Dr. No is a 1962 spy film directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. Starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, and Jack Lord, it is the first film in the "James Bond" series, and was adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely Mather. The film was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, a partnership that continued until 1975. In the film, James Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a fellow British agent. The trail leads him to the underground base of Dr.
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Dr. No (film)
Dr. No (film) | Introduction
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A number of elements had a real-life background, taken from people whom the author knew or events he was aware of. Some aspects of the character and tastes replicate those of the author himself.
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It was assigned by the author in reference to one of British naval intelligence's key achievements of World War I and helped in breaking the German diplomatic code.
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"Dr. No”, "You Only Live Twice”, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service” and "Diamonds Are Forever” are some of them.
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Fleming also used the physical descriptions of people he knew; Quarrel, who previously appeared in the novel "Live and Let Die", was based on a Jamaican fisherman who often took Fleming shark fishing.
Dr. No (novel) | Plot inspirations
Terence Young described Harwood as a script doctor who helped put elements more in tune with a British character. Harwood stated in an interview in a "Cinema Retro" special on the making of the film that she had been a screenwriter of several of Harry Saltzman's projects; she claimed both her screenplays for "Dr. No" and her screenplay for "From Russia with Love" had followed Fleming's novels closely. During the series' decades-long history only a few of the films have remained substantially true to their source material; "Dr. No" has many similarities to the novel and follows its basic plot, but there are a few notable omissions.
Dr. No (film) | Writing
No, who is plotting to disrupt an early American space launch from Cape Canaveral with a radio beam weapon. Although it was the first of the Bond books to be made into a film, "Dr. No" was not the first of Fleming's novels. "Casino Royale" was the debut for the character; however, the film makes a few references to threads from earlier books. This film makes reference to later books in the series as well, such as the criminal organisation SPECTRE, which was not introduced until the 1961 novel "Thunderball". Produced on a low budget, "Dr. No" was a financial success.
Dr. No (film) | Introduction
One such disclaimer is shown at the end of the industrial/political thriller "The Constant Gardener", signed by the author of the original book, John le Carré: "Nobody in this story, and no outfit or corporation, thank God, is based upon an actual person or outfit in the real world. But I can tell you this; as my journey through the pharmaceutical jungle progressed, I came to realize that, by comparison with the reality, my story was as tame as a holiday postcard." The 1969 film "Z", which is based on the military dictatorship ruling Greece at that time, has this notice: "Any resemblance to actual events, to persons living or dead, is not the result of chance.
All persons fictitious disclaimer | Later uses
Components absent from the novel but added to the film include the introduction of the Bond character in a gambling casino, the introduction of Bond's semi-regular girlfriend Sylvia Trench, a fight scene with an enemy chauffeur, a fight scene to introduce Quarrel, the seduction of Miss Taro, Bond's recurring CIA ally Felix Leiter, Dr. No's partner in crime Professor Dent and Bond's controversial cold-blooded killing of this character. Sometimes episodes in the novel retained in the film's altered narrative introduce elements of absurdity into the plot. Bond's "escape" from his cell via the air shaft, for instance, originally conceived as a ruse of Dr.
Dr. No (film) | Writing
Blofeld appears or is heard in three novels: "Thunderball", "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"; and "You Only Live Twice"; as well as eight films from Eon Productions: "From Russia with Love" (1963), "Thunderball" (1965), "You Only Live Twice" (1967), "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), "For Your Eyes Only" (1981; the pre-title sequence of which shows an unnamed character resembling him fall to his death), "Spectre" (2015), and "No Time to Die" (2020). The latter two films are set in a rebooted continuity, which started with "Casino Royale" (2006). He also appears in "Never Say Never Again" (1983), a remake of "Thunderball" that was not produced by Eon.
Ernst Stavro Blofeld | Introduction
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Aspects of the plot were influenced by Rohmer's work, and Winder observes that the use of the centipede was "a straight steal" from a Fu Manchu novel; other devices from Rohmer's novels included Doctor No's secret lair and the use of the mad scientist trope. As he had done in his previous novels, Fleming borrowed names from his friends and associates to use in his book; Ivar Bryce's housekeeper, May Maxwell, became Bond's Scottish "treasure" May. One of Fleming's neighbours in Jamaica, and later his lover, was Blanche Blackwell: Fleming named the guano-collecting ship in "Dr. No" as "Blanche". His friend Patricia Wilder found that her nickname of Honey Chile was used for the novel's main female character, and John Fox-Strangways—a friend from the gentlemen's club White's—saw part of his surname being used for the name of the MI6 station chief in Jamaica.
Dr. No (novel) | Plot inspirations
Dr. No is a 1962 spy film directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. Starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, and Jack Lord, it is the first film in the "James Bond" series, and was adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely Mather. The film was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, a partnership that continued until 1975. In the film, James Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a fellow British agent. The trail leads him to the underground base of Dr.
Dr. No (film) | Introduction
"Dr. No" was serialised in "The Daily Express" from 19 March to 1 April 1958. In 1960 the novel was adapted as a daily comic strip in the paper and was syndicated worldwide. The strip, which ran from May to October, was written by Peter O'Donnell and illustrated by John McLusky. It was reprinted in 2005 by Titan Books as part of the "Dr. No" anthology that also includes "Diamonds Are Forever" and "From Russia, with Love". In 1962 the American men's magazine "Stag" serialised the story, renaming it as "Nude Girl of Nightmare Key". The film "Dr. No" was released in 1962, produced by Albert R.
