JAMES BOND An A - Z. A History Of Bond Trivia. ----------------------------- A: ACROJET: This tiny Acrojet aircraft featured in the pre-credits sequence of OCTOPUSSY - a sequence that director John Glen has gone on record as saying he believes is one of the series' best. KEN ADAM: Adam is the production designer responsible for some of the most extraordinary sets in film history. But is most famous as the man who gives the Bond films their look and feel. Films in the series that he has worked on include: DR NO, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME and MOONRAKER. His masterpiece must surley be the incredible volcano rocket base set for YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. AKI: Aki is an agent of the Japanese SIS in the Bond movie YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Portrayed in the film by Japanese actress (Akiko Wakabayashi). MAJOR ANYA AMASOVA: American actress (Barabara Bach) plays this character in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Also known as Agent Triple X, she's the Soviet Union's leading female agent. ANDREA ANDERS: Mistress of Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, Andrea is played by (Maude Adams). Miss Adams is the only female lead to appear in two Bond films. She also featured in OCTOPUSSY. ASTON MARTIN: Bond's famous gadget equipped car features in four of the films. It is most prominent in GOLDFINGER, where it is introduced for the first time. It then reappears in the pre-credits sequence of THUNDERBALL. For its last appearence during the sixties, it again shows up in OHMSS. Seventeen years later the car made a welcome comeback introducing the new Bond (Timothy Dalton) in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, although it was'nt the original car from the sixties. ATAC: The Automatic Targetting Communicator, a secret device that is lost at the beginning of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. AVENGERS: The famous adventure series from the sixties, has strong links with the Bond series. Three of the four leading ladies have appeared in the 007 series. Honor Blackman played Pussy Galore in GOLDFINGER. Diana Rigg and Joanna Lumley appeared in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. Rigg as one of the main characters Tracy, and Lumley as one of the girls at the Piz Gloria mountain top clinic. B: BARON SAMEDI: Voodoo god and chief of the Legion of the Dead in LIVE AND LET DIE. Portrayed by black American actor Geoffrey Holder. JOHN BARRY: Composer John Barry has been conected with the Bond series since it first started, way back in 1962. Such is the genius of Barry's work on the films, that a Bond film without a John Barry score always seems to have something missing. He has composed scores for eleven 007 adventures. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, OHMSS, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, MOONRAKER, OCTOPUSSY, A VIEW TO A KILL and THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. Highlights of his Bond career must include his work on the films, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE and OHMSS, with perhaps the last being his best. The remaining film scores in the series: DR NO. - Monty Norman (Although the Bond theme is arranged and played by the John Barry Seven). LIVE AND LET DIE - George Martin. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - Marvin Hamlish. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - Bill Conti. LICENCE TO KILL - Michael Kamen. RUBY BARTLETT: One of Blofeld's 'Angels of Death' in OHMSS. Played by English actress Angela Scoular. SHIRLEY BASSEY: International singing star Shirley Bassey is the only recording artist to sing more than one title song in the 007 series. She sang the title songs to GOLDFINGER, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER and MOONRAKER. GOLDFINGER, written by John Barry, Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley is perhaps the most popular song from a Bond film. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - By John Barry and Don Black. MOONRAKER - By John Barry and Hal David. BATHOSUB: Used by Bond's arch-rival Blofeld (Charles Gray) in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, as his Oil Rigg base is about to be destroyed at the end of the film. KERIM BEY: The head of Station T Turkey, Kerim Bey is played by Mexican actor Pedro Armendariz in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. MAURICE BINDER: Acclaimed title designer for most of the Bond series. Binder's credit sequences are renowned for innovative designs featuring tasteful nudes and striking effects. Also the designer of the famous gun barrell sequence seen at the begining of every James Bond adventure. COUNT DE BLEAUCHAMP: The title that Blofeld lays claim to in OHMSS. Bond arrives at Blofeld's mountain top hideout in the guise of Sir Hilary Bray (George Baker) in the pretence of checking on the matter. BLOFELD: Bond's most famous screen enemy and leader of the notorious SPECTRE. Blofeld is seen in six films in the series. Anthony Dawson played him in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, (Although the voice was supplied by Eric Pohlmann). In THUNDERBALL the unseen Blofeld was given the voice of actor Joseph Wiseman, 007's first screen foe, DR NO. The first real look at the character came in the next movie, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, where he turned up in the guise of Donald Pleasence. Telly Savalas next had the part in OHMSS. For his last appearence for many years, Blofeld cropped up in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, portrayed by actor Charles Gray. The characters final appearence in the series came in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, where Blofeld was unseen once more. WILLY BOGNER JNR: World-class champion skier Willy Bogner has provided an enormous amount of excitement in the series in his staging and filming of snow chase scenes. Bogner's first link with the series was his excellent work on the movie OHMSS, which contained some of the best action sequences in the whole series. Ten years years later he was back for FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. His last association with the series was the pre-credits scenes in A VIEW TO A KILL. TRACY BOND: Otherwise known as Countess Teresa di Vincenzo. Played by ex-Avengers girl, Diana Rigg, in the 1969 film OHMSS. The character of Tracy holds a unique position in the Bond series, in that throughout all the films, she is the only girl that Bond ever marries. Although she is killed at the end of the movie by Irma Bunt (Ilse Steppat), Blofeld's (Telly Savalas) assistant. BONDIAN HYPE: Advertising posters for the Bond films often incorporate a slogan for publicity purposes. DR NO - 'The First James Bond Film!' FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - 'James Bond Is Back!' GOLDFINGER - 'James Bond Back In Action!' THUNDERBALL - 'Look Up! Look Down! Look Out! Here Comes The Biggest