Editing SPECTRE (section)

{{short description|Fictional organisation in the James Bond franchise}}
{{About|the fictional criminal organisation|the 2015 James Bond film named after it|Spectre (2015 film)|other uses|Spectre (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
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{{Infobox fictional organisation
| name         = SPECTRE
| image        = SPECTRE Logo.png
| caption      = SPECTRE's logo as featured on its members' rings in ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''. Different rings are featured in ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' and ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|SPECTRE]]''.
| type         =
* [[Evil corporation]]
* [[organised crime|Organised crime syndicate]]
* [[List of terrorist organisations|Terrorist organisation]]
* [[Private intelligence agency]]
| universe     = ''[[James Bond]]'' series
| location     = {{ubl|Paris, 136 [[Boulevard Haussmann]]|SPECTRE island|SPECTRE yacht|SPECTRE ''Bird One'' launch base|[[Tangier]]|Numerous}}
| key_people   = {{ubl|[[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] (#1/director)|[[Emilio Largo]] (#2)|[[Rosa Klebb]] (#3)|[[Tov Kronsteen]] (#5)|Helga Brandt (#11)|Irma Bunt|[[Julius No|Dr. Julius No]]|Tamil Rahani|Jay Autem Holy|Nena Bisquamer (née Blofeld)|[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Mr. White]]|[[Le Chiffre]]|[[Quantum of Solace|Dominic Greene]]|[[Raoul Silva]]|[[Spectre (2015 film)#Cast|Mr. Hinx]]}}
| purpose      = [[Counterintelligence]], [[terrorism]], [[revenge]], [[extortion]], [[world domination]]
| technologies =
| powers       =
| affiliations =
| subsid       = * Quantum
| footnotes    =
}}
'''SPECTRE''' ("'''Sp'''ecial '''E'''xecutive for '''C'''ounter-intelligence, '''T'''errorism, '''R'''evenge and '''E'''xtortion")<ref name="Dockterman 2014">{{cite magazine | last=Dockterman | first=Eliana | title=Here's Why the Next James Bond Movie Is Called Spectre | magazine=Time | date=2014-12-04 | url=https://time.com/3618903/spectre-james-bond-movie/ | access-date=2022-12-17}}</ref> is a [[Fiction|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 [[Crime boss|criminal mastermind]] [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], SPECTRE first formally appeared in the novel ''[[Thunderball (novel)|Thunderball]]'' (1961) and in the film ''[[Dr. No (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 [[ODESSA|Nazi fugitives]] after the [[World War II|Second World War]], as first detailed in the novel ''[[Moonraker (novel)|Moonraker]]'' (1955). In the novels, SPECTRE begins as a small group of criminals, but in the films it is depicted as a vast international organisation with its own SPECTRE Island training base capable of replacing the Soviet [[SMERSH]].