009 was also the 00-number assigned to Bond's colleague in 'Octopussy' who was assassinated by circus performers Mischka & Grischska. Although never seen on screen, it is 009 who is due to pick up the DB10 when Bond steals it from Q-Branch, leaving a bottle of champagne in its place. This is one of the rare Bond films to reference/feature another 00-agent. The ejector seat surprise was spoiled by leaked planning permissions that documented the filmmakers intent to use a parachute on one night of their Rome shoot.

Switches on the DB10 console are: Backfire (which reveals a hidden gun from behind the rear AM badge and allows Bond to sight up adversaries in the rear view mirror) Atmosphere (triggers the radio, comically playing 'New York, New York') Exhaust (fires a flamethrower) Air (launches the ejector seat). One of the two 'hero' cars was sold at auction in 2016 for £2.4 million. The run was limited to ten cars, some of which were adapted by the stunts team to include a rig atop the car, allowing it to seem as if Craig was performing the high octane action. The design was all new but it used the chassis and engine from their V8 Vantage. The DB10 was manufactured by Aston Martin exclusively for EON Productions. Moneypenny's visit to Bond's flat was re-filmed at the end of the shoot, removing the presence of another woman in Bond's bed. Several of the key locations, including Morocco, Austria, and London are held in common with Timothy Dalton's 'The Living Daylights'. 'SPECTRE' marks Rory Kinnear's third appearance as Tanner, making him the most frequent actor to play Bond's friend and M's chief of staff. Mendes credited Orson Welles' 'Touch of Evil' (1958) for the inspiration for the shot. A 'skeleton' set was built on location so Craig could move smoothly from interior to exterior. The fourth shot sees Bond exiting the window and walking along the rooftop. The third shot takes over when Bond and Estrella arrive at their hotel room, the interior of which was shot at Pinewood. The second shot – filmed on location in Mexico – follows Bond up the stairs and into the elevator. The first swooping intro picks up Bond in the streets of Mexico City and follows him to the door of the hotel. The opening shot comprised of four separate shots strung together by ILM in post production. The film is also the first time that Jez Butterworth gets a 007 screenwriting credit, having previously helped Mendes polish dialogue on 'Skyfall'.

Around the same time, the filmmakers also considered but then rejected the possibility of a two-film story arc, presumably involving Blofeld. Regular Bond scribes, Purvis and Wade, were expected to have departed the franchise with 'Skyfall' but when the producers were unsatisfied with Logan's drafts, Purvis and Wade were recruited again. The plot was devised by John Logan in consultation with Sam Mendes. Many in the press assumed that the title was not an acronym and wrote it in title-case: 'Spectre.' However, the title treatment on the EON/Sony marketing consistently wrote it with capitals. Bond fans know that SPECTRE is an acronym for Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion. The organisation's name is mentioned only twice in the film, once when Madeleine reveals the name of the organisation to Q and Bond in Austria and once when 007 reports to M in the London safe house. 'SPECTRE' is left ambiguous in its meaning. This opened the door for the use of the name/organisation SPECTRE and its head, Blofeld. In November 2013 Danjaq announced that it had acquired all the remaining James Bond rights it had not previously held from the McClory estate.

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