Bond Of All!' YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - '... And Twice Is The Only Way To Live!' OHMSS - 'Far Up! Far Out! Far More! James Bond 007 Is Back!' THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - 'It's The Biggest! It's The Best! It's Bond And Beyond!' MOONRAKER - 'Now Outer Space Belongs To James Bond 007!' OCTOPUSSY - 'James Bond's All Time High!' A VIEW TO A KILL - 'Has James Bond Finally Met His Match!' THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS - 'Living On The Edge, It's The Only Way He Lives!' MAJOR BOOTHROYD: Popularly referred to as 'Q', Major Boothroyd is the British Secret Service gadget inventor and has been played in all but two of the movies by actor Desmond Llewelyn. The exceptions being, DR NO - Actor Peter Burton Made a brief appearence as the character at the beginning of the film. LIVE AND LET DIE - Unusual in that it is the only Bond film where the character does'nt appear at all. BOX-OFFICE: All of the Bond movies have been box-office smashes all over the world, but the film that is the most successful in box-office terms is THUNDERBALL, 1965. Adding inflation to the box-office receipts would still make the movie the most successful. In is not hard to see why, because at the time Bond was at his peak, after just having the enormous success with GOLDFINGER the previous year. SIR HILARY BRAY: Bond assumes the identity of Sir Hilary Bray (George Baker), an official of the College of Arms in London, in OHMSS. He does so in order to trap Blofed (Telly Savalas), who is laying claim to the title of Count de Bleauchamp to escape the authorities. MISS BRINK: A character appearing in the 12th Bond movie FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. Played by actress Jill Bennett in the film. CUBBY BROCCOLI: Albert Romolo Broccoli has produced all sixteen Bond films, from DR NO to THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. Broccoli produced the first nine films with his partner, Harry Saltzman. But when Saltzman split from the partnership after THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, Broccoli went solo on the next film in the series, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Ever since that release, he has been the sole producer on all subsiquent Bond films. PIERCE BROSNAN: When, after seven films, Roger Moore retired from the role of 007, the hunt was once more on for a new Bond. Hotly in the running for the role was Irish actor Pierce Brosnan, star of the television series Remmington Steel. But because of contractual difficulties the producers finally went for British actor Timothy Dalton, famed for his Shakespearian roles. A move that recieved both public and critical acclaim. BUGET BLOCKBUSTER: The final budget for MOONRAKER released in 1979 was more than thirty million dollars. This total exceeded the cost of the first eight 007 films put together. This only goes to prove that money is'nt everything, in while that the movie was still an entertaining one, it also proved to be one of the weakest Bonds in the series. IRMA BUNT: Irma Bunt is the female wardess and assistant to Ernst Stavro Blofeld at the SPECTRE allergy clinic of Piz Gloria in Switzerland. Played by German actress Ilse Steppat in OHMSS. C: SYD CAIN: Former RAF pilot Syd Cain was the production designer on three Bonds: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, OHMSS and LIVE AND LET DIE. PAULA CAPLAN: Bond's secret service aid in Nassau on the THUNDERBALL mission. Played in the film by English actress Martine Beswick. CAR CHASES: An exciting car chase has featured in all but two of the movies. The exceptions being, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and MOONRAKER. Perhaps the most memorable being in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, where Bond turns his car onto two wheels to escape his pursuers. MISS CARUSO: Italian secret agent Miss Caruso (Madeline Smith) is the first woman that Roger Moore as 007 makes love to on screen. Featured in the 1973 Bond, LIVE AND LET DIE. ROSIE CARVER: Rosie Carver is a double agent, working for the CIA, but also Mr Big in LIVE AND LET DIE. Played by Gloria Henry. TIFFANY CASE: Miss Case, played with supreme coolness by Jill St John, is the female lead in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, the Amsterdam link in the diamond smuggling pipeline. CASINO ROYALE: Two film versions of Fleming's first novel, Casino Royale, have been completed but neither involved Eon Productions. The first was an American television special in 1954, with American actor Barry Nelson appearing as the first 007. The second was for Columbia Pictures in 1966, which was a hugh spoof of the Bond series, and also a huge flop. Actors who portrayed Bond in the film were, David Niven, Peter Sellers and Woody Allen. MILOS COLUMBO: Known as The Dove, Columbo is a mysterious Greek figure who becomes involved with Bond's mission in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. Played by Isralie actor Topol. SEAN CONNERY: Arguably most peoples favorite Bond, Connery is the actor who will always be associated with this legendary character. Sean Connery was such a smooth and elegant Bond, it was hard to think how the producers were actually going to replace him. After making the first five Bond movies, DR NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Connery turned his back on the role, vowing never to play the role again. But after George Lazenby's ineffectual performance in OHMSS, he was tempted back for the next movie DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, which was of course a world-wide smash hit. Despite saying never again once more, he returned to the role one last time in the 1983 movie NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN, which was not an Eon Production, but produced by other hands. CRAB KEY: A fictitious island off Jamaica, where DR NO's complex is based. BIBI DAHL: The young protege of Kristatos, played by Lynn-Holly Johnson. From the film, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. TIMOTHY DALTON: Shakespearian actor Timothy Dalton was announced as the fourth screen 007 on August 6, 1986. This followed Roger Moore's retirement from the world of Bond after making A VIEW TO A KILL. After two Bond's alredy to his credit, Dalton is already firmly established as the world's favortie spy. His first movie being, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, which in actual fact was written for Roger Moore, but the actor had already left the series. Dalton's second Bond was one of the best since the Connery day's, LICENCE TO KILL. This film also holds a unique record in the world of Bond, in that it was the only time that a Bond movie had been given a '15' certificate, rather that the usual 'A' or 'PG'. DELTA 9: The nerve gas used in GOLDFINGER during the raid on Fort Knox, (Operation Grand Slam). PROFESSOR DENT: The first villainous scientist to feature in the series. Professor Dent (Anthony Dawson) is a metallurgist