James Bond Exhibition, Science Museum, London April
2003 - page 1
We visited the James Bond exhibition taking place at
the Science Museum in London and checked out all the gadgets, pressed
lots of buttons, sat in M's office, toured the top secret underground
control room and took Bond's Aston Martin for a spin.. er, well OK then
we admired it on its stand.
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We made the mistake of using the Science Museum restaurant which was
overpriced, mediocre food and a long wait for it. The guy left is
our friend Bob.
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We were each issued with a James Bond secret agent card to 'gain access
to the interactive terminals'. Here we are activating it at
MI6! Oo-er!
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Despite the timed ticket for the James Bond exhibition we had to give
up waiting at the interactive terminals and moved on into the main
part. Yes, the James Bond exhibition sure was popular.
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Mike fancied himself as an secret agent and here he's on the red phone
planning some highly sensitive top secret mission no doubt! Well,
it is in M's office! Well, M's office in the Science Museum!
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Mike likes gadgets and so he tried his hand at using some of James
Bond's ones. Don't press that butto... Oh, too late!
Relevant websites to our visits are on our UK
tourist links page.
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Further on in the exhibition we came across this fearsome crocodile, no
doubt the one James Bond fought with on one of his many dangerous
missions! Can't remember what film it was now.
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Watch out, he'll have your hand off! Hang on, didn't that crock
just blink his eye?!?
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Some of the models used in past James Bond films, including that
amphibious Lotus.
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Further round the James Bond exhibition we viewed many interesting
static pictures and exhibits.
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Secret agent Belinda took a photo of Bond's passport - let's hope the
authorities weren't watching!
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Hmmm, the photo of Bond's passport didn't come out too bad
considering. Probably couldn't make a forgery from it though.
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There were lots of buttons to press in the top secret underground
control room, a feature of many Bond films. This set off a chorus
of...
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...noisy klaxons and a multitude of flashing coloured lights which
played havoc with this shot of the complex looking control
panels. So on to see...
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...James Bond's Aston Martin as used in 'Goldfinger'. We saw the
same Bond vehicles at the Bond display at Beaulieu Motor Museum a few years
back.
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Ironical really, the sign here said not to touch the exhibits as
they're fragile! Huh? fragile? - we don't think M informed Bond,
the way he treated his equipment! Now, where's the button for the
machine guns, revolving number plates and ejector seat?
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There were a fair few Bond vehicles at the Science Museum exhibition,
including this hovercraft used in that James Bond film, er, you know
the one, the one with the gorgeous girl in it. This part was made
up like a film set with lights, camera.. and action.
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Here's a look down the row of some of the amazing film props at the
James Bond exhibition before we headed out via the inevitable souvenir
and gift shop.
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Well, we enjoyed the James Bond exhibition at the Science Museum which
was sufficiently different to the one at Beaulieu we visited a few years
back.
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On page 2 we visit the Natural History Museum.
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