-lcb- -lcb- redirect -pipe- double-0 -pipe- the american musician -pipe- double-o -rcb- -rcb- -lcb- -lcb- refimprove -pipe- date = june 2007 -rcb- -rcb- in ian fleming 's -lsb- -lsb- james bond novels -rsb- -rsb- and the -lsb- -lsb- james bond -lrb- film series -rrb- -pipe- derived films -rsb- -rsb- , the ' "00 section " ' of -lsb- -lsb- mi6 -rsb- -rsb- are considered the secret service 's elite .
a 00 agent holds a -lsb- -lsb- licence to kill -lrb- concept -rrb- -pipe- licence to kill -rsb- -rsb- in the field , at his discretion , to complete the mission .
-lsb- -lsb- goldfinger -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- ' ' goldfinger " -rsb- -rsb- establishes that the section usually has only three agents at a time ; the films , beginning with " -lsb- -lsb- thunderball -lrb- film -rrb- -pipe- thunderball -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , establish the number of 00 agents as fewer than 12 .
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= = origin of nomenclature = = in the british and commonwealth armed forces , soldiers and officers are assigned identity numbers ; the united states military does likewise .
during ian fleming 's work in -lsb- -lsb- vichy france -rsb- -rsb- , an agent 's anonymity was imperative , and , when the agent was military , it was convenient to use the last three digits of the agent 's number as identification .
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in world war ii , britain 's -lsb- -lsb- special operations executive -rsb- -rsb- agents did not have identifiers assigned to them such as the 00 or related ' systems ' of nomenclature .
specific agents would be known to high command by their own names , and when -lsb- -lsb- plausible deniability -pipe- deniability -rsb- -rsb- was at stake , their service numbers in long form , or else by invented codenames .
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for the sake of romance and memorability , fleming used the 00 and mystical number 7 for james bond — himself a shell for the reader to inhabit -lrb- kingsley amis , ' ' the james bond dossier " , 1960 -rrb- .
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= = description = = in the first novel , " -lsb- -lsb- casino royale -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- casino royale -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , and the -lsb- -lsb- casino royale -lrb- 2006 film -rrb- -pipe- 2006 film adaptation -rsb- -rsb- , the 00 concept is introduced and , in bond 's words , means : " that you 've had to kill a chap in cold blood in the course of some assignment . "
his 00 number -lrb- 007 -rrb- was awarded him because he twice killed in fulfilling assignments .
in the second novel , " -lsb- -lsb- live and let die -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- live and let die -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , the 00 number designates a past killing ; not until the third novel , " -lsb- -lsb- moonraker -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- moonraker -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , does the 00 number designate a licence to kill .
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thereafter , the novels are ambiguous about whether or not a 00 agent 's licence to kill is limited -lrb- see " -lsb- -lsb- dr. no -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- dr. no -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , " -lsb- -lsb- goldfinger -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- goldfinger -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , and " -lsb- -lsb- the man with the golden gun -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- the man with the golden gun -rsb- -rsb- " -rrb- .
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the 00 section is a discreet area of mi6 , whose agents report directly to -lsb- -lsb- m -lrb- james bond -rrb- -pipe- m -rsb- -rsb- -lrb- " -lsb- -lsb- the world is not enough -lrb- film -rrb- -pipe- the world is not enough -rsb- -rsb- " -rrb- .
per fleming 's " -lsb- -lsb- moonraker -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- moonraker -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , 00 agents face mandatory retirement at 45 ; -lsb- -lsb- john gardner -lrb- thriller writer -rrb- -pipe- john gardner -rsb- -rsb- contradicts this in his novels , depicting a fifty-odd-year-old secret agent . fleming himself contradicted this statement by having bond serve past the remaining years he was supposed to have .
sebastion faulks " ' -lsb- -lsb- devil may care -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- devil may care -rsb- -rsb- " features m giving bond a choice of when to retire .
