Q (James Bond) Q (James Bond) Q is a fictional character in the James Bond films and film novelisations. Q (standing for Quartermaster as well as a reference to the deceptive Q-ships) is a job title, unlike M, which is a cypher for the character's name. He is the head of Q Branch (or later Q Division), the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service. Q has appeared in 21 of the 24 Eon Productions James Bond films, the exceptions being "Live and Let Die", the 2006 "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace". The character was also featured in both
Licence to Kill with Carey Lowell reprising her role by providing the voice for the character. Licence to Kill Licence to Kill is a 1989 British spy film, the sixteenth in the "James Bond" film series produced by Eon Productions, and the last to star Timothy Dalton in the role of the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is the first one not to use the title of an Ian Fleming story. It is also the fifth and final consecutive Bond film to be directed by John Glen. The story has elements of two Ian Fleming short stories and a novel, interwoven with