Also known as: Q, Q(ジェームズ・ボンド)
A James Bond character. As the Quartermaster (hence his code name), he is responsible for the weapons and gadgets that James Bond uses in his missions.
While originally played by Peter Burton in 1962's Dr. No, he was later played by Desmond Llewelyn starting in 1963's From Russia With Love. Llewelyn kept reprising the role for the rest of his life and has so far had the longest stint of playing the same character in the entire series (second longest would be Miss Moneypenny's original actor Lois Maxwell); following his death in 1999, John Cleese took over as the new Q, though his stint only lasted until 2004. Traditionally, Q has always been much older than Bond, however this changed in 2012's Skyfall when Ben Whishaw (who is significantly younger than Daniel Craig) was given the role.