Corrected entry: After a long chase through the Indian streets, Bond goes to MI6's local HQ and gives the egg to Q to put a tracking device/bug into it. This was the same egg Bond showed off at the casino and was why he was being chased. Since MI6 had complete possession of the egg after Bond switched for it at the auction, they could have put the tracking device on it at any time before Bond took it to the casino. It makes no sense for Bond to risk losing the egg before it is properly adorned with the bug, especially given the risk he takes tempting Kamal Khan with it at the casino.
Vader47000
25th Oct 2012
Octopussy (1983)
9th Nov 2012
Octopussy (1983)
Corrected entry: Bond says he heard the name Octopussy at Kamal's. In fact he heard it in his hotel room after sleeping with Magda when she described her tattoo.
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Correction: Bond asks Q "Is the tracking device ready?", thus detailing why it wasn't installed back in London. It is of course true that Bond probably shouldn't have risked the egg before it was properly bugged - but he is rash and daredevil by nature and loves playing situations by ear, so he seems to have trusted his abilities to protect the egg.
Doc ★