firing motorbike. EON Productions owned the  James Bond theme and logo plus a considerable number of characters  and situations. Elements that were shared by both parties included  James Bond, casino gambling, M, Q, Miss Moneypenny, Felix Leiter and  the Aston Martin DB5. Interestingly of the latter, this vehicle did  not appear in this movie whereas it did in  _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv). Further, despite the claims, the Bahamas  was still a location in _Casino Royale (2006)_ (qv).