* The first two pages of Ian Fleming's novel Diamonds Are Forever are told from the point of view of an African scorpion which kills and eats a beetle and is then casually crushed and killed itself, by one of the villains whom James Bond would later confront and eventually crush.

It is on Crab Key that Bond first finds Honeychile Rider and then Dr. No himself.

Bond and Honey then escape from No's complex in the dragon buggy.

Benson sees M at his most authoritarian in Dr. No, punishing Bond both in terms of stripping him of his gun and then sending him on what was considered at first to be a " soft " assignment.

The Fleet line was mentioned in a 1965 Times article, discussing options after the Victoria line had been completed — suggesting that the Fleet line could take a Baker Street – Bond Street – Trafalgar Square – Strand – Fleet Street – Ludgate Circus – Cannon Street route, then proceeding into southeast London.

The manor house was sacked in 1688, as its then owner Sir Henry Bond was a Roman Catholic and staunch supporter of James II.

It was named for Shadrach Bond, who was then the delegate from the Illinois Territory to the United States Congress, and who thereupon became the first governor of Illinois, serving from 1818 to 1822.

When Ellis died, the painting went for sale at Christie ’ s in London in 1876, where it was bought by the Bond Street art dealer William Agnew for the then astronomical sum of 10, 000 guineas.

In the early days, Bond had formed part of a clique with fellow Goldsmiths artist Liam Gillick ; his then partner Angela Bulloch, had gone out with Damien Hirst before Hirst went out with Maia Norman, Jay Jopling's former partner.

Until then, the Western public imagined their secret services as promoters of democracy and democratic values ; a view principally espoused in the popular James Bond thriller novels — romantic high adventures about what a Secret Service should be.

Baker gained fame as a member of the Graham Bond Organisation and then as a member of the rock band Cream from 1966 until they disbanded in 1968.

In a desperate attempt to survive being cut in two by a circular saw, Bond offers to work for Goldfinger, a ruse that Goldfinger initially refuses, but then accepts.

Bond manages to break a window, causing a depressurisation that sucks Oddjob out of the plane ; he then fights and strangles Goldfinger.

It was widely reported that he sold Bond the Nine Network at the record price of in 1987, and then bought it back three years later for a mere A $ 250 million, when Bond's empire was collapsing.

Bond is then sent a second time to Severnaya, but during the mission he is captured and locked up in the bunker's cells along with Natalya Simonova, who has been betrayed to Janus.

There Bond destroys its weaponry stores and then hitches a ride on Trevelyan's Soviet missile train, where he kills Ourumov and rescues Natalya.

Completion Bond then had the animation completed in Korea under the direction of animator Fred Calvert.

* The Spy Who Loved MeRick Sylvester, playing James Bond, escaped the bad guys by skiing off a cliff on Mount Asgard then releasing a parachute.

* The Living DaylightsThis was the third variation on a stunt that had appeared first in Moonraker and then in Octopussy ; James Bond battles a bad guy while they are both hanging outside a plane.

In any case he ignored Baldwin's advice, and Baldwin resigned ; the Legislative Assembly then refused to pass any money bills, so Bond Head dissolved the government.

After seducing her, Bond informs her that Largo killed her brother ; Bond then recruits her to spy on Largo.

The name of Gillray's publisher and print seller, Miss Hannah Humphrey — whose shop was first at 227 Strand, then in New Bond Street, then in Old Bond Street, and finally in St James's Street — is inextricably associated with that of the caricaturist himself.

She hires Corporal Tatiana Romanova as lure for James Bond in Istanbul, where he would be killed and disgraced before the intelligence community.

Bond catches up with Scaramanga in Jamaica, where Bond pretends to be a freelance security officer, and Scaramanga hires him to guard an upcoming meeting of gangsters.

Fleming decided Bond should look a little like both the American singer Hoagy Carmichael and himself and in Casino Royale, Vesper Lynd remarks, " Bond reminds me rather of Hoagy Carmichael, but there is something cold and ruthless.

* Vesper Lynd, a character in the James Bond novel and film Casino Royale

Though she does not appear in the 2006 Bond film, Casino Royale ( the first James Bond film in which she doesn't appear ), a reference arises in a scene between Bond and Vesper Lynd.

In the scene, Vesper appears for the first time introducing herself with " I'm the money " ( referring to her role as a Treasury accountant ), to which Bond replies, while looking her over, " Every penny of it.

Although there is no reliable evidence that she was a friend of Ian Fleming, Skarbek is said, by some, to have been the inspiration for Bond girls Tatiana Romanova and Vesper Lynd.

Green quickly achieved greater fame by appearing in Kingdom of Heaven ( 2005 ), and as Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film Casino Royale ( 2006 ).

She was cast at the last minute in the role of Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film Casino Royale ( 2006 ).

She read the script, and found the character of Vesper far deeper than most Bond girls.

*" Adolph Gettler ": A SMERSH agent who shadowed Bond and Vesper while they are on French holiday in Casino Royale.

The " James Bond Theme " appeared though four times, after Bond's conversation with M during his flight, after that during Bond's first card match, then after he has survived the poisoned martini and one last time when Bond is following Vesper.

Gordon's Gin is specified by name in the recipe for the Vesper Cocktail given by James Bond in Ian Fleming's 1953 book Casino Royale.

During the tense tournament, Le Chiffre initially outwits and bankrupts Bond, who cannot get additional funding from MI6 accountant Vesper Lynd, who has accompanied Bond to make sure the money is used properly.

Enraged by his loss, Le Chiffre kidnaps Vesper, forcing Bond to give chase, and Bond is led straight into his trap.

Le Chiffre leaves Vesper, bound at the feet and hands, in the middle of the road, and Bond is forced to swerve to avoid hitting her and crashes his car.

Le Chiffre then states that if he is unable to retrieve the password than he will still kill both Bond and Vesper Lynd and opt for protection from MI6 ; Le Chiffre says that he wins either way.

" refers to Bond's ruse to mislead SMERSH in which six other agents are designated as " James Bond ", namely, Baccarat master Evelyn Tremble ( Peter Sellers ), millionaire spy Vesper Lynd ( Ursula Andress ), Bond's secretary Miss Moneypenny ( Barbara Bouchet ), Bond's daughter with Mata Hari, Mata Bond ( Joanna Pettet ), and British agents " Coop " ( Terence Cooper ) and " The Detainer " ( Daliah Lavi ).

* Peter Sellers as Evelyn Tremble / James Bond 007 – A baccarat master recruited by Vesper Lynd to challenge Le Chiffre at Casino Royale.