SMERSH (James Bond) V (the letter) in "Icebreaker". They return in a larger role in "No Deals, Mr. Bond", renamed Department Eight, Directorate S, a KGB sub-section. In the film series, Bond's archenemy became SPECTRE, which first appeared in Fleming's novel "Thunderball" (1961). SPECTRE is introduced in the first film, "Dr. No" (1962), in which Julius No explains to Bond that it is the acronym for the "SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion", the four great cornerstones of power. Film versions of novels where SMERSH appears substituted either SPECTRE or independent villains. Although twice referred to, SMERSH never appears in the
Spectre (song) recorded the theme for the upcoming James Bond film "Spectre", released later that year. The bookmaker William Hill suspended bets after a customer placed £15,000 at ten-to-one odds on Radiohead. A William Hill spokesperson said: "There seem to be all kinds of rumours and the plot has had more twists and turns than a classic Bond tale, but surely nobody risks £15,000 on a hunch." Radiohead submitted "Man of War", a song they had written in the 1990s and which singer Thom Yorke once described as a "homage to Bond themes". The "Spectre" production team liked the song, but rejected