In the Fleming novels M stands for the character's last name, and I think his whole name is Sir Miles Messervy. The movies have carried on this tradition with other characters (Mawdsley, Mansfield, and Mallory) rather than explain why Bond's superior is called something else other than 'M'.
M is the head of MI6 and stands for for "Missions" – to identify that the incumbent is the head of the Missions Department. M is not one character, but rather a role that has been held by various characters across the 25 films.
MI6. Q (standing for quartermaster), like M, is a job title rather than a name. The use of letters as pseudonyms for senior officers in the British Secret Service was started by its first director, Captain Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming (1859–1923), who signed himself with a C written in green ink.
In the final novel of the series, The Man with the Golden Gun, M's full identity is revealed as Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG; Messervy had been appointed Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service after his predecessor had been assassinated at his desk.
I think when Bond introduces her to Kincade as “M”, Kincade must've heard this as “Em” which his why he then followed up with Emma. I think the name Olivia turns up in Spectre when Bond is watching the footage stored inside the bulldog ornament, her name is on the outside of the box her personal items were stored in.
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What is M's real name in Skyfall?
She's the no-nonsense MI6 boss known only by the codename M. But now the true identity of James Bond's mentor has finally been revealed. An eagle-eyed film fan managed to freeze-frame a single camera shot in 'Skyfall' lasting just a split-second and discovered that M's real name is Olivia Mansfield.
Summary. Killing off Judi Dench's M in Skyfall was a bold move to revitalize the 007 franchise after Quantum of Solace's poor reception. Dench's departure was part of a plan to give Bond a new world with a new M, introducing major changes after the problematic previous film.
Dame Judi Dench, who has held the role of M in seven of the super-charged spy films based on the books by Ian Fleming, is the only woman to ever take on the part.
1, Bernard Lee. He played 'M' in 11 films, from Dr. No all the way to Moonraker in 1979. However, before production started on For your eyes only, Bernard Lee passed away, and so, in tribute to him, the character of 'M' was said to be on leave.
The whole point of Skyfall is to present Raoul Silva and James Bond as two side of the same coin. Both were given the M-treatment when joining MI6, but where James always understood the business-like nature of that relationship, Silva came to view M as a genuine mother figure.
The only time that James Bond got married was in 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969'. Starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Lois Maxwell, and Telly Savalas.
In the Fleming novels M stands for the character's last name, and I think his whole name is Sir Miles Messervy. The movies have carried on this tradition with other characters (Mawdsley, Mansfield, and Mallory) rather than explain why Bond's superior is called something else other than 'M'.
What's the quote M reads for Bond's eulogy? "The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
In the case of Q, his title specifically stands for "Quartermaster," a role in some military hierarchies which distributes supplies, although they are usually not as eccentric or stylish as the gadgets seen in James Bond films.
Such change was explicit for M in GoldenEye (1995), with Judi Dench's character referred to as a newcomer, and in Skyfall (2012), as Ralph Fiennes' character Gareth Mallory replaces Dench's character as M; it was explicit for Q in Die Another Day (2002), as John Cleese's character replaces Desmond Llewelyn's Q after ...
Fleming himself only mentions five 00 agents in all. According to Moonraker, James Bond is the most senior of three 00 agents; the two others were 008 and 0011. The three men share an office and a secretary named Loelia Ponsonby.
Despite all four versions of the character having a very intimate relationship with Bond, 007 and Moneypenny do not sleep together during any of the James Bond movies.
Silva, thought to be in Hong Kong, was M's son – adopted, possibly, but undeniably her son. (Why adopted? Because otherwise we can make no sense of M's comment to Bond that orphans make the best recruits.
Bond and Madeleine Swann bring us on an emotional rollercoaster. "You have all the time in the world," he says. "She does have your eyes," she responds, confirming that Mathilde is his daughter.
Tara Cressida "Finty" Williams (born 24 September 1972) is an English actress. She is best known as the voice of Angelina Ballerina. Her mother, Judi Dench, voiced Angelina's ballet teacher, Miss Lilly.
