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Clever, I can see that fits quite a few clues very well, but I’m afraid it’s not him
It is nice to see you all again.
New clues added
1. If I look outside I’ll find evidence that Bond has come back from the future
2. A piece of Moneypenny’s furniture would be useful to me
3. I’m not one for gesticulation
4. A woman! Bond’s powers of observation do him credit, you miss out on the treat!
5. Analyse this ... I count 13 in the first one, and 7 in the second
6. It’s all Greek to me!
7. I’m seen with an actor who appeared in the previous film. This time he turns out to be a blast!
8. Picture clue
9. My colleague needs two more steps to reach his destination but he doesn’t make it
10. True to form, Bond is paying far more attention to the girl than to us
11. German technology enables us to find out what the villain is up to
12. I suppose I could be credited as Continuity Boy?
13. ... Certainly the collars and cuffs match
14. Like Roger Moore’s eyebrows, I have three standard positions - hands behind my back, hands in front or hands folded
15. I have nothing useful to say in my first appearance, and nothing to say at all in my second
16. It’s an unusual view I’m looking at but it’s one I’m very familiar with
17. The costume department had an off day when they dressed me ...
18. ... And someone else didn’t pay enough attention in geography lessons, rather carelessly I don’t notice
19. Picture clue
20. Has Bond spotted me in the movie Lassie Come Home, perhaps?
21. I reveal so very little whilst also revealing an awful lot, and all with a little help from a friend[/b]
22. I’m two up on the other fella, at least on paper
23. It appears this situation will be a three telephone problem!
24. You could say I’m ‘in the same business’ as the person I’m sat next to, ‘but with rival companies’
25. The world is not enough for my second appearance, but two will do
26. Picture clue
27. I’m portrayed by someone somewhat pleonastic
28. Moneypenny ought to be jealous when she sees the size of mine
29. Behold the allied global reach
30. Like Harry Potter a swish of my hand signals the big reveal
Guesses
Bibi Dahl
Bond’s masseuse (YOLT)
Captain Nikolai
Chang
Chula
Dolly
Drax’s dogs
Florist (FYEO)
Gen Gogol
Hans
Johnny (GF)
Karl Stromberg
Kincade
Martin (TSWLM)
Odd Job
Owner of Douglas DC-3 (QOS)
Patricia Fearing
Pinder’ s radioman
Quist
Smithers
Tanner (any)
Patricia Wearing
Clues added
Where is this likeable and funny bird? I'm getting nervous already. I need my daily dose of new hints otherwise I start twitching.
Very good guess!
Secondly oh my, this is awkward! All I can say is I’m glad we’re not playing this in the pub, there would be glasses flying around the room at this moment, and I would be left with the clean-up bill! 😶☺️😲
Congratulations goes to @goldenswissroyale it is indeed Vice Air Marshal Sir John (TB). Well done indeed, you are on a roll! 👍
After the last round I thought it might be fun to play a character very close to the previous round, to see if people still had Pritchard in their mind.
Turns out it took much longer than I thought, and I suspect in trying to come up with more clues to describe the scene perhaps they focused on the man with the rope too much, leading @Birdleson ‘upthe garden path’. If so I take full responsibility for that and apologise! Seriously well done as well @Birdleson! 👍
1 If I look outside I’ll find evidence that Bond has come back from the future
There is a bare tree outside the window of the conference room. This matches the PTS, but contradicts the Shrublands scenes where trees are in full leaf
2 A piece of Moneypenny’s furniture would be useful to me
the hat stand - Sir John has to place his cap on the table in front of him instead
3 I’m not one for gesticulation
See clue 14
4 A woman! Bond’s powers of observation do him credit, you miss out on the treat!
The person sat in 003’s position in the mission briefing scene is a woman, Bond can see her, but from our point of view we can’t see who is sitting in the chair
5 Analyse this ... I count 13 in the first one, and 7 in the second
’Count’ referring to numbers - there are 13 numbers mentioned in Blofeld’s first tape recorded message that Sir John listens to, and 7 numbers in the second one
