“It always makes me feel a little melancholy - a grand old war ship...”

Q

[At the National Gallery, Bond is sitting on an empty bench, looking at The Fighting Temeraire. A scruffy-haired young man wearing glasses approaches and sits right next to him. Bond looks at him in annoyance, not yet knowing that this is Q.]

It always makes me feel a little melancholy - a grand old war ship, being ignominiously hauled away to scrap. The inevitability of time, don't you think? What do you see?

James Bond

A bloody big ship. Excuse me. [rising to leave.]

Q

007. [Bond reacts and sits back down.] I'm your new Quartermaster.

James Bond

You must be joking.

Q

Why, because I'm not wearing a lab coat?

James Bond

Because you still have spots.

Q

My complexion is hardly relevant.

James Bond

Your competence is.

Q

Age is no guarantee of efficiency.

James Bond

And youth is no guarantee of innovation.

Q

I'll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pyjamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.

James Bond

Oh, so why do you need me?

Q

Every now and then, a trigger has to be pulled.

James Bond

Or not pulled. It's hard to know which in your pyjamas. [Beat] Q. [offers his hand.]

Q

[shakes his hand.]

007.

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