Dr. No (novel) | Adaptations
With the script following the novel more closely than the other film adaptations of the eponymous source novels, there are several continuity errors due to the films taking place in a different sequence, such as Blofeld not recognising Bond, despite having met him face-to-face in the previous film "You Only Live Twice". In the original script, Bond undergoes plastic surgery to disguise him from his enemies; the intention was to allow an unrecognisable Bond to infiltrate Blofeld's hideout and help the audience accept the new actor in the role. However, this was dropped in favour of ignoring the change in actor.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) | Writing
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the tenth novel (and eleventh book) in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 1 April 1963. The initial and secondary print runs sold out, with over 60,000 books sold in the first month. Fleming wrote the book in Jamaica whilst the first film in the Eon Productions series of films, "Dr. No", was being filmed nearby. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is the second book in what is known as the "Blofeld trilogy", which begins with "Thunderball" and concluded with "You Only Live Twice". The story centres on Bond's ongoing search to find Ernst Stavro Blofeld after the Thunderball incident; through contact with the College of Arms in London Bond finds Blofeld based in Switzerland.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) | Introduction
[is] bolted down to some sort of reality, or at least counter-balanced." The journalist and writer Matthew Parker sees the novel as "the most fantastical, gothic and melodramatic; and at times frankly, even knowingly, over the top", while Black considers the fantastic element of Doctor No's underground lair to be a "weak" and "bizarre" part of the story. When the writer Raymond Chandler reviewed the novel, he thought "that the long sensational business which is the heart of the book not only borders on fantasy. It plunges in with both feet. Ian Fleming's impetuous imagination has no rules." Writing in 1963, Fleming acknowledged his plots were "fantastical while often being based in truth.
Dr. No (novel) | Style
The novel began as a 1956 screenplay for the producer Henry Morgenthau III for a proposed television show entitled "Commander Jamaica". When those plans foundered, Fleming adapted the ideas as the basis for a novel, provisionally titled "The Wound Man". The book's eponymous villain was influenced by Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu stories. "Dr. No" was the first of Fleming's novels to face widespread negative criticism in Britain; Paul Johnson of the "New Statesman" dismissed the book as one of "Sex, Snobbery and Sadism". When released on the American market it was received more favourably. "Dr. No" was serialised in the "Daily Express", first in an abridged story form and later as a comic strip.
Dr. No (novel) | Introduction
Dr. No (or Doctor No) is a comic book by Norman J. Nodel. It is a loose adaptation of the eponymous James Bond film released in 1962, which in turn is inspired by the novel by Ian Fleming. It was first published in the United Kingdom in "Classics Illustrated" #158A.
Dr. No (comics) | Introduction
The story was adapted in 1962 as the first film in the Bond series, with Sean Connery in the lead role; in 2008 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a version, with Toby Stephens as Bond.
Dr. No (novel) | Introduction
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was written in Jamaica at Fleming's Goldeneye estate in January and February 1962, whilst the first Bond film, "Dr. No", was being filmed nearby. The first draft of the novel was 196 pages long and called "The Belles of Hell". Fleming later changed the title after being told of a nineteenth-century sailing novel called "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", seen by Fleming's friend Nicholas Henderson in Portobello Road Market. As with all his Bond books, Fleming used events or names from his life in his writing. In the 1930s, Fleming often visited Kitzbühel in Austria to ski; he once deliberately set off down a slope that had been closed because of the danger of an avalanche.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) | Background
Mrs Aria insisted that "Dr Phillips" had "fluttered the dovecotes of Maida Vale, rattled the skeletons in the cupboards and the stout ladies at the card-tables, but never merited the popular suspicion that the hero was taken from life." On the other hand, Mrs Belloc Lowndes suggested that the characters in "Dr Phillips" had been more closely based on real-life individuals than those of any other Frank Danby novel, recalling particularly that the character of Dr Phillips "was supposed to have been drawn from a well-known doctor, and he must have felt the cap fitted his head, for he bought up and destroyed every copy he was able to procure."
Julia Frankau | Dr Phillips
In June 1956 the author Ian Fleming began a collaboration with the producer Henry Morgenthau III on a planned television series, "Commander Jamaica", which was to feature the Caribbean-based character James Gunn. When the project foundered, and Fleming could not fashion a new plot for his next Bond novel, he used the idea as the basis for "Dr. No". By January 1957 he had published four Bond novels in successive years from 1953—"Casino Royale", "Live and Let Die", "Moonraker" and "Diamonds Are Forever". A fifth, "From Russia, with Love", was being edited and prepared for production. That month Fleming travelled to his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica to write "Dr.
Dr. No (novel) | Background and writing history
As in the film, No fits himself with metal manual prostheses, but the book describes them as simple pincers. In physical appearance, Dr. No is tall and very thin. He is described as being at least 6 inches taller than Bond, who is six feet tall, meaning that he's probably around 6 ft 6 inches (198 cm) in height. His head is said to be shaped like a "reverse oil drop", due to his round head, pointed chin and the yellowish tinge of his skin. He also mentions that while in school, he did not make use of his metal hands, replacing them with waxen ones which were less useful but gave himself a more human appearance.