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fleming himself only mentions five 00 agents in all .
according to the novel ' ' moonraker " , james bond is the most senior of three 00 agents ; the two others were 008 and 0011 .
later novels feature more 00 agents .
009 is mentioned in ' ' thunderball " and 006 is mentioned in ' ' on her majesty 's secret service " .
other authors have elaborated and expanded upon the 00 agents .
while they presumably have been sent on dangerous , world-saving missions just as bond has , little has ever been revealed about most of them .
several have been named , both by fleming and other authors , along with passing references to their service records , which suggest that agents are usually recruited from the british military 's special operations forces .
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in the films , bond 's fellow 00 agents appear receiving briefings in ' ' thunderball " and ' ' the world is not enough " .
both suggest that at least one is a woman .
in ' ' thunderball " , there are nine chairs for the 00 agents ; moneypenny says every 00 agent in europe has been recalled , not every 00 agent in the world .
as with the books , other writers have elaborated and expanded upon the 00 agents in the films and in other media .
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= = list of 00s = = this list is of the known 00 agents of the british secret service who exist in officially-licensed novels , cinema , video games , and comic strips . = = = novels = = = -lcb- -pipe- class = " wikitable " ! 00-agent !
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description -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 001 " -pipe- -pipe- edward donne -pipe- -pipe- referred to in the -lsb- -lsb- raymond benson -rsb- -rsb- novel , " -lsb- -lsb- doubleshot -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , edward donne is the only agent 001 . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 004 " -pipe- -pipe- ? , scarlett papava -pipe- -pipe- a 004 appears in the benson novel " -lsb- -lsb- the facts of death -rsb- -rsb- ' ' .
in the sebastian faulks novel ' ' devil may care " , bond girl scarlett papava is unveiled as 004 , replacing the previous agent who was killed in berlin . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 005 " -pipe- -pipe- stuart thomas -pipe- -pipe- was 005 until defective eyesight impaired his marksmanship , and he was made head of station g -lrb- -lsb- -lsb- greece -rsb- -rsb- -rrb- in " -lsb- -lsb- colonel sun -rsb- -rsb- ' ' . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 006 " -pipe- -pipe- major jack giddings -pipe- -pipe- 006 , a -lsb- -lsb- royal marines -pipe- royal marine commando -rsb- -rsb- , is mentioned in ' ' on her majesty 's secret service " .
in " -lsb- -lsb- the moneypenny diaries : guardian angel -rsb- -rsb- " he is named as major jack giddings and second to bond in the 00 section . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 007 " -pipe- -pipe- " -lsb- -lsb- james bond -lrb- character -rrb- -pipe- james bond -rsb- -rsb- " -pipe- -pipe- james bond is the only agent 007 .
during " -lsb- -lsb- you only live twice -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- you only live twice -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , bond was transferred into another branch and given the number 7777 , suggesting there was no active agent 007 in that time ; he is reinstated as such in " -lsb- -lsb- the man with the golden gun -lrb- novel -rrb- -pipe- the man with the golden gun -rsb- -rsb- ' ' .
in the john gardner novels , agent 007 is the remaining active 00-agent , the section was disbanded in the 1980s , later contradicted by raymond benson 's novels . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 008 " -pipe- -pipe- ' bill ' -pipe- -pipe- in the novel ' ' goldfinger " , bond thinks to himself that 008 would likely avenge bond by killing goldfinger .
as bond thinks this , he ruminates that 008 is " a good man , more careful than bond . "
in the novel ' ' moonraker " , 008 -lrb- called " bill " by bond -rrb- is mentioned as being on recuperative leave after returning from a mission behind the -lsb- -lsb- iron curtain -rsb- -rsb- . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 0010 " -pipe- -pipe- john wolfgramm -pipe- -pipe- referred to in the benson novel " -lsb- -lsb- the man with the red tattoo -rsb- -rsb- ' ' . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 0011 " -pipe- -pipe- cederic -pipe- -pipe- mentioned briefly in the novel ' ' moonraker " as vanishing while on assignment in -lsb- -lsb- singapore -rsb- -rsb- . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 0012 " -pipe- -pipe- sam johnston -pipe- -pipe- although unmentioned on screen , benson 's ' ' the world is not enough " novelisation has bond investigating 0012 's death at story 's start -lrb- seen in a photograph of a dark-haired man , in the film -rrb- . -pipe- -rcb-
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= = = films and other official media = = = -lcb- -pipe- class = " wikitable " ! 00-agent !
