Patricia Fearing
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Patricia Fearing is a fictional character
in the James Bond
novel Thunderball. For the 1965 film of the same name
she went by the nickname 'Pat' and was portrayed by Molly Peters
.
while he is a guest. At one point she sets Bond up with the traction table and leaves him for a few moments. However, during her time away, Bond is attacked by Count Lippe who turns up the power on the traction table in an attempt to kill him. He is ultimately saved by Fearing when she returns.
After the incident Fearing and her manager, Mr. Wain, believe that Bond had accidentally bumped a switch causing the traction table to speed up. She pleads with Bond to remain silent on Mr. Wain's behalf feeling that it would damage their reputation if the other patients got word of the incident. Bond seduces her and makes love to her in her car after he is discharged from Shrublands. Her body is one of three things Bond has built up an appetite for - the others being firstly, a meal of spaghetti Bolognese and Chianti
, and secondly, revenge on Count Lippe. Bond achieves the last and manages to have the other two in quick succession.
In the film, Fearing had previously rejected Bond's advances but, after the incident, pleads with him not to complain about it, as she would be fired by her manager. Bond responds that he will remain silent for a price and immediately drags her off to the steam room, where they undress and make love. Fearing is not unwilling, and that night they share a room together.
There is a later scene in the novel which Bond receives a massage from Fearing using mink gloves. This is changed in the film and has Bond giving a mostly disrobed Fearing - wearing nothing but a towel - a massage with the mink glove, saying that mink "reduces the tension." Fearing responds, "Not mine."
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the James Bond
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,...
novel Thunderball. For the 1965 film of the same name
Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
she went by the nickname 'Pat' and was portrayed by Molly Peters
Molly Peters
Molly Peters is an English actress. She appeared in only three films during the 1960s. Her best known appearance was the role of Bond girl, Patricia Fearing or Pat, a nurse who takes care of James Bond while he's on vacation at her health clinic in Thunderball...
.
Biography
In both the novel and the film she is a nurse at the Shrublands heath farm and is tasked with specifically looking after James BondJames Bond (character)
Royal Navy Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is a fictional character created by journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the main protagonist of the James Bond series of novels, films, comics and video games...
while he is a guest. At one point she sets Bond up with the traction table and leaves him for a few moments. However, during her time away, Bond is attacked by Count Lippe who turns up the power on the traction table in an attempt to kill him. He is ultimately saved by Fearing when she returns.
After the incident Fearing and her manager, Mr. Wain, believe that Bond had accidentally bumped a switch causing the traction table to speed up. She pleads with Bond to remain silent on Mr. Wain's behalf feeling that it would damage their reputation if the other patients got word of the incident. Bond seduces her and makes love to her in her car after he is discharged from Shrublands. Her body is one of three things Bond has built up an appetite for - the others being firstly, a meal of spaghetti Bolognese and Chianti
Chianti
Chianti is a red Italian wine produced in Tuscany. It was historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco ; however, the fiasco is only used by a few makers of the wine now; most Chianti is now bottled in more standard shaped wine bottles...
, and secondly, revenge on Count Lippe. Bond achieves the last and manages to have the other two in quick succession.
In the film, Fearing had previously rejected Bond's advances but, after the incident, pleads with him not to complain about it, as she would be fired by her manager. Bond responds that he will remain silent for a price and immediately drags her off to the steam room, where they undress and make love. Fearing is not unwilling, and that night they share a room together.
There is a later scene in the novel which Bond receives a massage from Fearing using mink gloves. This is changed in the film and has Bond giving a mostly disrobed Fearing - wearing nothing but a towel - a massage with the mink glove, saying that mink "reduces the tension." Fearing responds, "Not mine."