in the employ of DR NO. MAJOR FRANCOIS DERVAL: A NATO observer of the fatal Vulcan flight in THUNDERBALL. Played in the film by Paul Stassino. DIRECTORS: The sixteen Eon-produced films have been directed by five people, all but one of whom have had more than one shot at a Bond film. Terence Young directed DR NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL. Guy Hamilton directed GOLDFINGER, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, LIVE AND LET DIE and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. Lewis Gilbert directed YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME and MOONRAKER. Peter Hunt directed ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. John Geln directed FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, OCTOPUSSY, A VIEW TO A KILL, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS and LICENCE TO KILL, making him the most prolific of the Bond directors. Peter Hunt and John Glen made their directorial debuts on Bond films - Hunt with OHMSS and Glen with FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. Both served on earlier Bond productions in the capacity of editor and second unit director. DISCO VOLANTE: A sleek yacht, the Disco Volante, is an integral part of Emilio Largo's (Aldolfo Celi) operation in THUNDERBALL. DR NO: Famed as Bond's first screen villain, DR NO is the epitome of scientific evil. Played with suitable menace in the film by American actor Joseph Wiseman. DOMINO: Mistress of SPECTRE number two Emilio Largo in THUNDERBALL. Portrayed by French actress Claudine Auger. HUGO DRAX: Played by French actor Michael Lonsdale, Hugo Drax is the billionaire villain in MOONRAKER CORINNE DUFOUR: Hugo Drax's personal pilot in MOONRAKER. Played by French actress Corinne Clery. FAYE DUNAWAY: Film star Faye Dunaway has twice been linked with leading female roles in Bond films. In 1965 she was in the running for the part of Domino in THUNDERBALL, but nothing came of this, the part eventually going to Claudine Auger. Then in 1982 it was rumoured that she was to take the part of the title role of OCTOPUSSY, but the character was played in the feature by Maude Adams. E: EMPIRE CHEMICALS: Bond, posing as the mysterious Mr Fisher, claims to be the managing director of Empire Chemicals and Engineering of Tokyo during his mission in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. EON PRODUCTIONS: The Eon Productions film company which makes the Bond series was formed by a partnership between Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman in 1961. The company was created principally to bring 007 to the screen. The Partnership lasted until 1975 when Saltzman sold his interest in Bond to United Artists. Broccoli began producing the series on his own, starting with THE SPY WHO LOVED ME in 1977. F: JIM FANNING: Secret service art expert Jim Fanning (Douglas Wilmer) appears in OCTOPUSSY. He accompanies Bond to Sotherby's for the auction of a rare Faberge egg. FAVOURITES: Everybody has their own favourite Bond actor and Bond film, but if a general consensus was taken, most people would most probably state GOLDFINGER as the No1. It is cetainly the best known of the Bond series. Other movies in the running for top spot would probably be, OHMSS or THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Most peoples favourite 007 would surley be Sean Connery, as he created the character and was the first to bring him to the screen, although then again it would depend on what generation you came from, later generations would undoubtably choose Roger Moore. PATRICIA FEARING: A nurse at the Shrublands Health Clinic where Bond is sent to recuperate, presumably resting from the injuries suffered in the pre-credits sequences in THUNDERBALL. She saves Bond's life after the traction machine he is strapped to is sabotaged by SPECTRE agent Count Lippe (Guy Doleman). Played by actress Molly Peters in the movie. FIGHT SCENES: The Bond films have always had more than their fair share of fisticuffs. Fight scenes that stand out from others in the series are, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - Bond and SPECTRE agent Red Grant (Robert Shaw) having a savage fight on board the Orient Express. This sequence is perhaps the best fight scene in the entire series. THUNDERBALL - In the pre-credits sequence Bond kills SPECTRE agent Jack Boivard, who is posing as his own widow, at his funeral. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - Bond has a spectacular fight with a large Japanese SPECTRE agent in the Osato Chemicals building. But finally dispatches the man with the aid of a statue to the back of the head. OHMSS - During the pre-credits sequence Bond takes on two assasins on a Portugese beach, after having just rescued Tracy (Diana Rigg) from the sea. Certainly one of the very best fight sequences, this shows director Peter Hunt's flair for tight-knit, fast paced action scenes. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - Bond's fight in a moving elevator with diamond smuggler Peter Franks (Joe Robinson) is one of the most inventive fight scenes in the Bond series. The scene is brilliantly staged and executed by ace Bond stunt man Bob Simmons. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - Bond has a fight with one of Stromberg's (Curt Jurgens) men, on the top of an Egyptian building. A good fight scene which is well handled by director Lewis Gilbert and editor John Glen. FILLET OF SOUL: The Fillet of Soul chain of restaurants and bars across the United States features in LIVE AND LET DIE. The Business is in reality a cover for the activities of Mr Big's (Yaphet Kotto) heroin empire. FINGER TRAP: A deviously clever device - perhaps the nastiest in the series used by Bond - is the finger trap employed by 007 in the pre- credits sequence of DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. A guard working for Blofeld (Charles Gray) reaches into Bond's jacket to remove the Walther PPK and finds his fingers crushed in a trap. FLYING CAR: This fanciful piece of equipment belonged to Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. He uses it to escape from Bond during a high speed chase scene. FORT KNOX: The mighty American treasury bank that GOLDFINGER plans to rob. Eon Productions could not get permission from the authorities to film inside the bank, so production designer Ken Adam came up with his own set for the climatic action, one of his most spectacular set designs in the Bond series. PETER FRANKS: British smuggler Peter Franks appears in the 1971 Bond movie DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, played by Joe Robinson. Franks is later killed by Bond in a spectacular fight sequence in a moving elevator, in Tiffany Case's (Jill St John) flat. G: PUSSY GALORE: Honor Blackman, best known for her stylish appearences in the early series of the television adventure, The Avengers, plays Pussy Galore in GOLDFINGER. If nothing else the character was cretainly one of Ian Fleming's most memorable characters from