The Saint with Fireball XL5

From the 1964 season 3 series of The Saint here is the opening to episode 8 "The Man Who Liked Toys". Roger Moore plays with a Quercetti XL5 toy.

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Film & Animation

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• Fireball
• XL5

[Melonhead622]

A crafty one from Lew Grade! Damn, toys were more FUN in the Sixties. Then again, EVERYTHING was more fun in those days...

[Renshen1957]

@SovereignStatesman David Niven is the only Bond actor mentioned in any of the Bond books, mentioned twice, In On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice. However, there are as many actors that were "Fleming's choice for Bond" as there are candidates for the "Fifth Beatle." Among them Fleming's cousin Christopher Lee, Richard Todd,  and according to Sir John Morgan (Fleming's step son in law) Edward Underdown, the Air Vice Marshall in 1965′s Thunderball. Take your pick

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@Renshen1957

Bond liked that kind of food? That IS unusual. As for David Niven, that's very interesting; and it explains his ultimately taking the role of James Bond in the parody "Casino Royale," which deals extensively with Bond's Scottish heritage and his dealings with the Scottish infantry (though it's been so long since I saw it, that I'll have to see it again to be sure).

[Renshen1957]

@SovereignStatesman I was under the impression that "scrambled eggs and coffee," was James Bond favourite food. FRWL order is a point well taken. Bond should've ordered Haggis Neeps and Tatties. I have heard from a fellow Bond fan that David Niven was actually Fleming's choice an Englishman who had served in the Highland Light Infantry (his third choice after either Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders or the Black Watch), David Niven would later serve in the Commandos in WW2.

[SovereignStatesman]

@Renshen1957

So you're telling me that Moore was the first choice for James Bond, and Connery was first for The Saint?

Talk about your double-irony!

And Bond had more than just a Scots father; he had an expressed Scottish heritage by Fleming. I'll take your word for his excesses; however, but as for the food he liked, in "From Russia With Love" I distinctly remember him ordering "a steak, coffee and green things" from room-service... is that particularly "English?" Sounds Scot, but WTFDIK.

[Renshen1957]

@SovereignStatesman James Bond may fictionally have a Scots father, however there is much more of Englishman Ian Fleming in Bond from the food Bond likes to his excesses in living.

However, for continuity with his books, one would think a Scots actor would have been the logical first choice.

Moore had a successful TV show, but he was not approached, as he was under contract for The Saint, which originally Sean Connery had was preferred for the role of Simon Templar, but he was unavailable.

[SovereignStatesman]

@windjammer777

No question, he was believable in an action-scene.... even back when action-scenes were believable.

[SovereignStatesman]

@ewaf88

Nah, Steve was American like all famous spacemen of the era.

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@Renshen1957

Odd that he'd pick a London native over a couple of Scots to play a Scottish character.

[marcd30319]

Simon, be careful! You can put an eye out with that thing!