Q, played by
Desmond Llewelyn, is a character in the
James Bond movies. He is the head of a branch of the British Secret Service that makes spycraft devices ranging from pens with built-in radios to cars with built-in submarines. The last Bond film to feature Q was
The World Is Not Enough, due to Llewelyn's death in
1999. In subsequent Bond films, Q's successor has been played by
John Cleese.