Tomorrow's World | Bond and Beyond Special

Peter Snow and Philippa Forrester take a look at how science could be shaping the technology behind the world's most famous spy. Snow goes for a spin in an Aston Martin just like Bond's, there's a speedboat ride to the most secret bunker in Britain, a demonstration of a back-pack helicopter and, to round things off, a perfect martini.

Although it is well known that Bond prefers his martinis shaken, not stirred, Ian Fleming's novels have the secret agent taking his favourite tipple stirred, not shaken. The convention was reversed for the films because it was felt that the phrase sounded better the other way round.