In the James Bond film what was the full title of Q?
"officially referred to as ""Q"" in ""Die Another Day"" (2002) following Llewelyn's death in 1999. In 2004, Cleese was featured as Q in the video game """". Much like his predecessor, R is a consummate professional who is frequently annoyed by Bond's cavalier attitude. In ""Die Another Day"", Bond at first refers to R as ""Quartermaster"" but, silently impressed by the gadgets he is given, calls him ""Q"" at the end of their meeting. (The ""Die Another Day"" DVD reveals that Bond initially saw R as an 'interloper', only awarding the proper title of 'Q' after R has proven himself.)"
"first Q who is younger than James Bond. Featured in In the 1967 version of ""Casino Royale"", Q is portrayed by Geoffrey Bayldon, but instead of outfitting James Bond, he provides gadgets for Evelyn Tremble (who is portrayed by Peter Sellers). In the film, Q is assisted by Fordyce (John Wells). The sequence parodies the regular series' outfitting, and features Q presenting Tremble with an elaborate bullet-proof vest, laden with preposterous features (""a Beretta in the buttonhole, and a cute little mini-gun in the gusset""). Featured in In the 1983 film ""Never Say Never Again"", Q Branch is headed by"
"Desmond Llewelyn Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn (; 12 September 1914 – 19 December 1999) was a Welsh actor, best known for his role as Q in 17 of the ""James Bond"" films between 1963 and 1999. Llewelyn was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, the son of Mia (née Wilkinson) and Ivor Llewelyn, who was a coal mining engineer. He originally wanted to be a minister, but during his education at Radley College, he worked as a stagehand in the school's productions and occasionally picked up small roles. The outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 halted his acting career; Llewelyn"
"was portrayed by Phil Proctor. Llewelyn has appeared in more Bond films — seventeen — than any other actor to date. In ""The World Is Not Enough"" an assistant to Q was introduced, played by John Cleese. His real name was never revealed, but he was initially credited as ""R"" in ""The World Is Not Enough"", stemming from a joke in which Bond asks the elder Q: ""If you're Q, does that make him R?"" Between films, Cleese was still referred to as ""R"" in the video games """" (2000), ""007 Racing"" (2000) and ""Agent Under Fire"" (2001). He was"
"non-Eon Bond films, the 1967 ""Casino Royale"" and ""Never Say Never Again"". The character Q never appears in Ian Fleming's novels, and only the Q Branch is mentioned; although Q does appear in the novelisations by Christopher Wood, and the later novels by John Gardner and Raymond Benson. In John Gardner's novels, the post of Q is taken over by Ann Reilly (called Q'ute by her colleagues). She also forms a relationship with Bond. It is supposed that she held the post for a short while only, because Raymond Benson's novels return Boothroyd to the post without explanation. Charles Fraser-Smith"
"branch), in every EON Bond film until his death, with the exception of ""Live and Let Die"" in 1973, in which the character Q did not appear. Llewelyn was the only actor in the original Bond series to have worked alongside five of the actors who played the spy, who were Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan. His last appearance as Q prior to his death was in ""The World Is Not Enough"" in 1999. During his briefing of 007 in the film, Q introduces John Cleese's character, , as his heir presumptive, and the"
"Roger Moore, who starred with Llewelyn in six of his seven ""Bond"" films, spoke at his funeral on 6 January 2000 at St Mary the Virgin Church in Battle, Sussex. The service was followed by a private cremation at Hastings Crematorium, with the ashes given to Llewelyn's family. His widow, Pamela Mary Llewelyn, died in East Sussex in 2001, aged 85. His son, Justin Llewelyn, died in 2012, aged 60. Desmond Llewelyn Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn (; 12 September 1914 – 19 December 1999) was a Welsh actor, best known for his role as Q in 17 of the ""James Bond"""
"although he later made two uncredited reappearances in Bond films, first as an RAF officer in ""Thunderball"" (1965) and later as a secret agent in the satirical ""Casino Royale"". Featured in Beginning with ""From Russia with Love"", Desmond Llewelyn portrayed the character in every official film except ""Live and Let Die"" until his death in 1999. In the 1977 film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", as Q delivered the underwater Lotus, Major Anya Amasova/Agent XXX (Barbara Bach) greets Q as ""Major Boothroyd"". While briefing Bond on the gadgets that he is going to use on his mission, Q often expresses"
