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) all appeared in subsequent films. These conventions were also lampooned in spoof films, such as the "Austin Powers" series. The first spoof films happened relatively soon after "Dr. No", with the 1964 film "Carry On Spying" showing the villain Dr. Crow being overcome by agents who included Charlie Bind (Charles Hawtrey) and Daphne Honeybutt (Barbara Windsor). A further legacy saw the sales of Fleming's novels rise sharply after the release of "Dr. No" and the subsequent films. In the seven months after "Dr. No" was released, 1.5 million copies of the novel were sold. Worldwide sales of all the "Bond"