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The year was 2002 and the 20th Bond film Die Another Day was a hit at theaters 40 years after Bond first picked up his Walther PPK in Dr. No.

There was much discussion about where to take the character.  Many were in favor of bringing back Pierce Brosnan who had some early misgivings about returning for another Bond film, but instead the franchise decided to move in a new direction by allowing Die Another Day (which had paid homage to several of the previous films) to be the swan song of the old Bond flicks and reboot the entire franchise with a new rougher and less sophisticated Bond.

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Who says seven is lucky?  Seven is a dangerous number.  The seven deadly sins, the seven evil dwarfs (um…maybe I’ve got that one wrong).  As part of our continuing Bond Week, today we give you the seven deadliest and most memorable villains of the Bond series.

Here are seven of the deadliest and most memorable Bond villains.  Did your favorite make the list?

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After several years of threatening to leave the franchise Roger Moore finally bid farewell to Bond with A View to a Kill.  For the first time in over a decade the series needed a new actor for the role.  Sam Neill and Pierce Brosnan were two of the names on the list, but the role went to British stage actor Timothy Dalton.

Dalton had be offered the part twice, in 1968 and 1970, but turned the role down, not wanting to step into, and on, the legacy he felt was Connery’s alone.  After Moore retired however Dalton was approached again and this time he finally accepted.

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