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
The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½ only child and an orphan. In 1966 Harry Saltzman announced a television series about a ten-year-old who fought SPECTRE that could have been based on "003½" but nothing became of it. At some other point Bond film producers Saltzman and Broccoli planned to make either a theatrical feature or a TV series based on the "003½" premise. The producers discussed story ideas with several unidentified screenwriters in London. "The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½" is considered a failed attempt at launching a youth-oriented line of fiction aimed at 8 to 14-year olds. A moderately successful television series of the