Q

James Bond5 lines on file

I never joke about my work, 007.

Q in a white coat works at a bench in his Q Branch workshop while Bond walks past a silver Aston Martin half hidden under a dust sheet. — Original artwork

I never joke about my work, 007.

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At a Sardinian harbour at sunset, Q in a tweed suit studies a gadget beside a white Lotus Esprit, an easel sketch of a car-submarine beside him, as Bond waits by the sea. — Original artwork

Now pay attention, 007.

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In a dim MI6 control room, Q sits at a console beneath a wall of green radar screens while M stands at the back of the room. — Original artwork

I think he's attempting re-entry, sir.

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In Q's bright workshop of gadget cabinets, the elderly Q and Bond stand on a round lift platform sinking into the floor, surrounded by cutaway drawings of a watch, a pen and spectacles. — Original artwork

Never let them see you bleed. / And the second? / Always have an escape plan.

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In the National Gallery, Bond and the young Q sit at either end of a long bench beneath a huge golden painting of an old warship towed into the sunset. — Original artwork

Age is no guarantee of efficiency. / And youth is no guarantee of innovation.

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