Three Blind Mice

The Bond of Dr. No is given far fewer wisecracks, bad puns and smirking sexual iimuendo than he will get as they become one of his trademarks in later entries in the series. His smile of bemused detachment is already present. Absurd set-pieces, a common feature of the series, are noticeably present. The three blind mice seem ridiculously conspicuous to be effective as hit-mea A poisonous spider seems a terribly inefficient weapon for a technological genius to choose. A system of air ducts (which are also, oddly, water ducts) connects the prison cell directly with the reactor rooms. 

Dr. No, the first of the EON franchise, predates the signature gun-barrel theme but opens well with its quirky Three Blind Mice motif and the killing of a British agent in Jamaica, followed by the famous introduction by Sean Connery, Bond, James Bond. One of the virtues of Dr. No for Ian Fleming admirers is that it stuck fairly close to the novel s plot however, in the book he agonizes over having to kill as part of his 007 rating while in the film he knows that Professor Dent has an unloaded gun and deliberately kills him and intentionally pumps a couple more bullets into his body. 

Tan, O. 2004. Students experiences in problem-based learning three blind mice episode or educational innovation Innovations in Education and Teaching International ... 

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