Spy-fi

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Spy-fi is a fan name for television series and movies - especially those from the 1960s - that blend the espionage genre with elements of science fiction.

Famous examples include:

• The James Bond films, in particular You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker and the unofficial 1967 version of Casino Royale

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

• The Wild Wild West

• The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman

• Dean Martin's Matt Helm series of films.
• A large majority of popular ITC Entertainment shows fall into the genre of Spy-Fi, most notably The Prisoner, Department S and Jason King.

The Spy-fi genre can also be found in anime series as well. Relatively known, mostly in Japan, are:

• Najica Blitz Tactics
• Agent Aika, though this is less obvious.

See also

“The Incredible World Of Spy-Fi: Wild and Crazy Spy Gadgets, Props, and Artifacts from TV and the Movies” by Danny Biederman.

Spy-Fi is also the name of a musical group formed in 1997 dedicated to the fabulous music that was part and parcel to the great movies and TV shows of the 60's. They can be found at spy-fi.com. The phrase was coined as a take off on "hi-fi", not "sci-fi": there was no relationship to science fiction.

 

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