Forbidden planet at the Bass Cellar
For sci-fi fans: the famous comic and science-fiction bookshop Forbidden Planet was established here at No. 23 in 1978 before moving to New Oxford Street and becoming an international chain. Rumor has it that when Douglas Adams attempted to attend a signing for the first The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy book in October 1979, the queue to the shop was so long that Adams thought a demonstration was taking place elsewhere.
Sources: Wikipedia, https://www.chateaudenmark.com/journal/no-21-25-across-time
Guide me
Hear this story where it happened, along with the others around it. Say how many days you have and what you are into, and we put together a route through these places, with a voice guide telling each story as you arrive.
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Regent Sound and the Rolling Stones 4 Denmark St, London WC2H 8LP, UK -
New Musical Express 5 Denmark St, London WC2H 8LU, UK -
Where The Sex Pistols lived and worked 6 Denmark St, London WC2H 8LX, UK -
Who’s Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts? 7 Denmark St, London WC2H 8LZ, UK -
The first and the last music publishers 8 Denmark St, London WC2H 8LS, UK -
Giaconda Cafe 9 Denmark St, West End, London WC2H 8LS, UK
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Denmark Productions and The Kinks 25 Denmark St, London WC2H 8NJ, UK · 14 m -
Denmark Street Studios 22 Denmark St, London WC2H 8NG, UK · 14 m -
Worst fire since WWII 18 Denmark Place, London WC2H 8NL, UK · 19 m -
Elton John’s song from the roof 20 Denmark St, London WC2H 8NA, UK · 25 m -
London’s most famous guitar shop 27 Denmark St, London WC2H 8NJ, UK · 30 m
Written by Holly Golightly
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