The Birth of Bond | You Only Live Forever Pt. 1

This episode contains potential spoilers for all the James Bond films and books.

Throughout his cinematic career, Bond has faced stereotypical Soviet threats, grandiose crime lords and eccentric businessmen; home-grown internal threats, nuclear weapons, biological warfare, space-travel, terrorism and dictatorships. What all these antagonists have in common, is that they’re just as much a product of their time as the character of Bond himself. Whatever was a perceived threat to Britain’s security at the time, invariably ended up reflected in the latest instalment of the Bond franchise. This was common from the very beginning.