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description -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 002 " -pipe- -pipe- bill fairbanks , ? -pipe- -pipe- a 002 first appears in ' ' thunderball " . shot through the neck and killed by -lsb- -lsb- francisco scaramanga -rsb- -rsb- , the man with the golden gun , in -lsb- -lsb- beirut -rsb- -rsb- , lebanon , in -lsb- -lsb- 1969 -rsb- -rsb- -lrb- film version : ' ' the man with the golden gun " -lsb- -lsb- 1974 -rsb- -rsb- -rrb- .
in ' ' the living daylights " film , another agent 002 , played by -lsb- -lsb- glyn baker -rsb- -rsb- , was training at -lsb- -lsb- gibraltar -rsb- -rsb- , with 004 and 007 . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 003 " -pipe- -pipe- jason walters , jack mason -pipe- -pipe- a 003 first appears in ' ' thunderball " .
found dead , in -lsb- -lsb- siberia -rsb- -rsb- , in ' ' a view to a kill " film .
another -lrb- unrelated -rrb- mi6 agent is jack mason , 003 who is shot in the gut and killed by nikolai diavolo , the villain , in the " -lsb- -lsb- james bond 007 : everything or nothing -pipe- everything or nothing -rsb- -rsb- " -lsb- -lsb- video game -rsb- -rsb- -lrb- -lsb- -lsb- 2004 -rsb- -rsb- -rrb- .
diavolo is connected with the villain max zorin from ' ' a view to a kill " . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 004 " -pipe- -pipe- ? -pipe- -pipe- a 004 first appears in ' ' thunderball " . played by -lsb- -lsb- frederick warder -rsb- -rsb- , 004 accompanied 002 and 007 to gibraltar in ' ' the living daylights " film ; he is murdered by a false -lsb- -lsb- kgb -rsb- -rsb- agent who tags the body with " -lsb- -lsb- smersh -lrb- james bond -rrb- -pipe- death to spies -rsb- -rsb- " in russian .
his support rope is cut and he is sent plummeting down a cliff to his death .
another 004 appears in the benson novel " -lsb- -lsb- the facts of death -rsb- -rsb- ' ' .
in the ' ' goldeneye " video game , on the silo mission briefing , -lsb- -lsb- q -lrb- james bond -rrb- -pipe- q -rsb- -rsb- mentions to 007 to " remember to treat the timed explosives with respect — you remember what happened to 004 in beirut " ; it is unclear whether he speaks of another agent or the one listed above . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 005 " -pipe- -pipe- ? -pipe- -pipe- 005 appears in ' ' thunderball " . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 006 " -pipe- -pipe- -lsb- -lsb- alec trevelyan -rsb- -rsb- -pipe- -pipe- a 006 first appears in ' ' thunderball " . when 006 was used again , the character was now named and became pivotal in ' ' goldeneye " .
one of bond 's friends , he betrayed mi6 and her majesty 's government with his fake death , and then , years later , by stealing the ' ' goldeneye " satellite from the ussr .
his motive was avenging his parents , -lsb- -lsb- betrayal of the cossacks -pipe- lienz cossacks -rsb- -rsb- , betrayed to the communists by the -lsb- -lsb- united kingdom -pipe- british -rsb- -rsb- government after -lsb- -lsb- world war ii -rsb- -rsb- .
