COMING SUMMER 2018, "THE BOOK!" "HISTORY OF 007 GADGETS!"

COMING SUMMER 2018, "THE BOOK!" - "HISTORY OF 007 GADGETS!"

THE GADGET’S // 007

One popular element of the James Bond franchise is the exotic equipment and vehicles he is assigned on his missions, which often prove to be critically useful.

The original books and early adaptations had only relatively minimal pieces like the modified attaché case in From Russia with Love. However, the gadgets took on a more spectacular profile in the film version of Goldfinger and its tremendous success encouraged the following films to have Bond supplied still more equipment. For instance, it became an expected scene in each film where Q would present and demonstrate Bond's assigned tools for the mission, and it was a near guarantee that each and every piece would be invaluable to Bond in the field. In this sense, Bond gadgets became a prime example of the literary technique of Chekhov's gun.

Q (standing for Quartermaster), like M, is a job title rather than a name. Q is the head of Q Branch, the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service MI6. In the film series, there have been at least 3 different characters behind the title of Q. The pre-John Cleese Q, most identified with actor Desmond Llewelyn, John Cleese's R-turned-Q, and the new era Q portrayed by Ben Whishaw.

M is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond series; the character is the Head of Secret Intelligence Service—also known as MI6. Author Ian Fleming based the character M on a number of people he knew who commanded sections of British intelligence. 

THE GADGET’S // 007