List of James Bond allies in Tomorrow Never Dies
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This is a list of James Bond
allies from the film Tomorrow Never Dies
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, portrayed by Michelle Yeoh
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. He is portrayed by actor Geoffrey Palmer
. Palmer also starred opposite with Dench for over a decade in the British sitcom As Time Goes By
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wants Bond to finish the job, but Admiral Roebuck, who is impatient, simply goes for the naval option and orders a cruise missile launch to blow the place up. However, he does not realize that there is a pair of nuclear-tipped torpedoes amongst the arms; although they won't go nuclear with the cruise missile impact, will spread enough plutonium around so as to 'make Chernobyl
look like [a] picnic'. When this is brought to their attention by Bond and Charles Robinson
, he urgently calls for HMS Chester to abort the missile. However, the missile is now out of range of the Chester's control, and it is left to Bond to get the torpedoes out.
He is later responsible for sending in the entire British fleet
to China, believing that the Chinese were responsible for the sinking of HMS Devonshire. M's cautious nature - sending Bond in to investigate - leads him to express the opinion that she does not have 'the balls' for the job. She retorts, "The advantage being that I don't have to think with them all the time."
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
allies from the film Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...
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Recurring Allies
- MM (James Bond)M is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, as well as the films in the Bond franchise. The head of MI6 and Bond's superior, M has been portrayed by three actors in the official Bond film series: Bernard Lee, Robert Brown and since 1995 by Judi Dench. Background =Ian Fleming...
- Judi DenchJudi DenchDame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English film, stage and television actress.Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo... - QQ (James Bond)Q is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. Q , like M, is a job title rather than a name. He is the head of Q Branch , the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service...
- Desmond LlewelynDesmond LlewelynDesmond Wilkinson Llewelyn was a Welsh actor, famous for playing Q in 17 of the James Bond films between 1963 and 1999.-Early life:... - Miss MoneypennyMiss MoneypennyJane Moneypenny, better known as Miss Moneypenny, is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. She is secretary to M, who is Bond's boss and head of the British Secret Service...
- Samantha Bond - Jack Wade - Joe Don BakerJoe Don BakerJoe Don Baker is an American film actor, perhaps best known for his roles as a Mafia hitman in Charley Varrick, deputy sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III in Final Justice, real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, brute force with a badge detective Mitchell in Mitchell, James...
- Charles RobinsonCharles Robinson (James Bond)Charles Robinson is a fictional character in the James Bond films Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. He is portrayed by actor Colin Salmon.-Biography:...
- Colin SalmonColin SalmonColin Salmon is a British actor best known for playing the character Charles Robinson in three James Bond films.-Personal life:...
Wai Lin
Wai Lin is a fictional character in the 1997 James BondJames Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...
, portrayed by Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s....
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Jack Wade
- Jack Wade makes his second appearance and the main article is found at List of James Bond allies in GoldenEye
Admiral Roebuck
Rear Admiral Roebuck is a fictional character in the James BondJames Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...
. He is portrayed by actor Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer (actor)
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE is an English actor, best known for his roles in sitcoms such as Butterflies and As Time Goes By.-Career:...
. Palmer also starred opposite with Dench for over a decade in the British sitcom As Time Goes By
As Time Goes By
As Time Goes By is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One from 1992 to 2005. Starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer, it follows the relationship between two former lovers who meet unexpectedly after not having been in contact for 38 years....
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Film Biography
In the pre-title sequence in the Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, Admiral Roebuck is seen looking at a terrorist arms bazaar in the communications centre in England. James Bond is at the scene and MM (James Bond)
M is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, as well as the films in the Bond franchise. The head of MI6 and Bond's superior, M has been portrayed by three actors in the official Bond film series: Bernard Lee, Robert Brown and since 1995 by Judi Dench. Background =Ian Fleming...
wants Bond to finish the job, but Admiral Roebuck, who is impatient, simply goes for the naval option and orders a cruise missile launch to blow the place up. However, he does not realize that there is a pair of nuclear-tipped torpedoes amongst the arms; although they won't go nuclear with the cruise missile impact, will spread enough plutonium around so as to 'make Chernobyl
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
look like [a] picnic'. When this is brought to their attention by Bond and Charles Robinson
Charles Robinson (James Bond)
Charles Robinson is a fictional character in the James Bond films Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. He is portrayed by actor Colin Salmon.-Biography:...
, he urgently calls for HMS Chester to abort the missile. However, the missile is now out of range of the Chester's control, and it is left to Bond to get the torpedoes out.
He is later responsible for sending in the entire British fleet
Royal Navy surface fleet
The Surface Fleet is the name given to the collection of surface vessels of the Royal Navy. In 2008 it consisted of two flotillas based at Portsmouth and Devonport, both on the south coast of England and a flotilla based at the Clyde Naval Base at Faslane in Scotland.The Surface Fleet consists of...
to China, believing that the Chinese were responsible for the sinking of HMS Devonshire. M's cautious nature - sending Bond in to investigate - leads him to express the opinion that she does not have 'the balls' for the job. She retorts, "The advantage being that I don't have to think with them all the time."