Octopussy

RAF Northolt depicting Bond arriving at a covert Latin American Airbase in order to create explosive mayhem. (Ian Johnson/IJ)

Wearing a clown's outfit, 009 takes a knife in the back and falls into the water. Depicting Germany, the action took place at Orton Mere in Nene Park near Peterborough. (IJ)

Ian took his shot in daylight.

Nick Knight provides this capture of 009, having escaped his captors [through Black Park] and arriving at the British Ambassador's residence in East Berlin. In fact the car park of Heatherden Hall, Pinewood with the entrance to the left. (RL)

And Nick also provides the "now" of Heatherden Hall in a non cinematic role. (RL)

Greenwich, London SE10.

Entrance to the Undershaft of the Painted Hall, Greenwich. (RL)

Sotheby’s, Bond Street

Now. SJ

Moore with appropriate clues in the corners. New Bond Street, which can also be seen in ‘Nothing But the Best’, ‘The Mine and the Minotaur’, ‘Absolute Beginners’, ‘Help!’, 'Crooks Anonymous', ‘Just My Luck’, ‘Baby Love’, ‘Joanna’, ‘The Lady is a Square’, ‘Appointment with Crime’, ‘The Stud’, ‘I Don’t Want to be Born’ and of course ‘Bond Street’.

Now with the window moved outward. SJ

Looking across Bond Street

Replacing the previous photo taken by SJ covered by Mark O'Neill's scaffolding is this one taken by, er, Mark O'N. (SJ)

Taj Mahal from Red Fort, Agra

Supplied by Teddy Favre-Gilly on a hazier day

Bond arrives at Gangaur Ghat, Udaipur

Matt Sears took this view during Holi festival so the ground is covered in pink powder.

Monsoon Palace ... the heavily guarded palace of Kamal Khan

The view today shows more lakeside properties. (SR)

Shiv Niwas Hotel … after having checked in, Bond looks out from his room balcony

Teddy again, taking nows then at the age of 12, probably our youngest Reel Streeter

The Shiv Niwas Hotel captured by Matt Sears.

Old entrance, Shiv Niwas … leading to an impressive high speed Tuk Tuk chase with Bond and Vijay pursued by Gobinda and his henchmen. (IJ)

Lake Palace/Jagmandir ... Seen in the distance is the island of Jagminder on Lake Pichola. This was used to depict the external views of Octopussy’s palace. (IJ) ... Michael Bradley adds that Ingrid Pitt has an uncredited voice cameo as Octopussy's galley mistress.

Same boat, retained as a location attraction. Teddy again

Matt Sears took a closer shot of Jagmandir Island.

Arriving at Lake Palace ... Most of the filming of Octopussy’s palace was filmed on the island that is occupied by the luxury heritage Lake Palace hotel. Kamal arrives aboard Octopussy’s personal exclusive barge. (Cast and unit crew stayed at the hotel itself.) (IJ)

Lily pond, Lake Palace … Kamal is escorted to his meeting with Octopussy by her attendants.

Teddy confirms it

The Lily pond at the Lake Palace hotel by Matt Sears who adds "Interiors were all filmed the Lake Palace Hotel while all exterior shots were filmed at Jagmandir Island, the two islands being very close to each other."

Monsoon Palace. Bond observes the arrival of Kamal’s car from his locked room and barred windows.

City Palace Gardens. Rather than a tiger hunt, Kamal prefers a 007 hunt.

Jagminder Island Palace. Camouflaged as a crocodile, Bond covertly gains entry to Octopussy’s palace. (IJ)

Matt Sears noticed that the water level is much higher today.

Lake Pichola ... …Q enjoys some fishing.

A pretty good match. This Teddy has talent.

Moore and Adams on the upper terrace of Lake Palace

Teddy is bang on and there are my printed out grabs in the foreground by the tree to help him nail it.

The upper terrace of the Lake Palace Hotel from Matt Sears.

View for the upper terrace onto the lily pond

Teddy again.

The view from the upper terrace to the Lily Pond by Matt Sears.

Upper Terrace

Teddy on the case. A star pupil. Remind me to give him a good Latin grade.

Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin. After his discussion with M, Bond is driven through the infamous border crossing from the American sector to the Russian sector. At the time of filming, all the security regulations and protocols existed between east and west. The Mercedes used in the film stopped in ‘no man's land’ and returned to the American sector. (IJ)

It all looks very different today and what'smore the original booth was removed in 1990. A smaller version now stands on the very site however. This photo was provided by Hans. (SJ)

Octopussy’s circus is being transported from Karl Marx Stadt in east Germany to USAF Feldstadt in west Germany. The Nene Valley preservation railway near Peterborough was used for the sequence. Wansford station depicts Karl Marx Stadt station. Here Bond is secretly about to hide underneath the freight wagon. (IJ)

Ian's photo on the station.

This is Wansford Level Crossing, Old Great North Road, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, a moment's drive east off the A1... Note that Wansford station is on the left of the level crossing. On the right is the railway bridge from which Bond’s car was blown into the river below (following cap)

And it is remarkably unchanged. SJ

Orton Mere station. The signal man diverts Bond’s car onto the adjacent track shortly before meeting a train coming from the opposite direction. (IJ)

Ian enjoys the railway.

Nene Valley ... Specifically this is the railway bridge with the Wansford level crossing on the right. A narrow escape for Bond and the man in the boat! (IJ)

The Nene River is rather more serene today. This is the north side of The Nene Valley Steam Railway, also seen in Top Secret! and GoldenEye. SJ

Overton (Ferry Meadows) station. The train is about to depart in order to cross the east/west border. (IJ) ... Manuel Gurtner adds some detail. "The Circus train consists of DSB S Class 2-6-4T No. 740 (Frichs, 1928), disguised as No. 62 015 of GDR Reichsbahn, two LMS freight carriages of type CCT (Metro-Cammell, 1938), CIWL dining car No. 2975 of type RF (Reggiane works, 1927), NSB teak coach No. 601 of type TO (built 1922), CIWL sleeping car No. 3916 of type YT (Nivelles works, 1949), which can be seen here in front of one of two further LMS freight carriages of type CCT (Metro-Cammell, 1938)."

Ian's comparison.

German town, a set methinks. Ronald Westrenen suggests that this was modelled on Ritterplatz, Braunfels in Hessen. (RL) ... And Ian adds, "This was an existing set at Pinewood that had been constructed for the film ‘The Hunchback of Norte-Dame’. No doubt the production team were happy to make use of someone else’s work! It forms part of the sequence depicting Bond hastily driving to Octopussy’s circus to diffuse the bomb."

Filmed at RAF Upper Heyford this depicts USAF Feldstadt in west Germany where Octopussy’s circus parade arrives ... This backs up Morris Leach's identification and he also mentions the base's appearance in The Fourth Protocol and World War Z.

Utah, probably Canyonlands: looks a like a second unit shot ... And the final word from IJ. The aerial landscape and stunt work footage was filmed above the landform of Hurricane Mesa, close to the small city of the same name in Utah. This capture would have been created at Pinewood including SFX and edited into the location footage.