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Licence To Kill gadgets: mantaray cover

mantaray cover

This simple gadget is used by Bond to approach Milton Krest’s boat underwater undetected by simply pretending to be a Mantaray using this cover.


Licence To Kill gadgets: explosive alarm clock

explosive alarm clock

While not used in the film, Q tells Bond about this explosive alarm clock guaranteed not to wake up the person who used it.


Licence To Kill gadgets: laser camera

laser camera

This Polaroid camera fired a laser out of the flash compartment when the flash was trigged. Pam Bouvier nearly hits Q and Bond when she fires the camera returning an X-Ray photograph.


Licence To Kill gadgets: rappelling cummerbund

rappelling cummerbund

This cummerbund allowed Bond to rappel down the face of Sanchez’s casino allowing him to get into position to use his explosives.


Licence To Kill gadgets: Dentonite toothpaste and detonator

Dentonite toothpaste and detonator

Bonds Dentonite toothpaste is used on the ledge of Sanchez’s office combined with the detonator. Disguised as a packet of cigarettes, Bond takes one cigarette and places it in the toothpaste. After setting up the explosives, he triggers the explosion by remote from across the street.


Licence To Kill gadgets: signature gun

signature gun

Q provides Bond with a signature gun, and after being programmed by Q, it can only be used by Bond. Bond uses this after he detonates the explosives in front of Sanchez’s office. However, before he has chance to kill Sanchez, he is overcome by two ninja’s who try to shoot Bond with his gun but luckily they can’t use the gun.


Licence To Kill gadgets: broom transmitter Licence To Kill gadgets: broom transmitter

broom transmitter

This is quite a unique gadget, as this is one of the few gadgets that Q actually uses himself ‘in the field’. Similar to the Flute Transmitter In Live and Let Die, Q pulls out the aerial and pulls apart the middle section to reveal a microphone. Q then proceeds to tell Pam Bouvier where Bond is heading and who he is with. Ironically he then proceeds to do what he always tells Bond not to do, he simply throws the gadget into the bushes.


related links

Licence To Kill posters

Licence To Kill reference guide

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