Deadly Duo

Some of 007s biggest foes belonged to the secret organisation spectre and smersh

what is spectre?

A group made up of the worlds most dangerous criminals. The letters stand for speecial Executive for counter - intelligence, Terrorism, revenge and Extortion - and they want to take over the world!

who is in charge of spectre?

Evil genius ernst stavro blofeld those who disobey or fail him are normaly killed in front of operatives.

Does it really exist?

No - it is invented by 007s creator Ian Flemming.

What is smersh?

A soviet agency like MI6. The name stands for two russian words meaning death to spies

Who is in charge of smersh?

The head of the agency is not known. On the russia with love case. MI6 thought Rosa Klebb was athe boss of SMERSH but she was secretlyworking as the number three in spectre. In the living daylights mission general Georgi Koskov claimed smersh was responsible for the deaths of several MI6 spies, but he was lying.

Does it really exist?

It did. Smersh was activein the soviet union in the 1940s. Ian Flemming made smersh agents the villians in four of his books. but the real smersh proberly wasent as big as the one Flemming describes.

Running Battle

Stunning Running

Free running was created by a Frenchman Sebastien Foucan. It can be extremely dangerouse as free runners scale tall buildings without safety ropes and make huge leaps between rooftops. Real experts have to practice for hours every day. To perform the eye-popping stunts seen in Casino Royale, there could be only one choice to play Mollaka - Sebastien Foucan himself!

Five Facts

1 - Many of the moves that free runners use have been given strange names, like the wall spin, superman and monkey vault.

2 - Free running came to the attention of the writers of Casino Royale when they saw it on a TV documentary.

3 - Some of Casino Royale stunts were so dangerouse that even an expert Sebastian needed a stunt double!

4 - The scene where Bond and Mollaka run along a crane was filmed 60 meters up in the air - higher than Nelson's Colume.

5 - Daniel Graig's first day of filming as the new 007 saw him chasing Mollaka - a though start to life as James Bond.

Bond Basics

Want to be a real Bond buff? All your questions answered about the world's greatest spy!

Q - Who is James Bond?
A - An Mi6 spy created in 1952 by author Ian Flemming. Flemming was also a Naval Commander - just like his hero James Bond.

Q - What is Mi6?
A - It really exists and is part of the British secret service.Mi stands for military intelligence.Mi5 is the security service for the UK and Mi6 is responsible for spying abroad.Its agents gather data on people or terrorist organisations that could be a threatto the country - either by attacking it, or giving away top secret information.

Q - who else works at mi6?
A - Bonds boss has the code name M.Ms secretary is Miss moneypenny.The spy gadgets and weapons are made by Q branch - its chief is called Q.

Q - what does 007 mean?
A - 007 is Bonds agent code number.The double zero shows he has a licence to kill during his missions.It takes two kills before an agent can gain 00 status.

Q - how many Bond movies have been made?
A - dr.No was the first, in 1962.Casino royale,which hit the big screen in 2006, was the 21st film in series.But, the events in Casino royale take place before all the other movies when Bond first becomes a 00 agent.

Q - what does bond look like?
A - Six actors have now played James Bond, starting with Sean Connery.Roger Moore appeared in the role most often, starring in seven movies. Daniel Craig is the latest actor to play 007.