"film alludes to Q's retirement, to which Bond, after seeing Q, expresses his hope that it will not be any time soon. Q's response is to admonish Bond to ""always have an escape plan"", after which he lowers himself through the floor of his lab. Llewelyn had stated not long before his death that he had no plans to retire and that he would continue playing Q ""as long as the producers want me and the Almighty doesn't."" In the 2002 film ""Die Another Day"", John Cleese's character is the head of Q branch, having inherited the title of quartermaster"
"he is supplied by Q Branch. The films are also noted for Bond's relationships with various women, who are sometimes referred to as ""Bond girls"". Ian Fleming created the fictional character of James Bond as the central figure for his works. Bond is an intelligence officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond is known by his code number, 007, and was a Royal Naval Reserve Commander. Fleming based his fictional creation on a number of individuals he came across during his time in the Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, admitting that Bond ""was"
"film's main antagonist, he is unaware that he is inadvertently facilitating Silva's escape from MI6 custody until Silva actually escapes. Whishaw returns as Q in ""Spectre"", assisting 007 on his mission, similar to Q's assistance to Bond in 1989's ""Licence to Kill"". Q meets 007 in Austria where he outruns SPECTRE agents after a ring he eventually decodes, revealing the organisation's existence. Q returns to London to assist Miss Moneypenny and M in foiling corrupt MI6 bureaucrat Max Denbeigh's launch of the Nine Eyes intelligence network. At the end he provides Bond with his remodelled Aston Martin DB5.He is the"
"Kill"" and ""Spectre"", Q takes active roles in Bond's missions. For the 2006 ""Casino Royale"" reboot and the subsequent instalment, ""Quantum of Solace"", the character of Q was, like Moneypenny, dropped, and although Bond still receives a supply of mission equipment, no technical briefing is shown on screen. The technical briefings resume, under the tutelage of Q, in ""Skyfall"" and ""Spectre"". There are several running jokes throughout the series. Established in ""Goldfinger"" is Q's continuing disgust at how his equipment is often lost, damaged or destroyed by Bond during missions. Another is how easily distracted Bond is in the lab"
"character called ""Q"" in the James Bond series of books and movies. Mendez's primary skill was creating disguises and exfiltrating assets out of hostile areas. In 1979, Iranian student militants took 52 Americans hostage in the US Embassy in Tehran. Six U.S. embassy employees had managed to escape and hide out at the homes of Canadian diplomats living in the city. Mendez created a fake movie production company called Studio Six (named for the six hostages). He made up a movie poster and took out advertisements in Hollywood trade papers, announcing the production of ""Argo"", a fictitious film. Mendez flew"
"According to an interview on the ""Die Another Day"" DVD, Pierce Brosnan was very glad to rename Cleese's character 'Q', rather than 'R', because his native Irish accent made it difficult to pronounce 'R' with a convincing English accent. In the 007 video game, """", Cleese's Q has an assistant, Miss Nagai, portrayed by Misaki Ito. Featured in The character of Q did not appear in 2006's ""Casino Royale"" or its sequel, ""Quantum of Solace"" (2008). Bond actor Daniel Craig expressed concern over the character's absence, and expressed his hope that Q would return in ""Skyfall"". In November 2011, it"
"developing a synthpop group called Q, named after the James Bond character. The band consisted of St. James on guitars, and Dan Van Patten and John Van Tongeren on vocoder and synthesizer. She served as the assistant producer on the band's four tracks for ""The Q EP"" when St. James realized they needed a vocalist for their first track ""Sushi"", which Swain provided as she had previously recorded demos at his studio. She then became the lead singer for Q, although at that time, she still considered herself more of a dancer than a singer. ""The Q EP"" received little"
"his missions in ""Octopussy"", remaining to aid Bond in person even after another ally is killed, and ""Licence to Kill"" saw him travel to assist Bond while he is officially on leave from MI6 even after Bond has resigned from MI6 to pursue his own vendetta. He frequently refers to Bond as ""007"", rather than by his name. In ""GoldenEye"", Q shares a joke with Bond for the first time, and in ""The World Is Not Enough"" when he reveals his plan to retire, Bond is saddened at the prospect. Q signs off with ""Now pay attention, 007,"" and then"
"said that ""Bond doesn't have that because his girlfriend [Vesper Lynd] has been killed,"" and therefore, ""[Bond is] looking for revenge … to make himself happy with the world again."" Afterwards, Quantum was made the name of the organisation introduced in ""Casino Royale"". Craig noted the letter Q itself looks rather odd. Near the end of the film, the Camille Montes character and Bond have a discussion about their individual quests to avenge the deaths of their loved ones. Montes asks Bond to ""let me know what it feels like"" when he succeeds, the implication of the title being that"
