MJ: yes! BEagle, are you out there, what sayeth you on the subject? I'm pretty sure the Concorde bit was written rather than film, but as above, the old grey matter is a bit hazy...
SSD! Yer right! There's something in one of Lewis Benjamin's Tiger Club Books which I am sure mentions the then favoured "toss bombing" method of nuclear warhead delivery - I believe the TC also adopted it in the 60s as way of enlivening their flour bombing demonstrations with a T Moth! As I recall the idea was to get rid of the goodies and scarper in the opposite direction as quickly as possible which seems quite sensible to me.
Women and Vulcans? Dunno, but my sister is most certainly a Vulcan fan, and she is also particularly struck on the term "birfurcated". I'll leave you to ponder...