6 It’s all Greek to me!
The tapestries on the walls of the MI6 conference depict part of the Ancient Greek myth of Jason
7 I’m seen with an actor who appeared in the previous film. This time he turns out to be a blast!
General Russhon, whose name appeared on Fort Knox in GF, is next to M at the briefing. He helped secure experimental rocket fuel used to create the explosion of the Disco Volante
8 Picture clue
A red circle - Sir John draws attention to the red circle on the map
9 My colleague needs two more steps to reach his destination but he doesn’t make it
In the ‘crisis-room’ scene a man needs to stand on steps to be able to point to Myanmar on the map but he can only reach as far as Singapore
10 True to form, Bond is paying far more attention to the girl than to us
Once Bond opens the FYEO folder he spends his time admiring Domino’s photo instead of the briefing
11 German technology enables us to find out what the villain is up to
The SPECTRE tape is played on a tape player made by Uher, a German brand
12 I suppose I could be credited as Continuity Boy?
This choice of ‘guess the character’ relates directly to the previous character Group Captain Pritchard
13 ... Certainly the collars and cuffs match
Both wear RAF uniform
14 Like Roger Moore’s eyebrows, I have three standard positions - hands behind my back, hands in front or hands folded
Sir John spends almost all his time in one of these three positions
15 I have nothing useful to say in my first appearance, and nothing to say at all in my second
He has no idea where the Vulcan is, or whether it’s crashed or landed, in the briefing. In the crisis-room scene he says nothing.
16 It’s an unusual view I’m looking at but it’s one I’m very familiar with
The map Sir John uses in his presentation is a conic projection which looks strange to the general public but is commonly used for aerial navigation, thus an RAF officer would be familiar with it
17 The costume department had an off day when they dressed me
The movie credits him as Air Vice Marshal, but his uniform clearly bears the three stripes of an Air Marshal
18 And someone else didn’t pay enough attention in geography lessons, rather carelessly I don’t notice
The tape gives coordinates for a drop off on the coast of Burma but 20N60E is off the East coast of Oman, far from Myanmar. You would have thought an Air Force Officer would spot this.
19 picture clue: Two projections
The two maps Sir John is seen with are two different projections of the world, a conic projection and a Mercator projection
20 Has Bond spotted me in the movie Lassie Come Home, perhaps?
Bond surmises with Moneypenny that the meeting is about the Home Secretary’s wife losing a dog
21 I reveal so very little whilst also revealing an awful lot, and all with a little help from a friend
Sir John gives no real useful information in his presentation, but he does reveal a giant map behind the tapestry thanks to a colleague pulling the rope
22 I’m two up on the other fella, at least on paper
His rank of Vice Air Marshal is two higher than Group Captain Pritchard
23 It appears this situation will be a three telephone problem!
There are three telephones on the table in front of M and Sir John in the ‘crisis-room’ meeting
24 You could say I’m ‘in the same business’ as the person I’m sat next to, ‘but with rival companies’
Sits next to M, both with a Forces background, but M is from the Navy, Sir John the Air Force
25 The world is not enough for my second appearance, but two will do
Sir John makes use of one giant map of the world in the 00 briefing, but in the crisis-room scene the tapestry in the opposite wall has also risen to reveal a second map
26 Picture clue A scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope
See clue 21 regarding the rope. Hitchcock also points you towards Thunderball - he was contacted regards directing the film during the McClory/Fleming/Bryce project
27 I’m portrayed by someone somewhat pleonastic
Edward Underdown
28 Moneypenny ought to be jealous when she sees the size of mine
Moneypenny has a small map of the world on the wall of her office
29 Behold the allied global reach
The second wall map is labelled Allied Global Reach
30 Like Harry Potter a swish of my hand signals the big reveal
Sir John gives the signal for the map to be revealed
Respect! @Max_The_Parrot.
Sorry @Birdleson. You did 95 % of the work. I'm not proud of my victory. If you want, you can go on with the next one.
And to @goldenswissroyale for solving it.