To date, the only black villain Bond has confronted on screen has been drug lord Dr Kananga in Live and Let Die. If the 007 producers ever needed a successor, though, they could do a lot worse than checking if the Zimbabwean president is available.

A white-hating despot with a deep dislike of the capitalist West, he is bound to prove a formidable adversary. Not only that, but now that he’s been forced to enter a power-sharing agreement with Morgan Tsvangirai, he’ll probably have a bit of time on his hands. Ask him nicely and he’ll bring his own machete!