Julius No | Novel biography
In March 1956 Fleming and his friend Ivar Bryce accompanied Robert Cushman Murphy (of the American Museum of Natural History) and Arthur Stannard Vernay (of the Flamingo Protection Society) on a trip to a flamingo colony on Great Inagua in the south of the Bahamas. The colony was of dense mangrove swamp and salt flats, home to flamingos, egrets and roseate spoonbills; the location inspired Crab Key. Much of the travel overland on Great Inagua was by a swamp vehicle, a Land Rover fitted with over-large tyres that became the model for the "dragon" used in the story. Fleming's inspiration for the Doctor No character was Sax Rohmer's villain Dr Fu Manchu, who featured in books Fleming had read and enjoyed in earlier years.
Dr. No (novel) | Plot inspirations
Major elements from the novel that are missing from the film include Bond's fight with a giant squid, and the escape from Dr. No's complex using the dragon-disguised swamp buggy. Elements of the novel that were significantly changed for the film include the use of a (non-venomous) tarantula spider instead of a centipede; Dr. No's secret complex being disguised as a bauxite mine instead of a guano quarry; Dr. No's plot to disrupt NASA space launches from Cape Canaveral using a radio beam instead of disrupting US missile testing on Turks Island; the method of Dr. No's death by boiling in overheating reactor coolant rather than a burial under a chute of guano, and the introduction of SPECTRE, an organisation absent from the book.
Dr. No (film) | Writing
The book received boosts in sales in 1962 when Eon Productions adapted "Dr. No" for the cinema, and in 1971 when "Diamonds Are Forever" was produced for the big screen. In February 1958 Pan Books published a paperback version of the novel in the UK, which sold 68,000 copies before the end of the year. Since its initial publication the book has been issued in numerous hardback and paperback editions, translated into several languages and has never been out of print.
Diamonds Are Forever (novel) | Publication history
Aleksandr Sokurov's movie "The Days of the Eclipse" is loosely based on the novel. The Finnish film "Miljardi vuotta ennen maailmanloppua" ("One Billion Years Before the End of the World") was directed by Tapio Suominen in 1986 based on the novel.
Definitely Maybe (novel) | Derived works
Because No's heart was on the right side of his body, the bullet missed it and he survived.
Dr. No (novel) | Plot
Dr. No is the sixth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the novel in early 1957 at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on 31 March 1958. The novel centres on Bond's investigation into the disappearance in Jamaica of two fellow MI6 operatives. He establishes that they had been investigating Doctor No, a Chinese operator of a guano mine on the fictional Caribbean island of Crab Key. Bond travels to the island and meets Honeychile Rider and later Doctor No.
Dr. No (novel) | Introduction
Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and directed by Terence Young. It was the first Bond film in the Eon Productions series; Sean Connery portrayed Bond, with Joseph Wiseman as Doctor No and Ursula Andress as Honeychile Rider. Although the story follows the same general storyline, there are some changes: the film shows No to be an operative of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE and his island fortress is nuclear-powered; No is killed not by a surge of guano, but by drowning in reactor coolant. The novel was dramatised for BBC Radio 4 in May 2008. The actor Toby Stephens played Bond, while No was played by David Suchet.
Dr. No (novel) | Adaptations
Sometime Never... is a BBC Books original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Trix, and Miranda.
Sometime Never... | Introduction
Eon Productions, the company of Canadian Harry Saltzman and American Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli, released the first cinema adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel, "Dr. No" (1962), based on the eponymous 1958 novel and featuring Sean Connery as 007. Connery starred in a further four films before leaving the role after "You Only Live Twice" (1967), which was taken up by George Lazenby for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969). Lazenby left the role after just one appearance and Connery was brought back for his last Eon-produced film "Diamonds Are Forever". Roger Moore was appointed to the role of 007 for "Live and Let Die" (1973).
James Bond | Eon Productions films
There's a slow stretch in the middle and Dr. No could use a decent henchman, but otherwise, the film works marvelously." Describing "Dr. No" as "a different type of film", Peary notes that "Looking back, one can understand why it caused so much excitement." In 1999, it was ranked 41 on the BFI top 100 British films list compiled by the British Film Institute. The 2005 American Film Institute's '100 Years' series also recognised the character of James Bond himself in the film as the third greatest film hero. He was also placed at number eleven on a similar list by "Empire".
Dr. No (film) | Critical response
Two main themes run through "Dr. No": the meaning of power; and the concept of friendship and loyalty. Bond talks about the meaning of power with several villains in the series. His conversation with Doctor No reveals that the latter believes it can only be secured through the privacy required to maintain the sovereignty of his island. No quotes Carl von Clausewitz's first principle—about having a secure base from which to operate—in support of his argument. According to Panek, in his examination of 20th century British spy novels, "Dr. No" "shows a shift towards emphasizing the intellect and organizing power of the individual", as opposed to a group or nation.
Dr. No (novel) | Themes
The 32-page comic follows the film script and most of the characters are drawn to resemble their screen counterparts. Some deviations are found, such as Dr. No being electrocuted instead of drowned. The original British cover depicted Dr. No, as well as the scene Bond and Honey Rider meet the tank disguised as a dragon. For the US publishing, the comic was censored, deleting all racial skin colour and dialogue thought to be demeaning. It also received a different cover, by Bob Brown, an inside front cover with photos from the film, and an inside back cover with brief biographies of Bond and Fleming.
