The Style: A clown costume. Yes, really

The Car: A Tuk Tuk rickshaw for Bond’s unlikeliest car chase

The Gadget: A one-man submersible disguised as a crocodile

The One-Liner: “Having trouble keeping it up, Q?”

19. Quantum of Solace (2008)

Daniel Craig’s debut Casino Royale played around with the Bond formula, but Quantum of Solace rejected it completely. The film had production problems and was being rewritten while they filmed it. There’s solid action – especially a nosebleed-inducing punch-up on some scaffolding – but it’s not much of a Bond film. The villain is at least quite timely – an evil environmentalist Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), who plots to keep Bolivia’s water supply to himself.

The Style: A brown mohair tonic two-piece from Tom Ford

The Car: Aston Martin DBS V12

The Gadget: A special MI5-ready smartphone with facial imaging and top secret access

The One-Liner: “You must be furious,” at an intern who’s angry with herself for succumbing to his bedroom charms

18. A View To A Kill (1985)

Everything about this is wrong: Roger Moore’s Bond at a creaky 57-years-old but still seducing the young ladies; Grace Jones being terrifying as ever and seducing a creaky 57-year-old Roger Moore; and the flare of Roger’s trousers flapping in the wind as he dangles off the Golden Gate Bridge. But you can’t argue with the Duran Duran theme tune, Christopher Walken on maniacal villain duties, and the sheer joy of its silliness.

The Style: A grey suede blouson with a grey and white striped shirt and grey flannel trousers

The Car: A commandeered Renault 11 taxi

The Gadget: A gold ring with an in-built camera

The One-Liner: “Well, I’m an early riser myself.” Course you are, James

17. The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Brosnan takes on Renard, a baddie who can’t feel pain because of a bullet lodged in his brain (honestly, where do they find these guys?). After his much-celebrated debut in Goldeneye, this is Brosnan’s third Bond film and second best effort overall. It’s best remembered for an action sequence around the brand-spanking-new Millennium Dome and Denise Richards as Dr Christmas Jones, the world’s most glamorous nuclear physicist.