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


Actors/Appeared In:

• Peter Burton in Dr No

  Desmond Llewelyn in Tomorrow Never Dies

  John Cleese in Die Another Day

  Ben Whishaw in Skyfall

  Peter Burton
  • Dr. No (1962)
  
  
• Desmond Llewelyn (as Major Boothroyd), the longest running actor to portray the master of gadgets
  • From Russia with Love (1963)
  • Goldfinger (1964)
  • Thunderball (1965)
  • You Only Live Twice (1967)
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
  • Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
  • The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
  • The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  • Moonraker (1979)
  • For Your Eyes Only (1981)
  • Octopussy (1983)
  • A View to a Kill (1985)
  • The Living Daylights (1987)
  • Licence to Kill (1989)
  • GoldenEye (1995)
  • Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
  • The World Is Not Enough (1999)

• John Cleese
  • The World Is Not Enough (1999) where he appeared as R, Boothroyd's main assistant
  • Die Another Day (2002) where he was established as Boothroyd's successor
  • Everything Or Nothing (2004 video game)
  
  
• Ben Whishaw
  • Skyfall (2012), the first Q to be younger than 007
    

Real name:

• Major Boothroyd (Desmond Llewelyn's Q)
• The name of John Cleese's Q is unknown
• The name of Ben Whishaw's Q is currently unknown too
  

Famous Gadgets:

• Aston Martin DB5 (Goldfinger)
• Breathing capsule (Thunderball)
• Aston Martin Volante (The Living Daylights)
• Teargas/explosive keychain (The Living Daylights)
• Explosive toothpaste (License To Kill)
• Signature gun (License To Kill)
  
• Pen grenade (Goldeneye)
• Remote-controlled BMW 750iL (Tomorrow Never Dies)

Best lines:

From Goldfinger: (used frequently)
Q: Now, pay attention, 007.

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


From Moonraker:
Bond: Balls Q?
Q: Bolas, 007.


From Goldeneye:
Q - Need I remind you, that you have
a licence to kill, not break the traffic laws.

Q - Grow up 007 !

Q - Don't touch that ! That's my lunch !


From Die Another Day:
Bond: You're cleverer than you look.
Q: Hmm... still, better than looking cleverer than you are.


From Skyfall:
Q: I'm your new quartermaster.
Bond: You must be joking.

Q: The Walther PPK/S has a nine-millimeter short. It's been coded to your palmprint so only you can fire it. Less of a random killing machine, more of a personal statement.

Bond: This isn't exactly Christmas.
Q: Were you expecting an exploding pen? We don't really go in for that sort of thing anymore.

Q: I can do more damage on my laptop in my pyjamas than you can do in one year on the field.
Bond: Then what do you need me for?
Q: Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled.
Bond: Or not pulled. It's hard to know which in your pyjamas... Q?
Q: [shaking his hand] 007.


Trivia:

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