"SSQ (band) SSQ (formerly Q) was a 1980s synthpop outfit consisting of Stacey Swain, Jon St. James, Dan Van Patten and John Van Tongeren. It had created several background songs for television shows, and would later support Swain's music career as Stacey Q. The original Q project was composed of Stacey Swain as lead singer, Jon St. James on guitars, and Dan Van Patten and John Van Tongeren on vocoder and synthesizer; it was a small American techno band. It was formed in 1982 by Jon St. James and Stacey Swain, and named after the James Bond character. Ross Wood"
"offers some words of advice: Q: ""I've always tried to teach you two things: First, never let them see you bleed."" Bond: ""And the second?""Q: ""Always have an escape plan."" – before he is lowered out of view. This was the final film appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Q in the James Bond series, although he would revive the role once again as Q in a Heineken commercial, a TV cross-promotion for ""The World Is Not Enough"". Llewelyn died in a car crash just weeks after the film's release. Between films he also starred as Q in various commercials for"
"also marked the debut of Desmond Llewelyn as Q, a role he would play for 36 years until ""The World Is Not Enough"" in 1999. Seeking to exact revenge on James Bond (007) for killing its agent Dr. No and destroying the organisation's assets in the Caribbean, the international criminal organisation SPECTRE begins training agents to kill Bond. Their star pupil is Donald ""Red"" Grant, an Irish assassin who proves his mettle by killing a Bond impostor in one minute and fifty-two seconds on a training course with a garrote wire concealed in his wristwatch. Meanwhile, the organisation's Chief Planner,"
"70s, rather than the 1950s and 60s. Likewise with James Bond, his companions and allies, specifically those working for the British Secret Service such as M, Bill Tanner, Miss Moneypenny, and Q are also all transported to the 1980s, although Q is rarely mentioned and is mostly substituted by Ann Reilly, a genius of gadgetry who is promptly nicknamed ""Q'ute"" by fellow workers as well as Bond, not long before being added to Bond's long list of romantic conquests. The novel was initially titled ""Meltdown"" during the manuscript stage. When ""Licence Renewed"" begins, M reminds Bond that the 00 section"
"Bond"" actors. Llewelyn's first film was the second in the Eon series, ""From Russia with Love"", after the actor who played the part in ""Dr. No"", Peter Burton, was unavailable for the filming schedule. (Burton's character was not yet called Q, but ""the Armourer"", Major Boothroyd, who instructed Bond on a new firearm, the Walther PPK.) After appearing as Q's assistant in ""The World Is Not Enough"", John Cleese appeared as Q in Pierce Brosnan's last film, ""Die Another Day"". For Daniel Craig's third film, ""Skyfall"", the character was re-introduced, with Ben Whishaw playing the part. The first Bond film,"
"was announced that British actor Ben Whishaw had been cast in the role. Whishaw, aged 31 in 2012, became the youngest actor to play the role. In ""Skyfall"", Q's gadgets were comparatively simple, consisting of a miniaturised radio and a gun coded to Bond's palmprint so only Bond could fire it. Q is demonstrated to be highly knowledgeable on the subject of computer security to the point where he designed some of the most sophisticated security protocols in existence. However, he is also somewhat short-sighted; while engrossed in the puzzle of a security system set up by Raoul Silva, the"
"suggested simply because I hadn't been in the film business like them for about a thousand years."" His co-star Diana Rigg was among many who commented on this decision: Rigg was also quoted as saying, ""I can no longer cater for his obsession with himself. He is utterly, unbelievably ... bloody impossible"". ""I draw a veil over the chap"", said Desmond Llewelyn (who played Q in 17 Bond films). ""How can you expect someone who's never acted before ... to take on a leading role?"" Lazenby grew a beard and long hair. ""Bond is a brute ... I've already put"
"a diversity of products and companies. These included Bond collectable merchandise, TV3, Hyundai motorcars, LG video recorders, Highland Superstores, Visa credit cards, and Reach electric toothbrushes, the latter of which featured Q briefing himself in the mirror. Featured in Llewelyn also portrays Q in the Eon Productions-produced 1967 TV special ""Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond"", as well as portraying Q in the documentary ""Highly Classified: The World of 007"", which is included on the ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" Ultimate Edition DVD. Llewelyn's likeness was also used to portray the Q character in 2005's video game """", though the voice of Q"
