ACROSTAR MINI JET

Miniature jet aircraft flown by James Bond (Roger Moore) in the Octopussy teaser. After his plan to destroy a top secret South American radar system goes awry, Bond escapes in his plane, hotly pursued by a heat-seeking anti-aircraft missile.

QUARREL

Cayman Islander associate of James Bond (Sean Connery) portrayed by John Kitzmiller in Dr. No, one of the truly fun characters in the Bond series. Even in the early 1960s, Quarrel was a throwback to an earlier era when wide-eyed black sidekicks such as Eddie “Rochester” Anderson and Willie Best were common.

IMPULSE CONDUCTOR CIRCUIT

The area surrounding the detonation chamber of the nuclear missile that James Bond (ROGER MOORE) disassembles in The Spy Who Loved Me. The circuit is magnetic, and if Bond touche

LUFTHANSA

German airline that flies James Bond (SEAN CONNERY), Tiffany case (JILL ST. JOHN), Mr. Wint (BRUCE GLOVER), and Mr. Kidd (PUTTER SMITH) from Amsterdam to Los Angeles in Diamonds Are Forever. The

THUNDERBALL CONTINUITY PROBLEMS

One of the major complaints about the 1965 James Bond movie Thunderball is the presence of some glaring continuity errors.

DR. NO (United Artists,1962)

The first James Bond movie produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. US release date: May 8, 1963. Budget: $1 million. Worldwide box office gross: $59.6 million

HANG GLIDER

A method of airborne transportation used by James Bond (Roger Moore) in both Live and Let Die and Moonraker. In actuality, the idea originated with Diamonds Are Forever screenwriter Richard Maibaum. In one of the early drafts of that film, Bond uses a glider to find Marie

GIANNINI, GIANCARLO

Academy Award–nominated Italian actor who portrayed Rene Mathis, local liaison to James Bond (Daniel Craig) in Montenegro in Casino Royale. He returned in Quantum of Solace, helping Bond infiltrate the SPECTRE organization.

INFRARED SUNGLASSES

Card-cheating device used by Soviet masterspy Le Chiffre (ORSON WELLES) to win at baccarat, in Casino Royale. He's already ruined two Greeks and a maharaja when Evelyn Tremble/James Bond (PETER SELLERS) arrives at the table

TIBBETT, SIR GODFREY

British Secret Service agent portrayed by Patrick Macnee in A View to a Kill. Working undercover as a chauffeur to James Bond (Roger Moore), Tibbett arrives at the sumptuous French estate of Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) to help 007 investigate Zorin’s use of steroids to increase the racing abilities of his thoroughbreds.

HARD CURRENCY

A wad of bills worth 200,000 rupees that saves James Bond's (ROGER MOORE) life in Octopussy. Having taken Kamal Khan (LOUIS JOURDAN) for that sum in a spirited backgammon game, Bond joins Vijay (VIJAY AMRITRAJ)

MATHIS, RENE

Suave liaison to James Bond (Daniel Craig) in Montenegro, portrayed by Giancarlo Giannini in Casino Royale.

LUNDIGAN, WILLIAM

Distinctive-voiced American actor and former radio announcer who was hosting CBS’s Climax Mystery Theater on the night of October 21, 1954, when Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale made its debut as a live, one-hour television show. Lundigan was thus the first person to introduce the screen adventures of Ian Fleming’s James Bond to the public.

AFSD

Acronym for Anti-Female Spy Device, Sir James Bond’s (DAVID NIVEN) secret weapon in Casino Royale. Faced with a rash of assassinations attributable to a group of female agents, Bond determines that the British Secret Service needs an agent who is immune to a woman’s charms.

SAIGON, VIETNAM

City where James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) and Colonel Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) of the Chinese Secret Service go to track down a killer stealth ship in Tomorrow Never Dies. This is a rare geographical identification error for the series

LYND, VESPER

Gorgeous international liaison officer from Her Majesty’s Treasury’s Financial Action Task Force, portrayed by Eva Green in Casino Royale. She’s assigned by M (Dame Judi Dench) to make sure that James Bond (Daniel Craig) adequately manages a hefty gambling stake of 20 million pounds.

TOKYO

Japanese capital city that figures in the plot of many James Bond movies. In From Russia with Love, it’s where agents of SPECTRE capture and torture a British agent to get the Secret Service recognition code.

AGENT 326

Code name of Nicole (SASKIA COHEN TANUGI), James Bond’s (SEAN CONNERY) Secret Service contact in the South of France in Never Say Never Again.

M

James Bond’s crusty superior and the head of the British Secret Service. Venerable British character actor Bernard Lee became the first M in Dr. No in 1962, and played him in every Eon Productions Bond movie until his death in 1981. As portrayed by Lee, M was a conservative, almost fatherly figure

DOMINATION

A fascinating 3-D video game played by Maximilian Largo (Klaus Maria Brandauer) and James Bond (Sean Connery) in Never Say Never Again. A mid-1980s equivalent of the obligatory game of chance between 007 and his nemesis, Domination is a high-tech battle for power as opponents fight for countries chosen at random by the machine.

HARI, MATA

Famous World war I German spy, who, according to Casino Royale, was the great love of Sir James Bond’s (DAVID NIVEN) life. After giving birth to their illegitimate child, Mata Bond (JOANNA PETTET), Mata Hari was lured across

AIR FRANCE CONCORDE

The famous supersonic aircraft that transports James Bond (ROGER MOORE) to Rio de Janeiro in Moonraker.

HMS ARK ROYAL

British aircraft carrier where James Bond (Roger Moore) once saw active service, according to Admiral Hargreaves (Robert Brown), Flag Officer Submarines, in The Spy Who Loved Me.

MACNEE, PATRICK

Dapper British actor, best known for the television series The Avengers, who joined James Bond (Roger Moore) as fellow agent and horse expert Sir Godfrey Tibbett in A View to a Kill. Working undercover as Bond’s chauffeur, Tibbett provides much of the film’s early comic relief

AKBAR SHAH

One of the famous diamonds viewed by James Bond (SEAN CONNERY) and M (BERNARD LEE) at the showroom of a London diamond syndicate in Diamonds Are Forever.

SEAHAWK

Type of British helicopter that transports James Bond (PIERCE BROSNAN) to a sinister destination inside the demilitarized zone that separates North

RADIO-CONTROLLED SHARKS

Man-eating predators employed by SPECTRE assassin Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera) to kill James Bond (Sean Connery) in Never Say Never Again. The sharks have been equipped with an electronic receiver that homes in on a transmitting device

TORO, COLONEL LUIS

Mustachioed South American army officer who's portrayed by Ken Norris in the Octopussy teaser and impersonated by James Bond (ROGER MOORE). Costumed and made up to look like Toro (with a mustache glued to his upper lip), Bond's mission is to

DOM PERIGNON ’53

The champagne served by James Bond (SEAN CONNERY) to Jill Masterson (SHIRLEY EATON) in his Miami Beach hotel suite in Goldfinger. Agent 007 refers to it as "passion juice" and says

SEAMASTER PROFESSIONAL

Omega-brand watch used by James Bond (PIERCE BROSNAN) in The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. The 2002 version features the 007 logo

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