James Bond: Seven influences of 007

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first James Bond film, “Dr. No,” seven experts look at how the secret agent influenced today’s cars, guns, gadgets, martinis, spies, style and feminism.

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Daniel Craig is the latest James Bond and the first “blond Bond.” His first Bond film was"Casino Royale" in 2006. He will play the secret agent again in this fall’s “Skyfall.”

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Sean Connery starred as the first secret agent in “Dr. No.” Shown here in "Goldfinger,” Connery and future Bonds influenced how spies were portrayed in movies and television.

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Sophie Marceau, left, and Pierce Brosnan in a scene from the Bond film "The World Is Not Enough." Modern Bond girls also present a more formidable challenge to the suave secret agent.

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More than suits and martinis, Bond is know for his gadgets. Two Omega watches, a Seamaster Planet Ocean model, left, used by Daniel Craig in ”Quantum of Solace” and a Seamaster Planet Ocean model used by Craig for an action sequence in the upcoming “Skyfall.”

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Bond made it common practice to order martinis “shaken not stirred.” Here, Sean Connery as Bond during "You Only Live Twice," on location in Tokyo on July 29, 1966.

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A Christie's auction house employee stands by a pre-production replica of a BMW Z8 used by Pierce Brosnan in "The World is Not Enough.” Fifty lots of Bond memorabilia were due to go up for auction to celebrate Global James Bond Day.

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Daniel Craig stars in "Skyfall," in theaters this fall. Gunmanship is a necessary skill of the secret agent.

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