Jet packs, exploding pens, underwater cars - the flashy gadgets of James Bond might have seemed fanciful when they were first put to screen, but now many have become reality.
With the release of Skyfall in Australia less than a week away we've gone back through the Bond archives to see if fiction has crossed into the world of fact.
Click through this gallery to see some of the classic Bond clips put side by side with their real-world counterparts.