Gemini on Question 17, Sep 30

In the original Ian Fleming novels, James Bond's passport number is never stated.

While Fleming was famous for his journalistic attention to detail—meticulously listing the brand of Bond’s cigarettes (Morland of Grosvenor Street), his car's exact modifications, his specific firearms, and even his exact salary—he never actually provided a passport number for 007 in any of the 12 novels or 2 short story collections.

Here are a few notable details about Bond's passports and travel documents as they are described in the Fleming books:

• •Two Passports: It is established in the novels that Bond carries two passports. He has a standard British passport for general travel and a Diplomatic passport used for official government business, which allows him to bypass certain customs and border inspections.
• •Aliases: MI6's documentation department frequently issues Bond forged passports with cover identities. Throughout the novels, he travels under various names, such as Peter Franks (Diamonds Are Forever), Mark Hazard (The Man with the Golden Gun), John Bryce (Live and Let Die), and Sir Hilary Bray (On Her Majesty's Secret Service). However, even for these aliases, Fleming never lists the actual passport numbers.
• •The SMERSH Dossier: The closest Fleming gets to a full biographical data sheet on Bond is in Chapter 4 of From Russia, with Love, which features Bond's official Soviet SMERSH assassination file. The file details his height (183 cm), weight (76 kg), eye color (blue-grey), scars, and decorations, but it does not include a passport number.

(Note: If you are thinking of a specific passport number, you are likely thinking of the film franchise. For example, in the 2006 movie Casino Royale, Daniel Craig’s James Bond is briefly shown holding a passport with the number 071142).