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Robby the Robot got around! After his appearance in "Forbidden Planet," of course, he appeared on "Lost in Space," but also made TV appearances on "The Thin Man," two episodes of "The Twilight Zone" (1, 2), "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and other series. Classic TV Showbiz collects some of those appearances, just click the links.

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Dial B for Blog explores the secret origins of "The Cat in the Hat" and "Horton Hears a Who."

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Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph explores the secret origins of Doctor Who, with details of the BBC's ideas for the show and character dating from 1963.

The reason why the Doctor needs to travel the universe seems to have been a bone of contention. One note states: "He is an extension of the scientist who has opted out, but he has opted out farther than ours can do at the moment. One symptom of this is the hatred of scientists, inventors, improvers.

"He can get into a rare paddy when faced with a caveman trying to invent a wheel. He malignantly tries to stop progress (the future) wherever he finds it, while searching for his ideal (the past)." His ultimate aim, says the memo is to "destroy or nullify the future".

One member of the production team, probably Verity Lambert, who, at 27, was the series producer, seems to disagree. A scribbled note by the side reads: "Don't like this at all. Doctor Who will behave like a kind of father figure - I don't want him to be a reactionary."


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See a 1953 Crime Suspenstories tale illustrated by Frank Frazetta and Al Williamson.

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Gorilla's Don't Blog visits Disneyland's Tomorrow Land, circa 1961.

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See Plastic Man in Lego!

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Check out a rare Jim Flora-illustrated LP cover.

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Rick, who brings us the Plastic Man blog linked above along with On My Mind and Mail it to Team-Up, has started yet another blog(!), this one is dedicated to Comic Book Letterheads, in other words, those logos that appeared on the top of comic book letter columns, like this:

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