Q (James Bond) was portrayed by Phil Proctor. Llewelyn has appeared in more Bond films — seventeen — than any other actor to date. In "The World Is Not Enough" an assistant to Q was introduced, played by John Cleese. His real name was never revealed, but he was initially credited as "R" in "The World Is Not Enough", stemming from a joke in which Bond asks the elder Q: "If you're Q, does that make him R?" Between films, Cleese was still referred to as "R" in the video games "" (2000), "007 Racing" (2000) and "Agent Under Fire" (2001). He was
The World Is Not Enough director Michael Apted, and the other by production designer Peter Lamont, second unit director Vic Armstrong, and composer David Arnold; a trailer for the , and the Garbage music video. The Ultimate Edition released in 2006 had as additional extras a 2000 documentary named "Bond Cocktail", a featurette on shooting the Q Boat scenes, Pierce Brosnan in a press conference in Hong Kong, deleted scenes, and a tribute to Desmond Llewelyn. Reception was mixed. "Chicago Sun-Times" critic Roger Ebert said the film was a "splendid comic thriller, exciting and graceful, endlessly inventive", and gave it three-and-a-half stars out of four.