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Q is a fictional character in the James Bond films and film novelizations. Q (standing for Quartermaster), like M, is a job title rather than a 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 non-Eon Bond films, the 1967 ''Casino Royale'' and ''Never Say Never Again''. ==Novels== The character Q never appears in Ian Fleming's novels, and only the Q Branch is mentioned; although Q does appear in the novelizations by Christopher Wood, and the later novels by John Gardner and Raymond Benson. In John Gardner's novels, the post of Q is taken over by Ann Reilly (called Q'ute by her colleagues). She also forms a relationship with Bond. It is supposed that she held the post for a short while only, because Raymond Benson's novels return Boothroyd to the post without explanation. Charles Fraser-Smith is widely credited as the inspiration for Q due to the spy gadgets he built for the Special Operations Executive. These were called Q-devices, after the Royal Navy's World War I Q-ships. In the Fleming novels there are frequent references to Q and Q Branch with phrases like "see Q for any equipment you need" (''Casino Royale'') and "Q Branch would handle all of that" (''Diamonds Are Forever''), with a reference to "Q's craftsmen" in ''From Russia with Love''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Q (James Bond)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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