Patricia Fearing

James Bond Character


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name= Patricia Fearing
portrayed=Molly Peters
age= mid 30's
gender=Female
affiliation=Shrublands' nurse
status=Active
role=Bond girl

Patricia Fearing is a fictional character in the James Bond novel "Thunderball". For the 1965 film of the same name she went by the nickname 'Pat' and was portrayed by Molly Peters.

Biography

In both the novel and the film she is a nurse at the Shrublands heath farm and is tasked with specifically looking after James Bond while he is a guest. At one point she sets Bond up with the traction table and leaves him for a few moments. However, during her time away, Bond is attacked by Count Lippe who turns up the power on the traction table in an attempt to kill him. He is ultimately saved by Fearing when she returns.

After the incident Patricia and her manager, Mr. Wain, believe that Bond had accidentally bumped a switch causing the traction table to speed up. In the novel she pleads with Bond to remain silent on Mr. Wain's behalf feeling that it would damage their reputation if the other patients got word of the incident. In the film, Patricia had previously rejected Bond's advances but, after the incident, pleads with him not to complain about it, as she would be fired by her manager. Bond responds that he will remain silent for a price and promptly drags her off to the steam room, where they undress and make love. That night they share a room together.

There is a later scene in which Bond receives a massage from Fearing using mink gloves. This is changed in the film and has Bond giving a mostly disrobed Fearing a massage with the mink glove, saying that mink "reduces the tension." Fearing responds, "Not mine."