Q (James Bond) offers some words of advice: Q: "I've always tried to teach you two things: First, never let them see you bleed." Bond: "And the second?"Q: "Always have an escape plan." – before he is lowered out of view. This was the final film appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Q in the James Bond series, although he would revive the role once again as Q in a Heineken commercial, a TV cross-promotion for "The World Is Not Enough". Llewelyn died in a car crash just weeks after the film's release. Between films he also starred as Q in various commercials for
Q (James Bond) Geoffrey Boothroyd, a firearms expert who lived in Glasgow who had written to the novelist suggesting that Bond was not using the best firearms available. Boothroyd is also referenced occasionally in the Bond novels of John Gardner, but the author preferred instead to focus on a new character, Ann Reilly, who is introduced in the first Gardner novel, "Licence Renewed" and promptly dubbed "Q'ute" by Bond. In the films, Major Boothroyd first appears in "Dr. No" and later in "From Russia with Love", although played by different actors. Desmond Llewelyn stated that, although he was credited as playing "Major Boothroyd",