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Which one is this? The renegade. Who’s who in this one? Connery (Bond); Fox (M); McCowen (Q); Salem (Moneypenny); Casey (Leiter). Where did you first encounter this one? On TV when I was growing up, probably aged 10 or 11.…
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Review: Skyfall
Indulge me for a moment, if you will; these habits are hard to break: Which one is this? The new one! Who’s who in this one? Craig (Bond); Dench (M); Whishaw (Q). Where did you first encounter this one? About…
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From A To Bond: You Only Live Twice
Which one is this? I think I’m turning Japanese. Who’s who in this one? Connery (Bond); Lee (M); Llewelyn (Q); Maxwell (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? On DVD, in 2000 or 2001. Who’s the bad guy, and…
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From A To Bond: The World Is Not Enough
Which one is this? Sophie Marceau with a gun. Who’s who in this one? Brosnan (Bond); Dench (M); Llewelyn and Cleese (Q and R); Bond (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? In theatres on opening day in 1999.…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Arsenal of Freedom”
“The name of my ship is the Lollipop. It’s just been commissioned; it’s a good ship.” Here’s an episode that set my 12-year-old heart thundering: “The Arsenal of Freedom,” a proper run-and-jump-and-rayguns show that also pressed the eternal near-romance of…
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From A To Bond: A View To A Kill
Which one is this? Roger Moore’s last throw. Who’s who in this one? Moore (Bond); Brown (M); Llewelyn (Q); Maxwell (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? Me and my best friend became outright effing obsessed with this movie…
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From A To Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies
Which one is this? The CNN one. Who’s who in this one? Brosnan (Bond); Dench (M); Llewelyn (Q); Bond (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? I never saw this in theatres in 1997 – I caught up with…
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From A To Bond: Thunderball
Which one is this? The scuba diving one. Who’s who in this one? Connery (Bond); Lee (M); Llewelyn (Q); Maxwell (Moneypenny); Van Nutter (Leiter). Where did you first encounter this one? On TV when I was a kid, maybe 9…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Heart of Glory”
“I would rather die here than let the traitors of Kling pick the meat from my bones!” “Heart of Glory” is a very rich episode, and if it doesn’t ring entirely successful to me as a completed piece, it nonetheless…
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From A To Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me
Which one is this? The one with the underwater car. Who’s who in this one? Moore (Bond); Lee (M); Llewelyn (Q); Maxwell (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? Actually, I first encountered this one in toy form, when…