Bond clings to the roof of a flaming Land Rover careening down the narrow passes of the Rock of Gibraltar in The Living Daylights.

邦德紧贴在一辆着火的英国越野车顶上倾斜向下在狭窄的岩石通道在直布罗陀海峡在“黎明生机”。

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But the scriptwriters' attempts to tone down the comedy, made Dalton's Bond in The Living Daylights and A Licence To Kill, a dark, vulnerable, humourless man.

BBC: The many faces of Bond

What better way to demonstrate your capacity to work with opponents and distinguish yourself from Mr Gore, who has a reputation for divisiveness than to appoint a man who was, until recently, trying to bash the living daylights out of you?

ECONOMIST: Be my number two