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Q (which stands for Quartermaster), is the godfather of gadgets. Q has helped Bond out in the most crucial of times.

Actors/Appeared In:
Real name:
  • Major Boothroyd - Q stands for Quartermaster which was revealed in Die Another Day.

Best Gadget:

Worst car:

Best lines:

(From Goldfinger, used frequently)

Q: "Now, pay attention, 007."

Bond: "Ejector seat? You're joking!"
Q: I never joke about my work, 007."

(From Moonraker)

Bond: "Balls Q?"
Q: "Bolas, 007"

(From Die Another Day)

Bond: " You're cleverer than you look."
Q: " Hmm... still, better than looking cleverer than you are."


Trivia:
  • "Q" is based off a real life person - Jeffery Boothroyd - who was a gun expert. Jeffery came up with the idea to switch the Berretta to a Walther PPK. He stated: "I love everything about James Bond except that damn gun!"







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Auric_Goldfinger Bond 23 1 Jan 2 2010, 12:42 AM EST by S.P.E.C.T.R.E
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I hope they bring him back for Bond 23, preferably played by Jim Broadbent.
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Anonymous Favorite Q's 3 Nov 30 2009, 10:43 AM EST by PussyGalore
 
Thread started: Nov 28 2009, 9:20 PM EST  Watch
1.Desmond Llewelyn- Of Course
2.John Cleese- To Me He Wasn't As Good As The Legend (Desmond Llewelyn)
3.Peter Burton-I Didn't Really Remember Him As Q
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TigerAtaru Two eras of Q, Three eras of Bond 1 Jun 20 2009, 4:26 PM EDT by TigerAtaru
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I know it's weird to think this way, but somehow I noticed something interesting rewatching the Bond films in order...in particular, how Q and the gadgets may actually have a bit more meaning in deciphering two eras of his character...and the three eras of Bond.
-Era 1 (Dr. No through TMWTGG): While Q is in the series essentially from the beginning (though it wasn't Llewelyn giving Connery his Walther PPK), his role early on seemed more like a man who shows up to assist in some way or another and has a more low-key performance. While he gained his notable "grumpiness" in Goldfinger, the film is actually the only notable time we have a look in his workshop in this era, which is sort of crucial if you think about it. Mostly he appears to Bond, whether demonstrating the Attache in FRWL or traveling to Bermuda (TB) or Japan (YOLT). Interestingly and perhaps one nice key is that while it was Hamilton as director who introduced the workshop in GF, he only really focuses on the gimmickry in that movie: it only appears in the BG in DAF (more like background noise as Q talks to Bond about the fingerprints), while doesn't appear at all in TMWTGG. Strangely this absence and de-emphasis on the gimmicks seems to imply the Bond of this era, who mostly did things and used things for a purpose and hardly did anything that just "was cool". (aside from, say, the rocket pack in TB)
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