he also begrudged bond 's not allowing him time to escape the soviet chemical weapons factory they were sent to destroy in ' ' goldeneye " .
he is killed when he is crushed by a huge falling satellite antenna . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 007 " -pipe- -pipe- " -lsb- -lsb- james bond -lrb- character -rrb- -pipe- james bond -rsb- -rsb- " -pipe- -pipe- see above . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 008 " -pipe- -pipe- timothy bond -pipe- -pipe- a 008 first appears in ' ' thunderball " .
in ' ' goldfinger " m threatens to replace 007 with agent 008 ; in the ' ' the living daylights " film , with another agent who can follow orders .
in the film ' ' goldfinger " , bond tells goldfinger " if i do n't report , 008 replaces me . "
the james bond 007 -lsb- -lsb- role playing game -rsb- -rsb- released in the 1980s suggests 008 is a woman .
in the video game " -lsb- -lsb- james bond 007 -lrb- game boy -rrb- -pipe- james bond 007 -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , 008 -lrb- male -rrb- gives bond an exploding pen before dying .
in the movies 008 is the only one -lrb- other than bond -rrb- that was n't killed doing his job . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 009 " -pipe- -pipe- peter smith -pipe- -pipe- a 009 first appears in ' ' thunderball " .
mischka and grischka kill him in the ' ' octopussy " film by throwing a knife into his back .
in ' ' the world is not enough " , m assigned another 009 to kill renard ; despite putting a bullet in his head , renard lives with the bullet in his head slowly killing off his senses .
in ' ' quantum of solace " another 009 mi6 agent is assigned as m ’ s sentinel .
the graphic novels ' ' deadly double " and ' ' serpent 's tooth " feature a fourth agent 009 . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 0012 " -pipe- -pipe- sam johnston -pipe- -pipe- although unmentioned on screen , benson 's ' ' the world is not enough " novelisation has bond investigating 0012 's death at story 's start -lrb- seen in a photograph of a dark-haired man , in the film -rrb- . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' agent 0013 " -pipe- -pipe- briony thorne -pipe- -pipe- a female 00-agent appearing in the comic strip ' ' fear face " -lrb- published january 18 , 1971 to april 20 , 1971 in the " -lsb- -lsb- the daily express -rsb- -rsb- " -rrb- .
thorne is revealed to be a double agent for -lsb- -lsb- china -rsb- -rsb- . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' unknown " -pipe- -pipe- jonathan hunter " -lsb- -lsb- goldeneye -lrb- character -rrb- -pipe- goldeneye -rsb- -rsb- " -pipe- -pipe- a former 00-agent featured in " -lsb- -lsb- goldeneye : rogue agent -rsb- -rsb- ' ' .
he was shot in the right eye , and was dismissed by mi6 for " reckless brutality " .
he joined up with -lsb- -lsb- auric goldfinger -rsb- -rsb- against the shooter , -lsb- -lsb- dr. julius no -rsb- -rsb- , and eventually received a gold-hued , synthetic orb as a replacement for his right eye .
after killing goldfinger and dr. no , he becomes -lsb- -lsb- ernst stavro blofeld -rsb- -rsb- 's bodyguard .
unlike other 00 agents listed here , goldeneye only appears in the non-canon video game " -lsb- -lsb- goldeneye : rogue agent -rsb- -rsb- ' ' .
the game takes place in an alternate universe . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' unknown " -pipe- -pipe- agent york -pipe- -pipe- killed in the comic strip ' ' river of death " -lrb- published june 24 , 1969 to november 29 , 1969 in ' ' the daily express " -rrb- .
agent york is a 00 agent but his number is n't revealed . -pipe- - -pipe- ' ' unknown " -pipe- -pipe- suzi kew -pipe- -pipe- a recurring character in the ' ' daily express " comic strip series of the 1960s and 1970s , suzi kew is a 00 agent but her number is not revealed . -pipe- -rcb-
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= = in other media = = in the -lsb- -lsb- 2006 -rsb- -rsb- movie " -lsb- -lsb- the pink panther -lrb- 2006 film -rrb- -pipe- the pink panther -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , -lsb- -lsb- clive owen -rsb- -rsb- played the character of nigel boswell , agent 006 .
this was a reference to him being rumored to take the role of bond for " -lsb- -lsb- casino royale -lrb- 2006 film -rrb- -pipe- casino royale -rsb- -rsb- ' ' .