Dr. No (comics) | Description
The relationship between Bond and Quarrel was based on a presumption of Bond's superiority. Fleming described the relationship as "that of a Scots laird with his head stalker; authority was unspoken and there was no room for servility". Winder considers the scenes with Quarrel to be "embarrassingly patronising but nonetheless hypnotic".
Dr. No (novel) | Characters
In the "List of films based on war books", it is very unusual to have so many different books on a single subject made into films.Comparable subjects would include D-Day and Stalingrad.
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These conventions were also lampooned in spoof films, such as the "Austin Powers" series. The first spoof films happened relatively soon after "Dr. No", with the 1964 film "Carry On Spying" showing the villain Dr. Crow being overcome by agents who included Charlie Bind (Charles Hawtrey) and Daphne Honeybutt (Barbara Windsor).
Dr. No (film) | Legacy
Black considers that although it is American assets that are under threat from the Soviet Union, it is British power, through the British agent, that concludes the issue. This is reinforced at the end of the book, when a modern British warship bearing British soldiers is despatched to the island. In Black and Parker's views, the display of British power, with no assistance from America, portrayed the British Empire as an enduring force. The concept of friendship and loyalty is the second major theme. The relationship between Bond and Quarrel, the Cayman Islander, is mutually felt. According to Lindner, Quarrel is "an indispensable ally" who had assisted Bond in "Live and Let Die".
Dr. No (novel) | Themes
Oh No It Isn't! is a novel published in 1997 by Paul Cornell from the Virgin New Adventures featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a series of novels based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", made by the BBC. They had originally been licensed "Doctor Who" stories, but in the wake of the return of "Doctor Who" to television screens with the 1996 movie, the BBC did not renew publisher Virgin Books' licence. Virgin had for some time planned for a spin-off series based on the characters and settings created in the "Doctor Who" New Adventures.
Oh No It Isn't! | Introduction
Around the time of "Dr. No"s release in October 1962, a comic book adaptation of the screenplay, written by Norman J. Nodel, was published in the United Kingdom as part of the "Classics Illustrated" anthology series. It was later reprinted in the United States by DC Comics as part of its "Showcase" anthology series, in January 1963. This was the first American comic book appearance of James Bond and is noteworthy for being a relatively rare example of a British comic being reprinted in a fairly high-profile American comic. It was also one of the earliest comics to be censored on racial grounds (some skin tones and dialogue were changed for the American market).
Dr. No (film) | Comic book adaptation
I know that we are all becoming more broadminded nowadays, but really old chap what "could" you have been thinking of?" Fleming's villain was physically disfigured, similar to many of Bond's later adversaries; No is tall, with steel pincers for hands and has dextrocardia. Bond describes him as "a giant venomous worm wrapped in grey tin-foil". Benson considers that No is "a wickedly successful villain", the best since Hugo Drax in "Moonraker", while "Time" thought No to be "one of the less forgettable characters in modern fiction". Quarrel was Fleming's idealised concept of a black person, and the character was based on his genuine liking for Jamaicans, whom he saw as "full of goodwill and cheerfulness and humour".
Dr. No (novel) | Characters
While Matron joins Dr. Nookey's clinic, Carver and Stoppidge plot to try to steal the serum. Stoppidge dresses as a female patient to effect the theft, but his luck runs out when Nookey catches him in the act. Goldie returns to have the serum as well, much to Nookey's chagrin. Gladstone quickly discovers that Nookey is making a fortune from his serum, and cuts off his supply to deliver the serum in person and get in on the action. Nookey prevaricates, so Gladstone gives him a serum which in fact seems to cause sex changes! The movie ends with Nookey and Goldie getting married and the rest of the staff of the Long Hampton Hospital becoming friends again.
Carry On Again Doctor | Plot
No Future is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Cornell, appeared in "Doctor Who Magazine" #209. This novel is the conclusion to the "Alternate Universe cycle". The title is a reference to the Sex Pistols song "God Save The Queen". The book is noteworthy for being the first Doctor Who product to suggest that the character played by Peter Butterworth in The Time Meddler is not The Master. This was part of a policy taken by Virgin Books to differentiate the New Adventures line from the television series.
No Future (novel) | Introduction
The first film "Dr. No" (1962) was a sleeper hit in the UK and the second, "From Russia with Love" (1963), a hit worldwide. By the time of the third film, "Goldfinger" (1964), the series had become a global phenomenon, reaching its commercial peak with "Thunderball" the following year. The series' success led to a spy film boom with many Bond imitations. Bond co-producer Saltzman also instigated a rival series of more realistic spy films based on the novels of Len Deighton. Michael Caine starred as bespectacled spy Harry Palmer in "The Ipcress File" (1965), and two sequels in the next few years.
Cinema of the United Kingdom | The 1960s
No's to test Bond's skill and endurance, becomes an authentic break-out in the film. Features carried over from the novel's obstacle course, however, such as the torrent of water and scalding surface, have no logical justification in the script. Such incongruities recurred in subsequent Bond films.
Dr. No (film) | Writing
When asked by Digital Spy in 2015 about the show possibly returning, Moran replied saying "No, no, no, no! No! Does that answer the question, no!" and stated that he'd rather focus on new projects. He also said that he'd never do another studio sitcom again.
