Octopussy and The Living Daylights the thirteenth film in the series and provided the back story for the film Octopussy's family, while "The Property of a Lady" was more closely adapted for an auction sequence in the film. "The Living Daylights", released in 1987, was the fifteenth Bond film produced by Eon and starred Timothy Dalton in his first appearance as Bond. "007 in New York", meanwhile, provided character and plot elements for the first two films starring Daniel Craig as Bond, "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace". Secret Service operative James Bond, code name 007, is assigned to apprehend a hero of the Second
James Bond filmography eponymous hero of the new "Batman" film". Not all viewers were taken with Dalton. Jay Scott of "The Globe and Mail" was entirely dismissive. "The new Bond has been widely described in feature stories as a throwback to the Ian Fleming original (studying the Fleming novels, Dalton was pleased to discover that Bond was a human being, he says), and that may be true, if the Fleming original lacked charm, sex appeal and wit. Timothy Dalton's Bond is a serious bloke who swallows his words and approaches his job with responsibility and humanity, and eschews promiscuity – Dirtless Harry. You