"Goldeneye" was also the code name of a contingency plan that the Allies devised in the event of a Nazi invasion of Spain. This plan was concocted in part by Ian Fleming himself, as an SIS agent.
"Goldeneye" is the nickname of James Bond creator Ian Fleming's beach-front house in Jamaica where (between 1952 and 1964) he wrote the James Bond novels and short stories.
Deborah Moore, who played a secretary, is the daughter of Roger Moore, who played James Bond in seven films in the official series.
Actor Christoph Waltz played a German spy in this biopic television movie Goldeneye (1989) about James Bond creator Ian Fleming. Later, Waltz portrayed the arch-villain in the James Bond film 'Spectre' (2015). Waltz, in his early career, once starred in a movie, his feature film debut, called "Fire and Sword" (Tristan and Isolde (1981)), alongside Vladek Sheybal, who had played the villain Kronsteen in From Russia with Love (1963). In that movie, Sheybal's character was an Agent of S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
Ian Fleming has a copy of the book "A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies" written by James Bond who was an avid bird-watcher. Ian Fleming named the character James Bond after the author of this book. The real James Bond is actually a character in this tele-film, played by this tele-movie's telewriter Reg Gadney. The real James Bond visits Ian Fleming at 'Goldeneye' from where Fleming then shows him around.