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James Bond's (Roger Moore) India contact Vijay (Vijay Armitraj) plays a familiar tune undercover as a snake charmer in Octopussy (1983)

That’s a charming tune

Well, there you have it. The character James Bond does, in fact, officially “know” the James Bond theme. 🙂

This short sequence from Octopussy (1983) is a good one, not only because Bond (Roger Moore) meets his cool India contact Vijay (Vijay Armitraj), but also because of the way they agree to identify each other. Obviously, when Bond meets a contact in a foreign country, they need to agree upon something to indicate the other that they are in fact who they say they are. Whether it be a handshake or a secret password – it really doesn’t matter. It just has to be something agreed upon during earlier communications.

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Pierce Brosnan as james Bond and presumably other 00 agents in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Other 00 Agents in TWINE

Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and presumably other 00 agents in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and presumably other 00 agents in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

So here’s an interesting shot from The World Is Not Enough. Bond and five others are being briefed about the plan to bring Robert King’s killer to justice, and are all given folders (presumably the famous “for your eyes only” folders) for their assignment for the mission. Everyone in the screenshot receives a folder, except Bond of course – as he has not been cleared by medical as a result of his broken collarbone.

So who are the others? 001 through 005? Remember – 006 (Alec Trevelyan) was killed in GoldenEye (1995) four years earlier.