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Inventing Bond: Gadgets

Patented: History of Inventions

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Bond's Gadgets: A View Into the Future

"With each new bond picture, we have stress. We have to be bigger, better and more spectacular," he says. "That becomes a real burden on these people because at the same time, bond was a view into the future." After Goldfinger, Bond's gadgets were 'a requirement', according to Ian Fleming. But if you've got to beat yourself every single film, it puts Australia... And the latter films, I think you go from the sublime to the ridiculous", adds 007 star.

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