The original books and early adaptations had only relatively minimal pieces like the modified attache case in From Russia, with Love.
[citation needed] Bond gadgets became an example of the literary technique of Chekhov's gun.
[1][2] Fans eventually complained that the use of gadgets became excessive in the Roger Moore films, particularly in Moonraker, and subsequent productions struggled to find a balance in which gadgets could have a place without giving the impression that the character unduly depended on them or using stories that arbitrarily included situations that exactly fit the use of the gadgets assigned.
It does not include makeshift gadgets or weapons, animals, or general spy equipment and installations such as disguises / fake passports, surveillance equipment, secret passages / trap doors, remote-controlled detonations, unless particularly notable.
Since the reboot of the franchise with Casino Royale, the character of Q and his lab had been absent from the films until Skyfall.