Black Books | Legacy
The pair highlight the irradiation of the gold in Fort Knox, and the change of Pussy Galore's organisation to stunt pilots, rather than masquerading as nurses, as examples of improvements. The 1973 BBC documentary "Omnibus: The British Hero" featured Christopher Cazenove playing a number of such title characters (e.g. Richard Hannay and Bulldog Drummond), including James Bond in dramatised scenes from "Goldfinger"—notably featuring the hero being threatened with the novel's circular saw, rather than the film's laser beam—and "Diamonds Are Forever". Following its radio version of "Dr. No", produced in 2008 as a special one-off to mark the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth, Eon Productions allowed a second Bond story to be adapted.
Goldfinger (novel) | Adaptations
In the book, Neville and Helena have arrived from Ceylon but there is no indication that they are natives, as is the case in the film. The novel has no indication that they are Edwin's siblings. In the book, Jasper threatens Deputy because he believes he was spying on him. In the film, he does so because Deputy pelted him with pebbles. Mr Tartar does not appear in the film, and it is Bazzard who pretends to be Dick Datchery.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012 film) | Differences from Dickens' unfinished novel
In some cases an otherwise standard novel may be based on an unfilmed screenplay. Ian Fleming's 1961 James Bond novel "Thunderball" was based on a script he had co-written; in this case his collaborators subsequently sued for plagiarism. Peter O'Donnell's novel "Modesty Blaise" was a novelization of a refused film script. In this case the creator of the main character had written the script alone. But later on other authors had changed O'Donnell's original script over and over, until merely one single sentence remained from the original. The novel was released a year before the film and unlike the film it had sequels.
Novelization | Orphaned novelizations
The following details of the characters are based on the original novel published in England.
And Then There Were None | Characters
... You don't have to work at Ian Fleming. He does the work for you."
Dr. No (novel) | Reviews
After being led to some private quarters set up for them, the pair are rendered unconscious with drugged coffee.
Dr. No (film) | Plot
No, although, by the time Fleming told the producers, they had already chosen Joseph Wiseman for the part. Harry Saltzman picked Wiseman because of his performance in the 1951 film "Detective Story", and the actor had special make-up applied to evoke No's Chinese heritage. Swedish actor Max von Sydow was also offered the role as Dr. No, but decided to turn it down. He would later appear as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the unofficial James Bond film "Never Say Never Again". The role as the first Felix Leiter was given to Jack Lord. This is Bond and Leiter's first time meeting each other on film and Leiter does not appear in the novel.
Dr. No (film) | Secondary cast
Another film based on the novel is "The Grissom Gang" by Robert Aldrich (1971).
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (film) | Other versions
Moxon was working as a crop dusting pilot when he had a chance meeting at the Courtleigh Manor Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, with the director Terence Young, who remembered him as an actor on the London stage. Young offered him a small role at the start of the film, as a British agent who leaves a card game to take a phone call, and is murdered by three assassins posing as blind men. It transpires that the character was killed, because he was investigating the activities of the villainous Dr. No, and revealed this to his friend Professor Dent, who was secretly working for No.
Timothy Moxon | "Dr. No"
The novel "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was first published after the film series started and contains "a gentle dig at the cinematic Bond's gadgets"; Broccoli and Saltzman had originally intended to make "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" after "Goldfinger" and Richard Maibaum worked on a script at that time. However, "Thunderball" was filmed instead after the ongoing rights dispute over the novel was settled between Fleming and Kevin McClory. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was due to follow that, but problems with a warm Swiss winter and inadequate snow cover led to Saltzman and Broccoli postponing the film again, favouring production of "You Only Live Twice".
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) | Production
The Room With No Doors is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Seventh Doctor and Chris. A missing scene, "Room With No Doors - Cutaway" appears in the charity anthology "Shelf Life". The novel features a Victorian time traveller, Penelope Gate. Later books in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures, such as "Unnatural History" (which Orman co-wrote) and "The Gallifrey Chronicles", imply that she is the Doctor's human mother, whose existence is implied in the 1996 telemovie.
The Room with No Doors | Introduction
Amis, in his exploration of Bond in "The James Bond Dossier", pointed out that Leiter is The cultural historian Jeremy Black points to the theme of international travel in "Diamonds Are Forever", which was still a novelty to most people in Britain at the time. This travel between a number of a locations exacerbates one of the problems identified by Black: that there was no centre to the story. In contrast to the other novels in the Bond canon, where "Casino Royale" had Royale, "From Russia, with Love" had Istanbul and "Dr. No" had Jamaica, "Diamonds Are Forever" had multiple locations and two villains and there was "no megalomaniac fervour, no weird self-obsession, at the dark centre of the plot".
Diamonds Are Forever (novel) | Themes
In the film "The Iron Lady" there is a scene in which the retired Margaret Thatcher is shown reading "Eye of the Needle". The Bollywood movie "Fanaa" is loosely based on the book, moved to a contemporary Indian location. The role of the German spy Faber being taken by a Kashmiri separatist militant seeking to gain a nuclear weapon, while the role of Lucy is given to a Kashmiri girl who loves the militant yet ends up killing him. Another Bollywood movie "Right Yaaa Wrong" is also loosely based on the book.
