[Ben Hocking]

The Lotus Esprit that seamlessly turned into a submarine in The Spy Who Loved Me has been voted the best James Bond gadget in the history of the storied franchise.

A survey of Bond film fans conducted by an online gaming site for the release of the 25th movie in the franchise, No Time to Die, found that more than a third of people (34%) remember the Lotus, driven by Roger Moore in the 1977 film, most fondly among the mountains of fancy technology enjoyed by the secret agent over the years.

Mostly the brainchild of Bond’s MI6 colleague Q, there have been a vast array of these weird and wonderful contraptions since the first Bond film came out in 1962 – more than you can shake a wrist-mounted dart gun at, you might say.

Behind the Lotus, film fans voted for the car invisibility cloak featured in Die Another Day, with nearly three in 10 (29%) voting it into second place in the list. A quarter of respondents each chose Bond’s Rolex watch – which featured a miniature circular saw and magnetic capability so strong that it could redirect fired bullets in Live and Let Die – and Sean Connery’s personal jetpack from the movie, Thunderball.

What is your favourite Bond gadget? Who is your favourite actor to have played James Bond?

[Suze]

Roger Moore would have to be my favourite James Bond – interesting how many gadgets are now becoming reality

[anna]

Sean Connery was always it for me. Roger Moore was good but a bit too gentlemanly . Connery had that bit of wickedness and also those eyes could change from cold when shooting an enemy to very sexy when in seduction mode. Perfect.

 

[RnR]

What is your favourite Bond gadget?

Dagger Shoe

Who is your favourite actor to have played James Bond?

Sean Connery

[Farside]

It would be unfair to pick on David Niven, but putting him aside Roger Moore is my pick for the worst Bond by a couple of lengths. Peirce Brosnan reprising Remington Steele too much of a pretty boy in my book but way better than Moore. I reckon Timothy Dalton could have been a good Bond, if he had more opportunity, at least as good as Daniel Craig, who was great in his first movie. We will never know about George Lazenby but I think he was ok. Which I guess leaves Connery as best of the Bonds, but he had some of the worst movies. The question is who to replace Daniel Craig?

Favourite gadget the mobile phone in Tomorrow Never Dies

[BillW41]

Being Scottish born as I am, it’s no contest….

[Lucca]

This is the new James Bond

[Author]

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