Dr. No (novel) No" was serialised in the "Daily Express", first in an abridged story form and later as a comic strip. The story was adapted in 1962 as the first film in the Bond series, with Sean Connery in the lead role; in 2008 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a version, with Toby Stephens as Bond. After recovering from serious poisoning inflicted by the SMERSH agent Rosa Klebb (in "From Russia, with Love") the MI6 agent James Bond is sent by his superior, M, on an undemanding mission to the British Colony of Jamaica. He is instructed to investigate the disappearance of Commander
Dr. No (film) just over $5 billion in box office returns alone, making the series one of the highest-grossing ever. It is estimated that since "Dr. No", a quarter of the world's population have seen at least one "Bond" film. "Dr. No" also launched a successful genre of "secret agent" films that flourished in the 1960s. The UK Film Distributors' Association have stated that the importance of "Dr. No" to the British film industry cannot be overstated, as it, and the subsequent "Bond" series of films, "form the backbone of the industry". "Dr. No" – and the "Bond" films in general – also