the books. GEIGER COUNTER: The first gadget to feature in the series is a geiger counter, used by 007 in DR NO. LEWIS GILBERT: Popular British director Lewis Gilbert has directed three Bond Films, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME and MOONRAKER. Having directed Connery in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Gilbert returned to the series after a ten-year gap to direct THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, certainly one of the best of the series. Gilbert is particularly talented at presenting an epic scope to a picture and this is evident in the Japanese location scenes for YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE and the Egyptian episodes of THE SPY WHO LOVE ME. JOHN GLEN: Having served as editor and second unit director on OHMSS, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME and MOONRAKER, Bristish director John Glen was given his first chance as a Bond director on the 1981 adventure, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, which made a welcome return to the sixties style of the Bond films. Glen's particular strength is his handling of action sequences, a trait he shares with Peter Hunt, another editor-turned- director. Glen is also the most prolific Bond director, with five pictures to his credit. GOBINDA: Kamal Khan's (Louis Jourdan) right hand man in OCTOPUSSY. Played by Indian actor Kabir Bedi. GENERAL GOGOL: The KGB equivalent of 'M', General Gogol, is first introduced in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Other appearences for the character were in MOONRAKER, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, OCTOPUSSY, A VIEW TO A KILL and THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. Played by Walter Gotell, Gotell also appeared as the SPECTRE trainer Morzeny in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. AURIC GOLDFINGER: GOLDFINGER is one of the series most popular villains and is played with style and conviction by German actor Gert Frobe. GOLDFINGER is the only villain of the Connery era not to be backed by SPECTRE. HOLLY GOODHEAD: Dr Holly Goodhead, who appears in MOONRAKER, is in reality a CIA agent, who during the picture teams up with Bond to smash super villain Hugo Drax's (Michael Lonsdale) insane plan to take over the world. Played by American actress Lois Chiles. Certainly one of the most atractive of Bond's leading ladies. MARY GOODNIGHT: British Secret Service agent Mary Goodnight is featured in the 1974 Bond adventure THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. Played in the film by Sweedish actress Britt Ekland. DONALD GRANT: Otherwise known as Red Grant, Grant is one of the most enduring images of the early films. The character is involved in possibly the most exciting fight sequence in the Bond series, where he and Bond go one on one in the cramped confines of a train compartment in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Played with menace and coolness by the late Robert Shaw. H: GUY HAMILTON: A highly respected British director, Guy Hamilton's success with his first Bond picture, GOLDFINGER, resulted in Eon Productions asking him to direct three other Bonds: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, LIVE AND LET DIE and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. On each film Hamilton did an excellent job, his forte being high polish, panache and lighthearted wit. MELINA HAVELOCK: The female lead in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. Played by French actress and model, Carole Bouquet. HELGA: SPECTRE number eleven in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Helga is the personal assistant to SPECTRE agent Mr Osato (Teru Shimada). Portrayed in the movie by German actress Karin Dor. HENDERSON: Bond's contact in Japan during the initial stages of YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Played by suave British actor Charles Gray. Gray would return to the Bond series four-years later as Bond's arch-enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld. HI-FAT: Oriental industrialist and employer of Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. Played by Chinese actor Richard Loo. HIGH NOTES: The scores for the Bond films have produced some of the most memorable songs to emerge from the cinema over the past thirty- years. Chief contributer is Yorkshire-born composer John Barry who IS the James Bond composer. A list of artists involved in the various theme songs follows. DR NO - James Bond theme played by the John Barry Seven. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - Sung by Matt Monro. GOLDFINGER - Sung by Shirley Bassey. THUNDERBALL - Sung by Tom Jones. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - Sung by Nancy Sinatra. OHMSS - Main instrumental by John Barry. Song 'We Have All The Time In The World' performed by Louis Armstrong. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - Sung by Shirley Bassey. LIVE AND LET DIE - Sung by Paul McCartney and Wings. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN - Sung by Lulu. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - Theme, 'Nobody Does It Better' sung by Carly Simon. MOONRAKER - Sung by Shirley Bassey. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - Sheena Easton. OCTOPUSSY - Theme, 'All Time High' sung by Rita Coolidge. A VIEW TO A KILL - Sung by Duran Duran. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS - Sung by Aha. LICENCE TO KILL - Sung by Gladys Knight. The highest chart placing of any Bond theme was Duran Duran's A VIEW TO A KILL, which made number two in 1985. Possibly the best themes are those for GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, a brilliant instrumental by John Barry for OHMSS, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER and THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. ALAN HUME: London-born cameraman Hume has been the director of photography on three Bond pictures, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, OCTOPUSSY and A VIEW TO A KILL. PETER HUNT: Having worked for Eon Productions as an editor from DR NO onwards and as a second unit director on YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Peter Hunt directed just one Bond film, OHMSS - the picture that introduced George Lazenby as Bond. As befits a former editor, Hunt is an extremely fast-paced director and his action sequences in OHMSS are superbly staged and remain among the best in the series. His one Bond film at the helm, dispensed with a good deal of the gimmickry and turned out the Bond movie, that along side FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, remain the most faithful to the Ian Fleming novels. I: IDENTIGRAPH: A device used by Bond to identify suspect Emile Leopold Locque (Michael Gothard) in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD FOR STATELESS PERSONS: The IBFSP is a charitable cover used by SPECTRE in the 1965 007 adventure THUNDERBALL. The offices of the Brotherhood are situated in Paris