20 James Bond References You Might Have Missed In Die Another Day

20. Noises On The Frigate

After 14 months of torture in North Korea, Pierce Brosnan's James Bond is exchanged for a prisoner being held by the Western authorities, Rick Yune's Zao, who had attacked a summit between North Korea and China.

Although Double-0 Seven believes that he will be welcomed with open arms, he is imprisoned by his allies and considered likely to have haemorrhaged vital information to the North Koreans. Judi Dench's M coldly disavows Bond, claiming "You're no use to anyone anymore". Knowing that he did not divulge any information to his captors, the dishevelled Bond (questionably) manages to slow his heart rate, leading his medical team to believe that he is going into cardiac arrest.

Of course, it is a ploy that Bond has devised to assist his escape and, after subduing the crash cart team, he escapes from his cell onto the deck of a British naval frigate in Hong Kong Harbour.

As he escapes, the audience hears strange noises that somehow rise above the sound of the alarms and sirens warning the crew of Bond's escape. Returning to the gun barrel sequence of the first official James Bond film, Dr. No, audiences can hear the exact same noises, which are meant to be the sound of the 'toppling' radio beam used by Dr. Julius No (Joseph Wiseman) to disrupt the Americans' rocket activities at Cape Canaveral.