"was the attaché case shown in ""From Russia with Love"", which he described as ""a classic 007 product"". The gadgets assumed a higher profile in the 1964 film ""Goldfinger"" and the film's success encouraged further espionage equipment from Q Branch to be supplied to Bond, although the increased use of technology led to an accusation that Bond was over-reliant on equipment, particularly in the later films. Starting with ""From Russia with Love"", the briefings with Q branch involve various gadgets and technology, although Boothroyd is not referred to in the credits as Q until the third film, ""Goldfinger"". Each Bond"
"directly involved in Bond's missions occur in ""Octopussy"", in which Q actually participates in field work, including the final battle against the villain's henchmen, and ""Licence to Kill"" in which he joins Bond in the field after 007 goes rogue. In the first film, ""Dr. No"", Boothroyd is played by Peter Burton in only one scene in which he replaces Bond's .25 ACP Beretta 418 pistol with the signature .32 Walther PPK handgun. He is referred to by M as ""the armourer,"" and later as Major Boothroyd. Scheduling conflicts prevented Burton from reprising the role in ""From Russia with Love"","
"irritation and impatience at Bond's short attention span, often telling him to ""pay attention, 007"", and Bond's playful lack of respect for his equipment, telling the agent, ""I ""never"" joke about my work, 007"". In ""Thunderball"", Bond can be heard muttering ""Oh no"" when Q joins him in the Bahamas. However, on occasion, Q has shown a warm and fatherly concern for 007's welfare, such as at Bond's wedding in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", when he assures Bond that he is available if Bond ever requires his help. Q has also assisted Bond in a more active role in"
"were incorporated into the 1989 film ""Licence to Kill"" starring Timothy Dalton as Bond. ""Quantum of Solace"" was chosen as the title of the 22nd Bond film; none of the story was used for the film's plot. Daniel Craig, who starred as Bond in the film, said the film also shares the primary thematic element of the story as ""it relates to the fact that if you don't have that Quantum of Solace in a relationship, you should give up. If you are not respecting each other, it's over, and at the end of the last movie Bond doesn't have"
"the original line spoken by M, ""Ask Major Boothroyd to come in"" was replaced with ""the armourer"" as director Terence Young stated Boothroyd was a different character. Beginning in Guy Hamilton's ""Goldfinger"" and in each film thereafter Major Boothroyd is most often referred to as Q; however, in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) he is referred to once again as Major Boothroyd in dialogue. In most films in which Q appears, he is restricted to a ""behind the scenes"" involvement, either based in London or in secret bases out in the field. Two notable exceptions in which Q becomes"
"the Royal Navy. In the February 1963 ""Motor Sport"" magazine editor Bill Boddy said ""the modifications carried out by Lotus have turned [the Lotus Cortina] into a 'Q' car par excellence"". The British film ""The Long Arm (film)"" (1956; aka ""The Third Key"") mentions a Q car (unmarked) patrolling the city by night, indicating that the term was in use among UK law enforcement at least a decade earlier. In July 1964, British magazine ""Motorcycle Mechanics"" carried an announcement from editor Bill Lawless of the use of two police 'Q–cars' – a black Daimler SP250 sports car and a green"
"is in the Netherlands the assistant patrol leader of a Sea Scout patrol (Bak), in Flanders it is the patrol leader of a Sea Scout patrol (Kwartier). The character Q in the James Bond franchise, who supplies Bond with all his gadgets, is named Q for Quartermaster. Long John Silver, the charming and lethal one-legged pirate from the novel ""Treasure Island"", had been the pirate version of quartermaster under Captain Flint. It was noted he was the one man Flint had been afraid of. The Rooster Teeth animated web series, ""Camp Camp"", features a character simply referred to as ""Quartermaster."""
"Bond out of retirement, he orders the military to fire mortars at Bond's mansion when the retired spy refuses to return to duty. The first quarter of the film features Bond's subsequent visit to McTarry Castle in Scotland, on a quest to return the only piece of M's remains recovered after the attack—his bright red toupée. Subsequently, Bond—played by David Niven—becomes the new M and proceeds to order that all MI6 agents, male and female, be renamed ""James Bond 007"" in order to confuse the enemy. In 1983's ""Never Say Never Again"", Edward Fox played M as a bureaucrat, contemptuous"