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
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film) being, which is "better" than the semi-human condition Moreau tried to force upon them. In closing narration, Douglas reflects on the savagery that also emerges in humans and claims that he returns to humanity "in fear". As recounted in David Gregory's documentary "Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau" (2014), the chaotic events of the making of the film quickly led to its becoming one of the most difficult and troubled productions in Hollywood history. A film version of "Dr. Moreau" had been a long-standing dream of original director Richard Stanley, who had first read