Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(Charles Gray)

Character: Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Actor: Charles Gray
Movie: Diamonds Are Forever
Age: 48
Appearence: Dark green eyes, medium height and build, often dresses in a simple nehru jacket. He is believed to extensively use disguises and plastic surgery such as baldness and scars, thus altering his appearance constantly.
Status: Presumed dead.

Quite possibly the ultimate Bond villain, the head of SPECTRE (the Special Executive for Counter-Espionage, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) has been pitted against Bond on numerous occasions. His plans have always been foolproof, and yet thwarted in the end by 007's quick wit, remarkable resourcefulness and amazing gadgets.

Most memorable quote:
"Kill Bond, now!"

Personality

Blofeld seems to have a polite but sinister personality, soft and very well spoken, he is of high intellect. Blofeld is obsessed with world domination and power, nothing is too extreme for one of Bond's most treacherous enemies. He is always seen holding or stroking a white cat, it appears to a symbol or mascot. Blofeld has an intimidating and powerful manner, he would not hesitate to kill an employee for failing to succeed in a mission.

Scheme

Blofeld, using the kidnapped Willard Whyte's powers, White was a reclusive billionaire with ties to NASA. The scheme was to gather diamonds from the black market, for a satellite developed by Professor Dr Metz which using the diamonds as reflectors could fire a beam and destroy any ground target. The satellite was launched into orbit by NASA presuming it be one of Whyte's projects, Blofeld began to destroy nuclear weapons stockpiles in the US, China and Russia. Blofeld would then accept the highest price paid to him from any country to save their nuclear weapons whilst every country's nuclear stocks would be destroyed.

Headquarters

Primarily Blofeld used Willard Whyte's penthouse, which occupied the entire top floor of the Whyte House hotel and casino in Las Vegas. This included a futuristic office, laden with models of rockets, steel walls and a large safe. Later in the mission Blofeld moved to a Baja oil rig, this was located off the coast of California, looked like any normal oil rig except it contained a command centre with satellite dishes, computer equipment and all sorts of electronic gadgetry