Reply to "BOND! James Bond!"

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@Eugene's Lair posted:
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"007" is just an MI6 codename. In the books, MI6 has a limited number of double-0 agents, and given how dangerous their job is, it seems reasonable to assume the codename would be passed-on to a successor when an agent dies/retires. James Bond has just managed to stay alive a lot longer than the average double-0 agent...

There is a sort-of comparison in real life, where the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service - and formerly MI6 - is always known as "C" (and not "M" as in the books). The very first Chief, Captain Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming, signed letters as "C" in green ink, and the name has just stuck...

That name deserves a position of authority don't you think

I would have thought that the codename died with the agent....just to keep things tidy, if nothing else....can't be any confusions then ?

9/28/2112:02 PM

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