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) $6 million after its first reissue in 1965, as a double feature with "From Russia with Love". The following reissue was in 1966 paired with "Goldfinger", to compensate the fact that the next Bond movie would only come out in the following year. The total gross of "Dr. No" ended up being $59.6 million worldwide, IGN listed it as sixth-best Bond film ever, "Entertainment Weekly" put it at seventh among Bond films, and Norman Wilner of MSN as twelfth best. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes sampled 51 reviews and judged 96% of the reviews as positive. President John F.