Eye of the Needle (novel) | Film reference
Novel series published by Virgin Books:
Lists of books based on Doctor Who | Virgin Books novel series
London, while Bernice becomes lead singer in a punk band, the Doctor must face more than one old enemy.
No Future (novel) | Plot
There have been three novels written based on the series:
Forever Knight | Novels
Two dozen novels were based upon "Man from U.N.C.L.E." and published between 1965 and 1968. Unhampered by television censors, the novels were generally grittier and more violent than the televised episodes. The series sold in the millions, and was the largest TV-novel tie-in franchise until surpassed by "Dark Shadows" and "Star Trek". Volumes 10–15 and 17 of the series were only published in the United States. "The Rainbow Affair" is notable for unnamed cameos by The Saint, Miss Marple, John Steed, Emma Peel, Willie Garvin, Tommy Hambledon, Neddie Seagoon, Father Brown, a retired Sherlock Holmes (aged nearly 100), and Dr.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Novels
Novel series published by BBC Books:
Lists of books based on Doctor Who | BBC Books novel series
Many films have been based in whole or in part on the final section of the final novel of the trilogy, "The Vicomte de Bragelonne"; see Man in the Iron Mask#Films and television.
The Three Musketeers in film | Films based on sequels of the novel
Written by Douglas Adams, this story would involve the Doctor going into retirement but being constantly called upon to solve various problems. It was considered as the final story of Series 17 till Williams dismissed the idea. It was replaced by "Shada".
List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films | "Untitled storyline (Adams)"
The following day Bond follows her and interrupts her attempted suicide, but they are captured by professional henchmen. They are taken to the offices of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse, the biggest European crime syndicate. Tracy is the daughter and only child of Draco who believes the only way to save his daughter from further suicide attempts is for Bond to marry her. To facilitate this, he offers Bond a dowry of £1 million (£ million in 2020 pounds); Bond refuses the offer, but agrees to continue romancing Tracy while her mental health improves. Afterwards Draco uses his contacts to inform Bond that Blofeld is somewhere in Switzerland.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) | Plot
In "From Russia, with Love" Fleming experimented with an unusual narrative structure that saw Bond's entry into the story delayed until chapter eleven. For "Dr. No" he returned to the conventional form with which he felt comfortable—that of the thriller writers of the early 20th century. As a result, the story's villain is closer to the intellectual "gentleman crook" of the golden age of detective fiction, and the novel's focus is on action at the expense of character development and depth of plot. Benson describes the "Fleming Sweep" as taking the reader from one chapter to another using "hooks" at the end of chapters to heighten tension and pull the reader onto the next.
Dr. No (novel) | Style
Dr. No made several appearances in the cartoon series "James Bond Jr.". His skin, however, was rendered bright green similar to the Mandarin in "Iron Man" possibly due to the chemicals he was exposed to in the film. Julius No also appeared in the video game "" (almost-completely unrelated, especially in the meaning of the title, to the 1995 film) voiced by Carlos Alazraqui. Despite his death in both the book and film, he appears alongside fellow enemies Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Auric Goldfinger, Francisco Scaramanga and Xenia Onatopp. In the game, Xenia Onatopp works for No and he seems to possess a considerable army of well-equipped henchmen as well as numerous tanks and helicopter gunships that resemble V-22 Ospreys.
Julius No | Other appearances
A list of spy films that are based on books. If a book has been turned into both a film and a TV series (or TV film), then the TV series is included.
List of films based on spy books | Introduction
The book, split in five parts, includes information on "The James Bond Phenomenon", a biography on Ian Fleming the creator of James Bond, a biography on the fictional character James Bond, information on the novels, and finally information on the films. Benson goes into considerable detail for each novel including continuation novels by authors Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham) and John Gardner. Likewise it details information on every film from the first official Bond film "Dr. No", to the then-recent Bond film "Octopussy". Additionally, it discusses the two unofficial adaptations of "Casino Royale" and the remake of "Thunderball" called "Never Say Never Again".
The James Bond Bedside Companion | Content
The Fall of Doctor Onslow is a novel by Frances Vernon, published in 1994. Many of its characters are loosely based on real people, sometimes with names changed.
The Fall of Doctor Onslow | Introduction
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List of films based on crime books | <a href="Herman%20Tarnower">Doctor Tarnower murder</a>
This is a list of films that are based on books about films and television.
List of films based on film books | Introduction
Dr. No is a brilliant scientist with an implied Napoleon complex, and an example of the mad scientist trope. He is a self-described "unwanted child of a German missionary and a Chinese girl of a good family". He later "became treasurer of the most powerful criminal society in China"; in this case, the Tongs. He then "escaped to America with $10,000,000" of Tong gold bullion. He specialized in radiation, which cost him both of his hands; they were replaced with crude bionic metal ones. No's hands have great strength (he can crush a metal figurine with them) but are lacking in manual dexterity which leads to his demise.
Julius No | Film biography
In the sixth novel, "Dr. No", the service armourer Major Boothroyd appears for the first time. Fleming named the character after Geoffrey Boothroyd, a firearms expert who lived in Glasgow, who had written to the novelist suggesting that Bond was not using the best firearms available.
Q (James Bond) | Major Boothroyd
The novel ends when Bond collapses to the floor; Fleming had intended to end the series at that point with Bond's death. In the next novel, "Dr. No", M reveals that Bond survived as a result of Mathis' timely intervention. He mentions that Klebb is dead, without providing any details.
