UK Leisure Attractions - James Bond Exhibition

So first to the Science Museum's restaurant which was overpriced, served mediocre food and with a long wait.  The guy left is our friend Bob.

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!

Despite our timed ticket for the James Bond exhibition we gave up waiting at the crowded interactive terminals and moved on into the main part.  Yes, the James Bond exhibition sure was popular.

Mike fancied himself as a secret agent so he made himself comfy in M's office, picked up the red phone to plan some highly sensitive top secret mission to send Bond on!  Well, M's office in the Science Museum.

Mike likes gadgets so he tried his hand at using some of James Bond's wondrous kit.  Don't press that butto... Oh, too late!  Relevant websites to our visits are in our UK tourist resources.

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.  Er, what Bond film it was that now?

Watch out, he'll have your hand off!  Hang on, didn't that crock just blink his evil eye?

Some of the models used in past James Bond films, including that amazing amphibious Lotus.

Further round the James Bond exhibition we viewed many interesting static pictures and exhibits.

Secret agent Belinda took a photo of Bond's passport - let's hope the authorities weren't watching!

Hmmm, the photo of Bond's passport didn't come out too bad considering.  Probably couldn't make a forgery from it though.

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...

...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...

...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.

Ironical really, the sign here said not to touch the exhibits as they're fragile!  Huh? fragile? - we don't think M told Bond, the way he treated his equipment!  Now, where's the button for the machine guns, revolving number plates and ejector seat?

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.

Here's a look down the row of some of the impressive film props at the James Bond exhibition before we headed out via the inevitable...

...gift shop.  Our verdict on the James Bond exhibition at the Science Museum?  Fascinating and sufficiently different to the one at Beaulieu we'd previously visited.