Ian Fleming's first spy novel was published in1953, and was adapted by CBS for American
TV just a year later. The first Bond film not
conceived by the Eon Productions stable was
released by Columbia Pictures in 1967, just
two months before You Only Live Twice.
Producer Charles Feldman had acquired the
cinema rights to Casino Royale in 1960 with
the intention of adapting the book with Eon,
but negotiations with Broccoli and Saltzman
failed.
Eon would not produce an official version until
2006, when Daniel Craig (born 1968) debuted
as Agent 007.
Shown on ITV4 tonight, the twenty-first entry in
the franchise featured Judi Dench (as M), Eva
Green (Vesper), Mads Mikkelsen (Le Chiffre),
and eleven Doctor Who cast/crew connections:
- Joseph Millson (Carter here & Quantum of Solace video game) was Alan Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures, then voiced Colonel Keelan for Big Finish's Dalek Universe 3 (2021), and Peter Kelly for Splinters (2022)
- Tobias Menzies (Villiers) was Lieutenant Stepashin in Cold War
- Robert Jezek (Officer) was Sergeant Zbrigniev in (part 1 of) Battlefield, then voiced Commander Lee Forbes for Red Dawn, Frobisher for The Holy Terror (both 2000) and The Maltese Penguin, Brigham Elisha Dashwood for Minuet in Hell (2001), Roger Lowell for The Ratings War, Jack McElroy for Ghost Town (both 2002), the Recorder for Zagreus (2003), Yonich for Sargasso (2019), and Jarred McKenzie for Unity (2020)
- Tom Chadbon (Broker) was Duggan in City of Death, Merdeen in The Mysterious Planet, and Forrest for BBV Productions' Conduct Unbecoming (2000), then voiced Will Sullivan for Sarah Jane Smith (2006), Gordon Davidson for No More Lies (2007), and Embery for The Paradox Planet and Legacy of Death (both 2016)
- Christina Cole (Receptionist) was Lilith in The Shakespeare Code
- Peter Brooke (Policeman) was a Man in Daleks in Manhattan
- Greg Bennett (Driver here; Agent in Skyfall) was Guard in Dalek, Sycorax Warrior/UNIT Soldier in The Christmas Invasion, and Guest in The Lazarus Experiment
- Marvin Stewart Campbell (stuntman here, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, No Time to Die) was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth
- Glenn Foster was a stuntman on Tooth and Claw too
- executive producer Anthony Waye was assistant director on both Dalek films
- composer David Arnold had also provided a new arrangement of the iconic Doctor Who theme tune for Big Finish's Eighth Doctor releases
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