Rosa Klebb | Novel biography
Based on the Novel (Dutch title: "De boekverfilming") is a Dutch drama film from 1999 directed by Eddy Terstall. The film features several Dutch celebrities in cameo appearances. The film was shown at the Hong Kong film festival.
Based on the Novel | Introduction
In 1942, the novel was adapted into a stage play which ran for over 200 performances at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. Robert Newton starred. In 1948, it was adapted into a British film "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" and given a contemporary New York City setting. The 1971 American film "The Grissom Gang" was also based on the novel, moving the setting of events back several years to 1931 Kansas City. In 1944, it was also the subject of an essay by George Orwell, "Raffles and Miss Blandish", and parodied by Raymond Queneau in "We Always Treat Women Too Well".
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (novel) | Introduction
There were several books based on the series written by as follows. Some of them were also released abroad, including in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Poland. The books by Dorothy Laudan were originally released in Germany and have never appeared in an English version. However, it was these books that were most commonly translated into other languages. The series of nine covers most of the series, although the episodes on which they are based were shortened and some scenes were left out or were mentioned only briefly.
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Novels
Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the story at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica, inspired by a "Sunday Times" article on diamond smuggling. The book was first published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom on 26 March 1956. The story centres on Bond's investigation of a diamond-smuggling operation that originates in the mines of Sierra Leone and runs to Las Vegas. Along the way Bond meets and falls in love with one of the members of the smuggling gang, Tiffany Case.
Diamonds Are Forever (novel) | Introduction
It starred George Lazenby in his only appearance in the Bond role. With the films being produced in a different order to the books, the continuity of storylines was broken and the films altered accordingly. Even so, the character of Blofeld was present in the previous film, "You Only Live Twice", and he and Bond had met: this previous meeting was ignored for the plot of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". The film is often considered, by fans and critics, one of the series most faithful film adaptations and only made minor changes to plot.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) | Adaptations
While "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was in post-production, Richard Maibaum wrote initial treatments and a script for "Diamonds Are Forever" as a revenge-themed sequel with Irma Bunt and Marc-Ange Draco returning, and Bond mourning his deceased wife Tracy while Louis Armstrong's "We Have All the Time in the World" played in the background. When George Lazenby departed from the role prior to the film's release, a complete rewrite was requested, in addition to Maibaum's script failing to impress Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. Following this, an original plot had as a villain Auric Goldfinger's twin, seeking revenge for the death of his brother.
Diamonds Are Forever (film) | Richard Maibaum
A number of films were based on the book: In 1948 it was announced that Argosy Films would make a film based on the character based on a script by Cyril Hume - John Ford to direct Ben Johnson in the lead - but no film resulted. Andre de Doth visited Australia with a view to making the film but this did not happen either.
Stingaree (novel) | Films
Critical reviews upon release were mixed, but the film's reputation has improved greatly over time and is now regarded as one of the strongest entries in the series. Along with 2006's "Casino Royale", it is often considered one of the film series's most faithful adaptations of an Ian Fleming novel.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) | Introduction
No", all unhealthy, all thoroughly English: the sadism of a schoolboy bully, the mechanical, two-dimensional sex-longings of a frustrated adolescent, and the crude, snob-cravings of a suburban adult". Johnson saw no positives in "Dr. No", saying that "Mr Fleming has no literary skill, the construction of the book is chaotic, and entire incidents and situations are inserted, and then forgotten, in a haphazard manner." Maurice Richardson, of "The Observer", considered the novel "the usual sado-masochistic free-for-all, plus octopuses". The unnamed critic in "The Manchester Guardian" referred to Johnson's "sex, snobbery and sadism" complaint. They highlighted the "sinister ... cult of luxury for its own sake", with Bond's enjoyment of branded and bespoke products, but disagreed with part of Johnson's summary that the novel was a sign of moral decay; rather, "we should be grateful to Mr.
Dr. No (novel) | Reviews
The noted violence of "Dr. No", which also included Bond shooting Dent in cold blood, caused producers to make adaptations to get an "A" rating – allowing minors to enter accompanied by an adult – from the British Board of Film Classification. When he is about to have dinner with Dr. No, Bond is amazed to see Goya's "Portrait of the Duke of Wellington". The painting had been stolen from the National Gallery by a 60-year-old amateur thief in London just before filming began. Ken Adam had contacted the National Gallery in London to obtain a slide of the picture, painting the copy over the course of the weekend, prior to filming commencing on the Monday.
Dr. No (film) | Filming
Screenwriter Richard Maibaum, who had worked on all the previous "Bond" films except for "You Only Live Twice", was responsible for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"s script. Saltzman and Broccoli decided to drop the science fiction gadgets from the earlier films and focus more on plot as in "From Russia With Love". Peter Hunt asked Simon Raven to write some of the dialogue between Tracy and Blofeld in Piz Gloria, which was to be "sharper, better and more intellectual"; one of Raven's additions was having Tracy quoting James Elroy Flecker. When writing the script, the producers decided to make the closest adaptation of the book possible: virtually everything in the novel occurs in the film and Hunt was reported to always enter the set carrying an annotated copy of the novel.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) | Writing
Legacy is an original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace, Bernice, the Ice Warriors and Alpha Centauri and a return for the Doctor to Peladon. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Russell, appeared in "Doctor Who Magazine" #211. All chapters in the novel are titled after Gary Numan songs.
