He is continually repeating a joke that he made near the start of Dr No. While playing cards in a casino he has a conversation with another player across the table: “I admire your courage Miss, er ...?” “Trench, Silvia Trench. I admire your luck Mr ... ?” “Bond, James Bond. read more
Because he’s a terrible ‘secret’ agent! Never once has he purposely slummed as unprepossessing Jimmy Bond. You’d think that Mr. Bond would be unusable with his given name after the very first time he was exposed and put in a death trap. read more
Desmond Llewelyn played Q in seventeen Bond films, appearing in more Bond films than any other actor, where he worked with the first five James 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. read more
In the first draft of Casino Royale he decided to use the name James Secretan as Bond's cover name while on missions. This approach was clearly discarded and for several books he keeps the name Bond. If memory serves however his identity as James Bond and 007 are kept separate so for the most part only a few key members of the secret service are aware of his position within the organisation. read more