SPECTRE SPECTRE SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) is a fictional organization featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, the films based on those novels, and James Bond video games. Led by evil genius and supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the international organization first formally appeared in the novel "Thunderball" (1961) and in the film "Dr. No" (1962). SPECTRE is not aligned to any nation or political ideology, enabling the later Bond books and Bond films to be regarded as somewhat apolitical, though the presence of former Gestapo members in the organization are a clear sign of
SPECTRE a direct connection to Spectre. The organisation behind Le Chiffre in 2006's Casino Royale was revealed to be Spectre in the 2015 film through retroactive establishment. In 1983 Warner Bros. released "Never Say Never Again", starring Sean Connery and based on the same original source material as "Thunderball". The film retells the basic story of "Thunderball", albeit with some new characters and in an updated setting. It also reintroduces both SPECTRE and Blofeld. Though the film was not made by Eon Productions (the production company for all other James Bond movies), it nevertheless makes every attempt to fit into the