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Fictional organisation in the James Bond franchise

This article is about the fictional criminal organisation. For the 2015 James Bond film named after it, see Spectre (2015 film). For other uses, see Spectre (disambiguation).

SPECTRE ("Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion")^[1] is a fictional organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, as well as films and video games based in the same universe. Led by criminal mastermindErnst Stavro Blofeld, SPECTRE first formally appeared in the novel Thunderball (1961) and in the film Dr. No (1962). The international organisation is not aligned with any nation or political ideology, enabling the later Bond books and Bond films to be regarded as somewhat apolitical. The presence of former Gestapo members in the organization can be considered as a sign of Fleming's warnings about Nazi fugitives after the Second World War, as first detailed in the novel Moonraker Spectre 007 full movie.