and mask the inner sanctum of SPECTRE. POLA IVANOVA: A KGB agent of General Gogol (Walter Gotell), Pola Ivanova (Fiona Fullerton) is assigned by her chief to discover the exact nature of Max Zorin's (Christopher Walken) plot in A VIEW TO A KILL. J: JAMAICA: A favourite location for Ian Fleming's novels and short stories, the Caribbean island of Jamaica has featured in two Bond films, DR NO and LIVE AND LET DIE. JAWS: The 1977 Bond movie THE SPY WHO LOVED ME first introduced this popular Bond character into the series, after which he was such a success, that he was back again for the next movie in the series, MOONRAKER. Played in both films by seven-foot two-inches actor Richard Kiel. JET PACK: Bond uses this marvellous invention to escape pursuing guards, in one of the most exciting and inventive pre-credits sequences in THUNDERBALL. The jet pack, far from being a prop, was being tested during the time THUNDERBALL was made. The armed forces of the United States were working on the device and the Pentagon gave permission for a jet pack, along with a trained operator, to be flown across to France - the location for the sequence - for use by Eon Productions. But the jet pack was later discarded by the Pentagon because of technical difficulties. JUPITER 16: The name of the space capsule stolen by the SPECTRE interceptor rocket in the pre-credits sequence of YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Jupiter 16 is manned by two astronauts, played by Norman Jones and Paul Carson. K: PRINCE KAMAL KHAN: The main villian of the 1983 adventure OCTOPUSSY. Played with smoothness and charm by popular French actor Louis Jourdan. DR KANANGA: Alter-ego of principal villain Mr Big in LIVE AND LET DIE. American actor Yaphet Kotto plays both parts in the movie. KISS, KISS, BANG, BANG: In the early 1960s, Italian audiences nicknamed 007 Mr Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang. In response to this, composer John Barry wrote a song entitled 'Mr Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang' which appears on the soundtrack of the album of THUNDERBALL. KISS-KISS CLUB: The Kiss-Kiss nightclub in the Bahamas is near where Bond is shot in the leg by SPECTRE agents. He hides in the club during the Junkanoo sequences of THUNDERBALL. ROSA KLEBB: Formerly a high ranking Soviet official, Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) has joined SPECTRE by the time of the FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE operation. Lenya is most impressive as the evil Klebb. This piece of casting, reputedly made by Harry Saltzman, is one of the most successful of the series. KRISTATOS: Greek tycoon Kristatos features in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. Seemingly a helpful allie to Bond, he is in fact a soviet agent who turns out to be Bond's chief adversary. Played by British actor Julian Glover. LADY-KILLER: Bond kills a woman intentionally only once in the series. This happens in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME when Bond destroys a helicopter being piloted by Stromberg's assistant Naomi (Caroline Munro). PETER LAMONT: Staring with GOLDFINGER, production designer Peter Lamont has been employed on every Bond film since. He has progressed from chief draughtsman, through to assistant art director, set director and art director before becoming production designer from FOR YOUR EYES ONLY onwards. Lamont was nominated for an Oscar as art director on THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. EMILIO LARGO: Number two in the SPECTRE hierarchy, Emilio Largo is Blofeld's field commander when two atomic bombs are stolen from the NATO powers in THUNDERBALL. Well played in the film by Italian actor Adolfo Celi. LAZAR: Portuguese gun and bullet maker Lazar (Marne Maitland), is featured in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. Lazar is the supplier of Scaramanga's golden bullets. GEORGE LAZENBY: Following Sean Connery's refusal to continue with the Bond role after YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Eon Productions were forced to search for a new James Bond. Eventually, George Lazenby, an Australian male model who had arrived in England in 1964 and had appeared in Fry's Chocolate television commercials, was chosen by the producers who were impressed by his looks and his physique. Lazenby's reign was brief. He made one film, ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. Lazenby's problems seemed to stem from his inexperience and age - it was his first screen role and he had little time to prepare. He was just twenty-nine when he made the movie - making him rather young for Fleming's hero. Although Lazenby was certainly no replacement for the excellent Connery, who had already made James Bond his own, over a series of five pictures, OHMSS is regarded by many fans of the 007 series as the best in that it adheres most strongly to Fleming's book. A shame that Connery had already left the series, because if he had made this one, it would have been the perfect James Bond movie. FELIX LEITER: One of the most popular characters in the Bond series is American CIA agent Felix Leiter, who has helped Bond on numerous missions. The character first appeared on screen in the guise of Jack Lord in the first Bond, DR NO. Two years later the agent was played by Cec Linder in GOLDFINGER. The following film THUNDERBALL featured Rik Van Nutter as Felix. In 1971 Leiter returned in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER played by Norman Burton. He was back the following year in LIVE AND LET DIE, this time played by David Hedison. After this appearence the character did'nt appear until seven pictures later, when he turned up in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS played by John Terry. In the next film in the series LICENCE TO KILL, David Hedison was back playing the character, which makes him the only actor to have played the CIA man more than once. LEKTOR DECODER: The Russian decoding device, with which SPECTRE intends to lure James Bond to an ignominious death in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. LIPARUS: Stromberg's (Curt Jurgen's) massive oil tanker, which he uses to capture nuclear submarines in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. COUNT LIPPE: SPECTRE agent based at the Shrublands Health Clinic near a NATO airbase in THUNDERBALL. Lippe tries to kill Bond when he increases the speed of the traction device, The Rack, to which 007 is strapped to stretch the spine during his stay at the clinic. Played by Guy Doleman. LISL: Mistress of Columbo (Topol) in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. Played by Australian actress Cassandra Harris. LITTLE NELLIE: The amazing autogyro used by Bond to dispatch several SPECTRE helicopters in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Flown in the film by its inventor and designer Wing Commander Ken Wallis. The ensuing dogfight with the SPECTRE helicopters is one of the highlights of the series. EMILE LEOPOLD