Doctor No

Adaptations

Dr. No was serialised in The Daily Express from 19 March to 1 April 1958.[62][81] In 1960 the novel was adapted as a daily comic strip in the paper and was syndicated worldwide. The strip, which ran from May to October, was written by Peter O'Donnell and illustrated by John McLusky.[82] It was reprinted in 2005 by Titan Books as part of the Dr. No anthology that also includes Diamonds Are Forever and From Russia, with Love.[83] In 1962 the American men's magazine Stag serialised the story, renaming it as "Nude Girl of Nightmare Key".[84]

The film Dr. No was released in 1962, produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and directed by Terence Young. It was the first Bond film in the Eon Productions series; Sean Connery portrayed Bond, with Joseph Wiseman as Doctor No and Ursula Andress as Honeychile Rider, renamed Honey Ryder.[85] Although the story follows the same general storyline, there are some changes: the film shows No to be an operative of the fictional crime organisation SPECTRE and his island fortress is nuclear-powered; No is killed not by a surge of guano, but by drowning in reactor coolant.[86] The novel was dramatised for BBC Radio 4 in May 2008. The actor Toby Stephens played Bond,[i] while No was played by David Suchet.[88]


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