SPECTRE Irma Bunt, Blofeld's assistant, in his short story "Blast From the Past", which is a sequel to "You Only Live Twice". In the Eon Productions James Bond series, which began in 1962 with "Dr. No", SPECTRE plays a more prominent role. The organisation is first mentioned in "Dr. No" as the organisation for which Dr. No works. This was changed from Fleming's novels, which had Dr. No working for the USSR. In the films, SPECTRE usually replaced SMERSH as the main villains, although there is a brief reference to SMERSH in the second Eon Bond film, "From Russia with Love"
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