LOCQUE: Enforcer in the Brussels underworld, Locque is the silent killer working for Kristatos (Julian Glover) in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. Played in the film by English actor Michael Gothard. LONDON OPENING DATES: The opening dates for each film in James Bond's home town were: DR NO - 6th October 1962 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - 10th October 1963 GOLDFINGER - 17th September 1964 THUNDERBALL - 29th December 1965 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - 11th April 1967 ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE - 18th December 1969 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - 30th December 1971 LIVE AND LET DIE - 5th July 1973 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN - 19th December 1974 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - 7th July 1977 MOONRAKER - 26th June 1979 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - 24th June 1981 OCTOPUSSY - 6th June 1983 A VIEW TO A KILL - 12th June 1985 THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS - 29th June 1987 LICENCE TO KILL - 15th June 1989 All but three of the Bond films have opened at The Odeon, Leicester Square in London. The three exceptions are, DR NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL, all of which opened at the London Pavilion. The shortest gap between Bonds was that between FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and GOLDFINGER, a period of eleven months. The longest was between YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE and OHMSS, a gap of almost thirty-two months. LOTUS ESPRIT: After the Aston Martin, Bond's most famous screen gadget. An amazing piece of equipment, that is not only a super-fast car, but at the flick of a switch, turns itself into a submarine, as used in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Sequences featuring the car are the highlight of the film. M: 'M': Admiral Sir Miles Messery KCMG, head of MI7 and known in the series as 'M', is almost as important a character as 007. For without 'M' to give the orders, there would be no missions for Bond to undertake. Played with suitable crustiness by Bernard Lee for more than seventeen years, and played latterly by the slightly more paternal Robert Brown. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY is the only feature in which the character does not appear. Made just after the death of Bernard Lee, the film tells us that 'M' is 'on leave' and on this occasion the Chief Of Staff, Bill Tannner (James Villiers), deputises for him. Played by Bernard Lee from DR NO to MOONRAKER and Robert Brown from OCTOPUSSY onwards. MI7: The deparment in which Bond works for British Intelligence is MI7. We learn at the beginning of DR NO that 'M' (Bernard Lee) is head of operations for MI7 and that since he took over the helm there has been a forty per cent drop in casualties. MAC'S BACKTRACK: Patrick McGoohan, star of Dangerman, a popular television adventure series of the 1960s, was said to have turned down the opportunity to play Bond in DR NO, because he objected to the role on moral grounds. MAGDA: A charming lady in OCTOPUSSY, Magda is heavily involved with the title character and her partner in crime, Prince Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan). Played by Sweedish actress Kristina Wayborn. RICHARD MAIBAUM: Veteran American screenwriter Maibaum, has been the most prolific writer on the series over the past thirty-years. He has written and co-written DR NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, OHMSS, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, OCTOPUSSY, A VIEW TO A KILL, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS and LICENCE TO KILL. Maibaums contribution to the series cannot be overestimated, as it is he's consitently excellent screenwriting that has made Bond what he is today. MAINSTRIKE MINE: The Mainstrike Mine is the focal point of Max Zorin's (Christopher Walken) evil designs in A VIEW TO A KILL. TOM MANKIEWICZ: American screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz was credited as a screenwriter on three Bonds: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, LIVE AND LET DIE and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN were co-wrote with Richard Maibaum. THE MASTERSONS: Jill and Tilly Masterson (Shirley Eaton and Tania Mallett) are the sisters who meet death because of their involvement with master villain, GOLDFINGER (Gert Frobe). Jill is killed, when in one of the most memorable scenes from the series, she is covered in gold paint and dies from skin suffocation. Tilly meets her end at the hands of Oddjob (Harold Sakata) and his hat with the razor-sharp band. MAY DAY: The striking figure from the Bond movie A VIEW TO A KILL. May Day is the bodyguard and lover to Max Zorin (Christopher Walken). Played by model and singer Grace Jones. METZ: Dr Metz is the scientist working for Blofeld in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. Metz is the designer of the super laser which Blofeld hopes to use to blackmail the world once again. The character is played by Joseph Furst. MISS MONEYPENNY: Private secretary and personal assistant to the head of the British Secret Service, 'M', Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell) was a permanent fixture in the first fourteen films. For twenty-three years the Canadian actress played the part and is the only person to appear in the first fourteen films. Lois Maxwell played Miss Moneypenny from DR NO in 1962, to A VIEW TO A KILL in 1985. The next film in the series after this, not only had a new Bond (Timothy Dalton), but also a new Moneypenny (Caroline Bliss), who repeated the role in 1989's LICENCE TO KILL. ROGER MOORE: Following George Lazenby's one-shot at the role in OHMSS and Sean Connery's one-off return in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, it was announced on August 1st 1972 at the Dorchester Hotel, London, that Roger Moore was to be the next James Bond. Roger Moore became James Bond in his 46th year, the oldest actor to play the part. He made seven 007 films, the same number as Sean Connery. They were: LIVE AND LET DIE, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, MOONRAKER, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, OCTOPUSSY and A VIEW TO A KILL. Whilst not quite giving the films the extra punch they had with Connery in the role, it was hard to see how the producers could have made a better choice at the time. Moore's Bond films do sometimes go alarmingly over to comedy on too many occassions, but then again the actor kept the series going throughout the seventies and eighties and is still many peoples choice as the best Bond. If anything the description and character of Bond from Ian Fleming's novels, suited Moore better than it did Connery. The actor had a twelve-year reign as Bond, which is the longest. TED MOORE: South African born cinematographer Ted Moore added his expertise to good effect in DR NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. SIR DONALD MUNGER: First to alert the British Goverment to diamond smuggling activities in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER is Sir Donald Munger (Laurence Naismith), head of the London-based diamond syndicate. This leads Bond and the secret service to Blofeld's (Charles Gray) trail. N: NAOMI: A female receptionist employed by Stromberg (Curt Jurgens) in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Naomi is killed by Bond when he brings down her helicopter by means of a missile fired from his Lotus esprit. Played by former model Caroline Munro. