The first-ever cinematic Bond villain, Dr. No works for S.P.E.C.T.R.E., the internationally notorious criminal terrorist ring. Although S.P.E.C.T.R.E.s motivations are purely financial (they intend to commit supervillain-style acts on a horrifying scale against whole nations in order to command a higher price for their services and to extort money in exchange for not doing worse), Dr. Nos are purely personal. The abandoned child of a German preacher and a young Chinese girl, No became a high-ranking official in the Chinese Tongs, before stealing a fortune in gold bullion from the crime syndicate and escaping to America, where he offered his services to both sides of the Cold War, only to be accepted by neither. He makes his base beneath an island in Jamaica, plotting revenge because of his rejection. Thats right: Dr. No is motivated by psychotic vengeance against whole continents of people, making him a perfect fit for S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Whats more, his scheme involves disrupting the US space programme with an atomic-powered radio beam. You need more? Specialising in radiation technology, No has lost both hands in an accident and had them replaced by super-strong robot hands covered in black leather. Read that last paragraph back, and tell us thats not perfect mad scientist material. Go ahead. Well wait here.
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