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in " -lsb- -lsb- the league of extraordinary gentlemen : black dossier -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , the original 007 is stated as being -lsb- -lsb- prospero -rsb- -rsb- , who received the position upon being recruited to the english spy organization of -lsb- -lsb- the unfortunate traveller -pipe- sir jack wilton -rsb- -rsb- in -lsb- -lsb- 1558 -rsb- -rsb- , during the start of the reign of queen -lsb- -lsb- gloriana -rsb- -rsb- .
the earlier volumes had hinted that -lsb- -lsb- campion bond -rsb- -rsb- served as 007 as of -lsb- -lsb- 1898 -rsb- -rsb- .
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in the -lsb- -lsb- alternate history -rsb- -rsb- novel " -lsb- -lsb- back in the ussa -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , agent 007 is an agent of -lsb- -lsb- smersh -lrb- james bond -rrb- -pipe- smersh -rsb- -rsb- played by -lsb- -lsb- rudolf nureyev -rsb- -rsb- in a series of russian movies including ' ' from america with love " .
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in an episode of " -lsb- -lsb- cory in the house -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , stictler mentions his father is agent 001 , which is strange , seeing as the -lsb- -lsb- cia -rsb- -rsb- does n't have 00 agents or an equivalent , and stictler is clearly not british .
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in the -lsb- -lsb- goldeneye 007 -pipe- ' ' goldeneye " -rsb- -rsb- game for the -lsb- -lsb- nintendo 64 -rsb- -rsb- , the easy , medium , and hard levels are respectively known as " agent " , " secret agent " , and " 00 agent " .
besides having a greater number of enemies , the " 00 agent " level requires all facets of a mission to be completed in order for bond to advance to the next mission , whereas the other two have less .
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in an episode of " -lsb- -lsb- the fresh prince of bel-air -rsb- -rsb- ' ' , -lsb- -lsb- will smith -lrb- character -rrb- -pipe- will -rsb- -rsb- 's grandmother is given the codename 0070 , a likely reference to her age .
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in -lsb- -lsb- the basil brush show -lrb- 2002 tv series -rrb- -pipe- the ' ' basil brush show " -rsb- -rsb- episode " kiss and tell " , during basil 's spy sequence , bingo brush bursts in and says his codename is ' ' 00ps " with basil stating that bingo has a ' ' license to leave little messages lying around . "
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in the " -lsb- -lsb- phineas and ferb -rsb- -rsb- " episode " a hard day 's knight " , perry the platypus works with agent 000 -lrb- pronounced " double-oh oh " -rrb- while dealing with his nemesis , dr. heinz doofenschmirtz , in london .
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in -lsb- -lsb- star trek : deep space nine -rsb- -rsb- , -lsb- -lsb- elim garak -pipe- garak -rsb- -rsb- is said to be a double-o agent . this , however , is in reference to the cardassian spy network , known as the obsidian order .
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-lcb- -lcb- bond movies -rcb- -rcb- -lcb- -lcb- jamesbond -rcb- -rcb- -lcb- -lcb- james bond characters -rcb- -rcb-
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-lsb- -lsb- category : james bond characters -rsb- -rsb- -lsb- -lsb- category : fictional mi6 agents -rsb- -rsb-
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-lsb- -lsb- fr : liste des alliés de james bond -rsb- -rsb- -lsb- -lsb- it : agente doppio 0 -rsb- -rsb- -lsb- -lsb- fi : luettelo 00-agenteista -rsb-