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN: The second non-Eon produced Bond film, the first was Casino Royale in 1967, Never Say Never Again was released in 1983. This picture marked the return of Sean Connery to the role of 007 - twelve years after his final Eon appearence in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. The story is basically a remake of the 1965 Bond, THUNDERBALL. Never Say Never Again is a better film than Casino Royale but is nevertheless disappointing. Directed by Irvin Kershner of The Empire Strikes Back fame, the film suffers from a confused and lack-lustre script, a dreary Michel Legrand score and flat production values. Connery's performance is as always excellent, but the movie is nowhere near as good as the original THUNDERBALL, one of the best Bond movies of the sixties. NICK NACK: Diminutive French actor Herve Villechaize contributes the character of Nick Nack in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. The character is a highly enjoyable addition to the rogues gallery of Bondian henchmen. O: OCTOPUSSY: Maude Adams 'OCTOPUSSY' is the only female character to take the title role in the series. She is also the only actress to make a return in a starring role in the series. She had previously played Andrea Anders in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. ODDJOB: Played by Harold Sakata, Oddjob in GOLDFINGER is the blueprint for the Bondian bodyguard and thug - a tough, seemingly indestructable barrier between 007 and his chief adversary. The character is one of the most famous and enjoyable creations for a Bond film. Sakata, a professional wrestler, died in 1982 aged sixty-two. GENERAL ORLOV: A renegade Russian General and one of the chief protagonists in OCTOPUSSY. Played by actor, writer and director Steven Berkoff. PLENTY O'TOOLE: Good-time girl Plenty O'Toole (Lana Wood - sister of Natalie) meets Bond in a Las Vegas gambling joint while 007 is posing as diamond smuggler Peter Franks in the 1971 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. P: PARACHUTES: In keeping with the Bond producers' liking for aerial sequences to provide excitement, parachutes have appeared in many Bond films. Various films featured the device, but surley the most spectacular and original was during the pre-credits sequence for MOONRAKER, where Bond and an assassin battle it out in mid air for a single parachute. This sequence is superbly done and is one of the series all-time best, it was easily the best thing about the movie. SHERIFF J.W. PEPPER: Louisiana State policeman, Sheriif J. W. Pepper (Clifton James), is a character providing comic relief in two consecutive Bond films. He first appears in LIVE AND LET DIE, and then returns by popular demand in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. PINEWOOD STUDIOS: Built in 1935, Pinewood studios has been the traditional home of the Bond series since DR NO in 1962. Every Bond picture was made there, with just two exceptions: MOONRAKER, which had to use certain studios in France, because of tax reasons and LICENCE TO KILL, which had most of the movie completed at studios in Mexico. Q: Q-BRANCH: The equipment and gadget section of MI7. Some of the most memorable gadgets: The trick-tech Aston Martin in GOLDFINGER, the jet pack used in THUNDERBALL, Little Nellie, the autogyro as used in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, the Lotus Esprit submarine car from THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. R: THE RACK: The traction device found in the Shrublands Health Farm in THUNDERBALL. This is designed to stretch the spine. But SPECTRE agent Count Lippe (Guy Doleman) sabotages the machine when it is used by 007 - hoping the British agent will be torn limb from limb. HONEY RIDER: The first female lead in the series is Honey Rider, played by Ursula Andress, many peoples favourite Bond girl. The first meeting between Bond and Honey in DR NO is regarded by many as a classic scene of British cinema. TATIANA ROMANOVA: Featured in the second Bond film FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, Tatiana is played by Italian actress Daniela Bianchi. Another favourite Bond girl with many people. RUNNING TIMES: As would be expected, running times in the series vary but most Bond movies average 120-130 minutes, about par for the course for most action films. The shortest 007 epic is DR NO which lasts 105 minutes and the longest is OHMSS which runs for 140 minutes. S: HARRY SALTZMAN: Canadian-born film producer Harry Saltzman co-produced nine Bond movies with Cubby Broccoli between 1962 and 1974. After THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN his interest waned in the series and he sold out to United Artists. He and Broccoli pricipally formed their production company 'Eon' to bring James Bond to the silver screen. Saltzman's contribution has been missed from the series, because it was some of his inventive ideas in the early films that have made them 'classics'. BERT SAXBY: Casino manager at the Whyte House Hotel in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. Played by veteran Hollywood actor Bruce Cabot. SCARAMANGA: This chilling character is portaryed by the excellent Christopher Lee in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. Scaramanga is one of the coolest of the Bond villians. The movie was certainly one of Roger Moore's best as James Bond, and had a certain exotic and atmospheric air to it, mainly because of its beautiful Thailand locations. SHRUBLANDS: The Shrublands Health Clinic situated near a NATO airbase in Sussex is the setting for much of the early action in THUNDERBALL. James Bond is sent to Shrublands presumably to recover from the wounds he received during the pre-credits sequence when he successfully managed to eliminate Colonel Jack Boivard at a chateau in France. SILICON VALLEY: Heartland of the US electronic industry in California. The valley becomes the target for Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) in A VIEW TO A KILL. BOB SIMMONS: Veteran stuntman Bob Simmons has been involved with the series since the beginning. Simmons has contributed a variety of highly original fight sequences to the films. Simmons doubled for Connery in the memorable fight aboard the Orient Express in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, while in THUNDERBALL, Simmons found himself wearing a dress and high