Forbidden Planet, at Clifton Heights in Bristol, closed in December 2023 after a fire in the building above it. The shop's stock was destroyed by the water and chemicals used to fight the fire.

Almost exactly a year after it was badly damaged by fire, a landmark Bristol store is set to reopen next week. And Forbidden Planet, the world’s largest and best-known science fiction ...

In the realm of retro science fiction cinema, "Forbidden Planet" is unanimously considered a Hollywood classic and ranks at the top of almost any serious list of seminal outer space films.