Dolly’s entrance in Moonraker, where she locks eyes with Jaws while Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture swells in the background, is deliberately over-the-top and initially feels like pure parody. I’ll admit I rolled my eyes at the idea of giving Jaws a love interest, yet as the movie progresses, Dolly proves unexpectedly pivotal. Her relationship with Jaws reframes him not simply as an imposing henchman, but as someone capable of loyalty and morality. It’s Dolly’s presence that nudges Jaws to question Drax’s warped ideals and, crucially, to defy him, actions that quite literally save Bond and Holly Goodhead more than once.

There is also the curious “Mandela effect” surrounding Dolly and braces in her teeth that, despite countless fans remembering otherwise (myself included), she never actually wears them – one of the few such “effects” in all the Bond movies. The idea of two metal smiles reflecting one another has become part of Bond fandom mythology, perhaps because it would have fit the movie’s broad comedic tone perfectly, but oh well.

Anyways, Dolly is one of the rare Bond characters who helps transform a villainous henchman into a Bond ally and, in doing so, meaningfully alters the direction of the plot.