heels while doubling as an actor playing a SPECTRE agent disguised as a woman. Perhaps Simmons most classic fight scenes from the series was the one in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, where Bond takes on a large Japanese assasin in the Osato Chemicals building, and the stunning fight between Connery and Joe Robinson - playing Peter Franks - in the enclosed space of an elevator in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. SOLEX AGITATOR: The Solex Agitator is the device that Bond is after in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, which has fallen into the hands of assasin, Scaramanga (Christopher Lee). SPECTRE: The Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion is an organisation founded and headed by Ernst Stavro Blofeld and plays an integral part in every early film with the exception of GOLDFINGER. Perhaps SPECTRE's most audacious crime caper was the kidnapping of Russian and American space capsules in orbit in the 1967 Bond movie YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. SPIRAL JUMP: The scene in which Bond, in an American Motors Corporation Matador car, jumps over a river in Thailand to chase Scaramanga is not only one of the highlights of THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, but also of the series. Bond completes a 360-degree spin with this mid-air spiral jump. The stunt was performed by W. J. Milligan Junior. The mathematical and computer technology used to claculate the stunt was furnished by Calspan Corporation of Buffalo, New York. KARL STROMBERG: The villian with the love of under-sea life in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Played by German actor Curt Jurgens. STACEY SUTTON: Tanya Roberts plays this character in Roger Moore's swan-song as 007, A VIEW TO A KILL. KISSY SUZUKI: Japanese agent Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama) in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE lives on the fishing island of Ama off the coast of Japan. 007 has a fake marrige with Kissy - as a prelude to the attack on Blofeld's volcano headquaters. T: TIGER TANAKA: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE introduces Tiger Tanaka (Tetsuro Tamba). Cheeful head of Japanese SIS, Tanaka is in charge of a force of highly- trained Ninja warriors - experts in the ancient arts of concealment. The ninja's attack on Blofeld's volcano-rocket base made the movie one of the most spectacular of the 007 adventures. TEE-HEE: Tee-Hee is the henchman with the artificial arm in LIVE AND LET DIE. Played in the film by American actor Julius W. Harris. U: UNIFORM APPEARENCE: As a Royal Navy commander, 007 is seen to wear a Naval uniform just twice in the series. After his fake murder in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Bond is buried at sea in full uniform, whilst in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, Bond wears a uniform when meeting with the Minister of Defence. UNION CORSE: The Mafia-style organisation headed by Marc-Ange Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti), in OHMSS. Draco is also the father of Tracy (Diana Rigg) - the ill-fated Mrs Bond. V: VIRUS OMEGA: The virus developed by Blofeld in OHMSS. The virus is the weapon intended for use in Blofeld's bacteriological assault on world crops and livestock. FIONA VOLPE: SPECTRE agent Fiona is played by Italian actress Luciana Paluzzi in THUNDERBALL. The true nature of her activities is apparent to 007 when he discovers she is wearing a SPECTRE ring. W: WALTHER PPK: Bond's most famous weapon is seen in almost all the movies, with the exception of MOONRAKER, where he is never seen to carry the famous handgun. WET-BIKE: A gimmickry cross between a speedboat and a motor-cycle adds yet another dimension of fun to water sport in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. The wet-bike was furnished by Artic Enterprises of Thief River Falls, Minnesota. WIILARD WHYTE: Mysterious billionaire Willard Whyte is one of the central characters in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. Played by Jimmy Dean. MICHAEL G. WILSON: Wilson joined Eon Productions in 1972 as a legal administrator. In 1977 he was named as assistant to the producer on THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Wilson then became executive producer on MOONRAKER, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and OCTOPUSSY. He was then elevated to co-produce with Broccoli on A VIEW TO A KILL, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS and LICENCE TO KILL. He has also contributed in the role of screenwriter. Co-scripting with Richard Maibaum, he helped produce the scripts for FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, OCTOPUSSY, A VIEW TO A KILL, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS and LICENCE TO KILL. Wilson's involvement with the series has more than made up for the departure of Harry Saltzman. WOMAN TROUBLES: Surprisingly for such a gentleman, Bond has resorted to force and struck the fairer sex on four occasions in front of the camera. In FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, he gives a slap to a startled Tatania Romanova (Daniela Bianchi), then in OHMSS, he slaps Tracy (Diana Rigg), after she pulls a gun on him in his hotel room. Tiffany Case (Jill St John) gets a smack from Bond in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER after she becomes difficult in the face of his questions. The most vicious though comes in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, where Bond roughs up Andrea Anders (Maude Adams) after gaining entry to her hotel suite, and even threatens to break her arm unless she comes up with the right answers to his questions. The pre-credits sequence in THUNDERBALL purports to show Bond punching a woman on the chin. But the 'woman' turns out to be a male enemy agent in disguise. CHRISTOPHER WOOD: British screenwriter Christopher Wood co-wrote THE SPY WHO LOVED ME with Richard Maibaum. He received a solo screenplay credit for MOONRAKER. Wood also penned two paperback novelisations of scripts on which he worked. Y: TERENCE YOUNG: The original Bond director and helmsman of three of the first four Bond films. The films to his credit were, DR NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL which are all considered to be classics of the early Bond era. Perhaps his best film of the three is FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE with its exotic style and mysterious characters. When signed up to direct the first Bond DR NO, Young was also in the fortunate position of being one of the few directors to have worked with Sean Connery before. He directed him in a 1957 movie called 'Action of the Tiger'. The two enjoyed a good working relationship and it was this that helped create the screen image of Connery/Bond. Z: MAX ZORIN: The chief villain in Roger Moore's last 007 adventure, A VIEW TO A KILL. Played by American actor Christopher Walken, who has a penchant for playing psychotic characters.