Moore had retired now to make way for Shakespearean actor Timothy Dalton, who always looked rather embarrassed to be a Bond. To give him some much needed gravitas, producer Cubby Broccoli brought an Aston Martin back, not the slender DB5, but the dinosaur-like V8. With its rocket launchers, spiked tyres, laser tyre-slashers and skis, it certainly came fully-equipped, but it didn't have the charm of the original.