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THE INVENTOR BEHIND James Bond’s ingenious gadgets, codenamed “Q” in the spy films, exists in reality and is actually a woman, the head of Britain’s MI6 espionage agency has said.
“The real-life Q is looking forward to meeting you, and I’m pleased to report that the real-life Q is a woman,” Alex Younger said at a women’s technology awards ceremony this week in London.
Q, the head of gadgets at foreign intelligence service MI6, has always been played by a man in the Bond series, though the inventor’s boss, “M”, was played by Judi Dench from 1995 to 2015.
Younger, known as “C”, also revealed that the devices used by his operatives were much more sophisticated than those dreamt up by Q.
“The gadgets that we employ, or operational technology as we more properly call it, probably defy the imagination of spy writers,” he said.
Technology
“Technology now is at the core of what we do in a way that it wasn’t before.”
Younger said that Bond’s reputation was both an advantage and a hindrance in the real world of international espionage, and that he wanted to dispel some myths that the suave agent 007 had imposed on MI6.
“It’s great in some ways because it means that all of our opponents think there’s an MI6 officer behind every bush and that we’re 10,000 times larger than we actually are,” he said.
“But there’s a problem because it leads to a stereotype which is of a particular kind or a particular sort of person that will join MI6, whether they’re really posh or going to Oxford or whatever it is.”
“We can reach into every community in Britain and make sure that we get the people that are the best regardless of their background,” he added.
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How do we know Younger “C” isn’t a double agent
Because I’m not!!!!….bugger…I’m going to be fired now aren’t I…..
…would that mere her a CC …cup then…. ?
A woman who can keep a secret?
Haha.
Someone’s aving a larf.
Building crazy vibrators and stuff
They need Q from Star Trek. Can do anything at the click of his fingers.
Yeah,but he never one over Jean-Luc
I liked Q in Star Trek .. very funny ..
I won’t believe it, women and technology don’t mix!
Oh David we do..we definitely do… have to go..the new whirlpool washing machine is about to go on spin..woo hoo
Apparently we females don’t do logic, that’s according to my male mate of 33 years. That’s why I keep him around. :)
Computer says no.
In the continuation Bond novels in the 80′s and 90′s by John Gardner, Q is a woman too.
As usual Bond ahead of everyone else;-)
Slow news day for the journal fml
So what
Appropriate timing to release this information.
Shhhh it’s a secret
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