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) leads Bond and Quarrel inland to an open swamp contaminated by radiation. After nightfall, they are attacked by the "dragon" of Crab Key, which is in reality a flamethrower-equipped tank. In the resulting battle, Quarrel is incinerated, while Bond and Ryder are kidnapped, decontaminated in Dr. No's lair, and rendered unconscious with drugged coffee. Upon waking, they are escorted to dine with Dr. No, a Chinese-German criminal scientist who has prosthetic metal hands due to radiation exposure. He reveals that he is a former member of a Chinese crime Tong, from whom he stole ten million dollars, and is now