Phone (March)

When No. 96’s shoe rang he excused himself to take the call. Only a spy had a shoe phone. Now any part of our clothing or anatomy rings and no-one asks to be excused. Max went incognito with his conspicuous footwear. Now everyone is inconspicuous, even as their pocket wolf-whistles or handbag blasts bars of Beethoven Turkish March ringtone. When we need to take a photograph we ask for a phone. Agent 99 was long-suffering. She was never introduced by her first name. What was it? Cameras were cumbersome undercover. Only in the final series did Smart get the picture.