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
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