Legacy (Russell novel) | Introduction
The character James Bond was introduced towards, but not at, the beginning of the film in a "now-famous nightclub sequence featuring Sylvia Trench", to whom he makes his "immortal introduction". The introduction to the character in "Le Cercle at Les Ambassadeurs", an upmarket gambling club, is derived from Bond's introduction in the first novel, "Casino Royale", which Fleming had used because "skill at gambling and knowledge of how to behave in a casino were seen ... as attributes of a gentleman". After losing a hand of Chemin de Fer to Bond, Trench asks his name. There is the "most important gesture [in] ...
Dr. No (film) | The introduction of James Bond
Roger la Honte may refer to: Films based on the novel:
Roger la Honte | Introduction
To make audiences not forget it was the same James Bond, just played by another actor, the producers inserted many references to the previous films, some as in-jokes. These include Bond breaking the fourth wall by stating "This never happened to the other fellow"; the credits sequence with images from the previous installments; Bond visiting his office and finding objects from "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", and "Thunderball"; and a caretaker whistling the theme from "Goldfinger". Maibaum later said he thought "Lazenby was not ideal for the part" but "it was a marvelous script."
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) | Writing
The 1976-77 BBC television series, "The Duchess of Duke Street", starring Gemma Jones, was loosely based on her life. It is said that some of the scenes in "Vile Bodies" by Evelyn Waugh also were inspired by the Cavendish Hotel under Lewis' management, in which she appears as her fictional counterpart Lottie Crump.
Rosa Lewis | In fiction
"The Draco Trilogy", based on "Harry Potter", and "The Very Secret Diaries", based on "The Lord of the Rings", were popular. However, she deleted her fan fiction from the Internet shortly before her first novel, "The City of Bones", was published under the name Cassandra Clare.
Cassandra Clare | Personal life
Several Dutch movies were made based on the books:
Dik Trom | Film adaptations
Dr. Dolittle (also written as Doctor Dolittle) is a 1998 American fantasy dark comedy film directed by Betty Thomas, written by Larry Levin and Nat Mauldin, and starring Eddie Murphy in the titular role. The film was based on the series of children's stories of the same name by Hugh Lofting, but used no material from any of the novels; the main connection is the name and a doctor who can speak to animals, although the pushmi-pullyu, a much-loved feature of the books, notably makes a very brief appearance in a couple of scenes. The first novel, "The Story of Doctor Dolittle" (1920) had originally and previously been filmed in 1967 as a musical of the same name, which was a closer (albeit still very loose) adaptation of the book.
Dr. Dolittle (1998 film) | Introduction
For more than a year, James Bond, British Secret Service operative 007, has been involved in "Operation Bedlam": trailing the private criminal organisation SPECTRE and its leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The organisation had hijacked two nuclear devices in an attempt to blackmail the western world, as described in "Thunderball". Convinced SPECTRE no longer exists, Bond is frustrated by MI6's insistence that he continue the search and his inability to find Blofeld. He composes a letter of resignation for his superior, M. While composing his letter, Bond encounters a beautiful, suicidal young woman named Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo first on the road and subsequently at the gambling table, where he saves her from a "coup de deshonneur" by paying the gambling debt she is unable to cover.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) | Plot
In the James Bond novel "Doctor No", Ian Fleming writes of Bond ordering a dinner in the lair of the title character that includes angels on horseback.
Angels on horseback | Cultural references
While the film received a mixed critical reaction upon release, it has gained a reputation over time as one of the series' best instalments. "Dr. No" also launched a genre of "secret agent" films that flourished in the 1960s. The film also spawned a comic book adaptation and soundtrack album as part of its promotion and marketing.
Dr. No (film) | Introduction
The only mentioning of a theatrical feature film based on the books comes from a Q&A thread from Barbara Park where she stated that "Junie B has been pretty successful already living in the readers' imaginations, so I am happy with that."
Junie B. Jones | Film
The epilogue of the novel offers a possible explanation to the fan asked question of how the Doctor can still exist after the destruction of Gallifrey in "The Ancestor Cell". In that novel, time is reversed to stop Gallifrey or the Time Lords from ever existing, provoking confusion among fans. This novel shows the Doctor giving one of the council of Eight (Soul) some of his life energy to keep him alive. When Soul and Miranda's daughter Zezanne leave in Sabbath's time ship (the "Jonah"), Soul takes on the form of an old man who resembles the First Doctor. They both lose their memories, but believe they are the First Doctor and Susan.
Sometime Never... | Continuity
Some of Gardner's changes do remain--for instance, Benson's Bond continues to smoke cigarettes from H. Simmons of Burlington Arcade, which dates from Gardner's "For Special Services" (1982). Additionally, the Bond girls Fredericka von Grüsse ("Never Send Flowers" / "SeaFire"), Harriet Horner ("Scorpius"), and Easy St. John ("Death is Forever") are all mentioned. Benson's other novels also retain aspects of Gardner's series, though there is just as much that he ignores. Some elements of the films also carry over into Benson's novels. M, for instance, is not Sir Miles Messervy, but the female M that was first introduced in the film "GoldenEye" (1995), although Gardner also introduced this character in his novelisation of that film and retained the character through his final novel "COLD" (1996).
Zero Minus Ten | Continuity