Gerry Anderson Encyclopedia
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The Forbidden Planet is the 25th produced episode and the 20th Broadcast episode of the series Fireball XL5

Plot[]

An ultrascope, which can look into deep space, picks up the planet Nutopia which is said to be the perfect planet. Two Nutopians use their travel transmitter to capture Professor Matic and his assistant Dr. Bernard Stamp, and then Steve Zodiac and Venus. On Nutopia the two aliens, Privator and Perfectos, both want to keep Venus as their eternal companion. A duel follows which leads to them both being rendered helpless, which enables Steve and his friends to return to the Space Observatory.

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Trivia[]

  • The Earth Television announcer reveals that the year is Universal Astronomic Year 2062.
  • When the transmission from the observatory fails, it is replaced by "a short film" (actually footage from the Four Feather Falls episode Ambush).
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