The Daily Echo looks at the top 10 James Bond villains as Spectre is announced as the title of the new film

1. Ernst Stavro Blofeld - Bond’s all-time nemesis, the archetypal criminal mastermind has appeared six times over the decades – and there are rumours he could be set for a return.

2. Jaws – the giant, metal-mouthed henchman was possibly the most popular-ever villain, and one of the few baddies to survive his encounters with Bond, featuring in both The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.

3. Oddjob – another favourite among moviegoers, the diminutive Goldfinger henchman was famous for taking care of people by the use of his lethal bowler hat.

4. Auric Goldfinger – Oddjob’s boss, the maniacal tycoon has perhaps the best-ever line by a villain. When Bond, strapped to a table with a laser headed for him asks “Do you expect me to talk?” he replies “No Mr Bond, I expect you to die.”

5. Dr No – Bond’s first-ever on-screen rival, the scientist with metal hands is also a member of Blofeld’s crime syndicate SPECTRE.

6. Francisco Scaramanga – Bond almost met his match in Christopher Lee’s assassin Scaramanga in The Man With the Golden Gun.

7. Max Zorin – The psychopathic businessman, played by Christopher Walken in A View To A Kill, hatched a plan to destroy Silicon Valley in the USA.

8. Alec Trevelyan – Bond’s nemesis in Goldeneye is his old friend and former MI6 agent Trevelyan, who swears revenge after Bond leaves him to be captured during a mission.

9. May Day – Zorin’s right hand woman in A View To A Kill, not only does she possess supreme athleticism but she also has unnatural strength.

10. Raoul Silva – Javier Bardem brought more than a touch of menace to the role of former MI6 operative-turned-cyber terrorist Silva in last Bond outing Skyfall.