R) EDGAR WRIGHT, SIMON PEGG, JULIA DEAKIN, JESSICA STEVENSON, NICK FROST

21st May 2003 - Jim Lee

31st October 2006 - Halloween Hammer Heroines. (L to R) MARTINE BESWICK, VALERIE LEON & JACQUELINE PEARCE

14th January 2008 - Ayyy! HENRY ‘THE FONZ’ WINKLER

24 April 2001 - JOSS WHEDON 17th September 2008

- TARA MCPHERSON

16th April 2009 - WWE Superstar BRET ‘THE HITMAN’ HART

10’s

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14th April 2012 - JONATHAN ROSS & BRYAN HITCH sign America’s Got Powers

24th October 2017 - The Death Of Stalin cast & crew - including ARMANDO IANNUCCI & DAVID SCHNEIDER

12th January 2013 - the legendary BRIAN BOLLAND

16th June 2017 - The MCU celebrated - director of Spider-Man Homecoming JON WATTS

6th July 2011 - Comics superstar GRANT MORRISON 22nd October 2010 - GERALD SCARFE 7th December 2017 - FENELLA FIELDING

17th September 2013 - frequent guest KIM NEWMAN

11th March 2016 - Adventure Time voice artist OLIVIA OLSON

22nd February 2017 - Newcastle Megastore opening day with PETER MILLIGAN 7th October 2010 - IAIN M BANKS

25th June 2011 - NAOMI ALDERMAN

23rd March 2016 - Hollywood’s ZACK SNYDER

21st September 2017 - JOE SUGG

21st August 2016 - Ready Player One author ERNEST CLINE

9th March 2016 - DAN SLOTT

17th August 2010 - BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY

17th June 2016 - Ghostbusters director PAUL FEIG 25th November 2014 - CARY ELWES

9th November 2016 - From music to comics, it’s DARRYL RUN DMC MCDANIELS

7th July 2015 - Ant-Man director PEYTON REID

10’s

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2018(SO FAR)

29th April 2017 - Dr. Men mastermind ADAM HARGREAVES

22nd February 2014 - Yes Governor, it’s The Walking Dead’s DAVID MORRISSEY

1st November 2011 - JOHN LANDIS

20th May 2015 - JOE HILL

17th October 2017 - JOANNE HARRIS

24th September 2016 - JOCK aka MARK SIMPSON

3rd May 2017 - ROBIN HOBB

31st January 2015 - The combined forces of MARK MILLAR & DAVE GIBBONS! 15th April 2010 - WARWICK DAVIS

13th March - BRUCE CAMPBELL. Groovy!

20th June 2018 - The Rivers Of London comic team (L to R) LEE SULLIVAN, ANDREW CARTMEL & BEN AARONOVITCH

21st April 2018 - The legendary team-up of CAM KENNEDY & SIMON BISLEY signing for the legendary team-up of Batman & Judge Dredd

13th April - The 100th Doctor Who signing with former showrunners RUSSELL T DAVIES & STEVEN MOFFAT, alongside PAUL CORNELL, JENNY T. COLGAN, JAMES GOSS & ANTHONY DRY

3rd February - Another of our most prolific signees DAN ABNETT

22nd April 2018 - RAYMOND E. FEIST

Souvenir Booklet Design – Amazing15People Like Us Designs – Brian BollandForbidden Planet Font and Rocket Logo – Rian HughesModels – Hannah Scudamore, Jay Binstead & Rikaya JohnsonAll of our staff, customers and signing guests over the last forty years.Special thanks to Anthony Garnon for organising our archive.Let’s do it all again in 2058…

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