In both the film and the novel Thunderball, the physical headquarters of the organisation are laid in Paris, operating behind a front organisation aiding refugees (named "Firco" in the novels and "International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons'" in the films). This article is about the fictional criminal organisation. Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The next Bond novelist, Raymond Benson, reintroduces Irma Bunt, Blofeld's assistant, in his short story "Blast From the Past", which is a sequel to You Only Live Twice. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the second chapter of what is known as the "Blofeld Trilogy", Blofeld has revived SPECTRE where he attempts to carry out biological warfare against the United Kingdom. Just wanted to share my impression about Spectre. When Fleming was writing the novel in 1959, he believed that the Cold War might end during the two years it would take to produce the film, and came to the conclusion that the inclusion of a contemporary political villain would leave the film looking dated; he therefore thought it better to create a politically neutral enemy for Bond. Second in command and successor of Blofeld (Deceased) 3. Loyalists endured as plants and sleeper agents in the aftermath of a Warsaw Pact surge, waiting for the right moment for SPECTRE to have a reformation and resurgence.[6]. ? #11 The goal of world domination was only ever stated in You Only Live Twice and SPECTRE was working on behalf of an unnamed Asian government; this is strongly implied to be Red China, who earlier backed Auric Goldfinger in the film of the same name. Kronsteen(Deceased) 5. Severine – the mistress of Raoul Silva who works for him by fear and tries to be free from him by sending Bond in his pursuit in hopes that Bond kills Silva. The merciless killing of assistant Helga Brandt in You Only Live Twice, for failing to kill James Bond, horrifies even visiting Red Chinese agents; she is thrown into Blofeld's piranhas pool and dies in terror as she is eaten. They were all in the thirty-to-forty age-group, they all looked extremely fit, and nearly all of them—there were two who were different—had quick, hard, predatory eyes, the eyes of the wolves and the hawks that prey upon the herd. It is revealed throughout the course of the film that Spectre, and in turn Ernst Stavro Blofeld, have been the power behind the villains of the previous three films. Lieutenant Orso – lieutenant to General Medrano. German (Gestapo) Section However, in the EON films the number indicates rank within the organisation: Blofeld is always referred to as "Number 1" and Emilio Largo, in Thunderball, is "Number 2". Then, that cunning fish attacks the weakened victor and kills it easily. A version of SPECTRE similar to the novels was featured in the comic strips published in the Daily Express newspaper between 1958 and 1983. Apparently disbanded afterwards, SPECTRE is said to be active again in the next book, The Spy Who Loved Me, although the organisation is not involved in the plot. Well known examples are THRUSH and KAOS from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. In this, a man named Dr. 1, Largo, is already on location in the Bahamas. Evil's second in command, known only as "Number Two", is a parody of Emilio Largo, Blofeld's second in command. In it, SPECTRE attempts to conduct nuclear blackmail against NATO. Presumably killed by Mr. White. For the 2015 James Bond film named after it, see, SPECTRE's logo as featured on its members' rings in, Learn how and when to remove this template message, explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective, "Would the world be a better place if James Bond had never existed? A physicist named Kotze (who later defected) and an electronics expert named Maslov were also included in the group for their expertise on scientific and technical matters. Moreau – Spectre member, seen during the Rome meeting informing other members about Spectre involvement in distribution of illegal drugs. SPECTRE is not aligned to any nation or political ideology, enabling the later Bond books and Bond films to be regarded …