Forbidden Planet

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Past Events

Dec. 8, 2018: Giant Days: Early Registration Signing

John Allison signs GIANT DAYS: EARLY REGISTRATION at Forbidden Planet Cambridge on Saturday 8th December from 1 – 2pm.

Take a trip through the past in these rare Giant Days stories, to learn the origin of Daisy, Esther and Susan’s friendship, and see them embark on orientation, getting-to-know-you-exercises, and collisions with a secret society devoted to Black Metal, among other exploits!

Collecting John Allison’s original, self-published Giant Days stories, Giant Days: Early Registration takes us back to our favourite characters’ first quarter of university and their initial misadventures!

John Allison is the writer and artist of the webcomics Bobbins, Scary Go Round and Bad Machinery. Spinoffs of his strips include Giant Days, and several standalone books including Murder She Writes and That. The stories all take place in common fictional world, with several characters appearing across different strips and titles.

Sept. 2, 2017: Doctor Who Convention Special Signing

Richard Dinnick will be signing Titan Comics’ DOCTOR WHO 2017 CONVENTION SPECIAL at the Forbidden Planet Cambridge on Saturday 2nd September from 1:00 – 2:00 PM!

PART OF OUR DOCTOR WHO DAY CELEBRATIONS!

When the Doctor and Bill get entangled in the hunt for an impossibly rare action figure, their journey takes them all across time and space!

Richard Dinnick is writer of TV, books and comics for the BBC, ITV and Disney writing on Thunderbirds Are Go, Tree Fu Tom and Go Jetters amongst others. He also has several TV dramas in development. He has written books and short stories for Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes and Stargate. Richard is now writing on Titan’s Doctor Who comic range and Legendary Entertainment is developing his first graphic novel.

Sept. 10, 2015: Doctor Who: Royal Blood Signing

UNA McCORMACK will be signing DOCTOR WHO: ROYAL BLOOD, at Forbidden Planet Cambridge on Thursday 10th September from 1:00 – 2:00 PM!

“The Grail is a story, a myth! It didn’t exist on your world! It can’t exist here!”

The city-state of Varuz is failing. Duke Aurelian is the last of his line, his capital is crumbling, and the armies of his enemy, Duke Conrad, are poised beyond the mountains to invade. Aurelian is preparing to gamble everything on one last battle. So when a holy man, the Doctor, comes to Varuz from beyond the mountains, Aurelian asks for his blessing in the war.

However, all is not what it seems in Varuz. The city- guards have lasers for swords, and the halls are lit by electric candlelight. Aurelian’s beloved wife, Guena, and his most trusted knight, Bernhardt, seem to be plotting to overthrow their Duke, and Clara finds herself drawn into their intrigue…

Will the Doctor stop Aurelian from going to war? Will Clara’s involvement in the plot against the Duke be discovered? Why is Conrad’s ambassador so nervous? And who are the ancient and weary knights who arrive in Varuz claiming to be on a quest for the Holy Grail.

Una McCormack is a New York Times bestselling author. She has written two Doctor Who novels featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory: The King’s Dragon and The Way through the Woods, as well as several audio dramas for Big Finish. She lives in Cambridge with her partner, Matthew, and their daughter, Verity.

March 22, 2014: Hellboy Day

March 22 marks the twentieth anniversary of Mike Mignola's career-defining release of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1. After the character's somewhat humble beginnings in an eight-page feature in Dark Horse's San Diego Comic-Con Comics special, Seed of Destruction would begin the long life of the beloved "beast of the apocalypse."

In December, Dark Horse declared that March 22, 2014, would be Hellboy Day, with events happening in comic shops around the world!

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