8 Things We Learned From The Lost Adventures Of James Bond Book

8. The Third Timothy Dalton Movie

While Sir Sean Connery and Sir Roger Moore both got seven movies each, and Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig had four pictures a piece (and soon to be a fifth for Craig), Timothy Dalton was, at least in sheer number of appearances, one of the lesser James Bonds.

Despite impressing during his time as 007, Dalton only managed to have two outings as the iconic Bond. But as is so often the case in the movie industry, there was scope for so, so much more for Dalton's James. In fact, not only was their scope for it, there were actual plans in place for what a third Dalton 'Bond' would look like.

Following his appearances in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill, the plan for Dalton's 007 were detailed in a treatment from Michael G. Wilson and Alfonse Ruggiero.

In this film, the action would have started with a chemical weapons lab in Scotland being decimated thanks to a robotic machine going nuts. From there, the House of Commons and the Prime Minister (hopefully not Thatcher) got involved to dig deeper on this issue - which would have involved bringing in Bond for assistance.

What followed is a plot that involves a former CIA operative, a Terminator-like presence, a killer robotic car, Hong Kong, a villain with plans of global domination, and the obvious twists and turns that one would expect from a James Bond film. Also, GoldenEye was at one point being considered as the title of this movie.

Instead, a licensing disagreement meant that the Bond franchise was put on hold in the aftermath of 1989's Licence to Kill. By the time that the next 007 picture was able to happen, Dalton's contract with MGM had long since lapsed.