Chuck
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Yeah, she was the chief at the time secretary, and he imbued her with enough power to run a program. So a lot of people say she was probably the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny, who James Bond used to like to flirt with.
Yeah, she was the chief at the time secretary, and he imbued her with enough power to run a program. So a lot of people say she was probably the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny, who James Bond used to like to flirt with.
Yeah, she was the chief at the time secretary, and he imbued her with enough power to run a program. So a lot of people say she was probably the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny, who James Bond used to like to flirt with.
Right. My dad used to go around telling people he was Q.
Right. My dad used to go around telling people he was Q.
Right. My dad used to go around telling people he was Q.
I would have been so embarrassed.
I would have been so embarrassed.
I would have been so embarrassed.
Yeah, it's true. The herbal Elvis.
Yeah, it's true. The herbal Elvis.
Yeah, it's true. The herbal Elvis.
Yeah. And speaking of Q, it turns out that they did kind of develop devices, like you said, figuring out ways to hide compasses and maps to get to POWs in World War I.
Yeah. And speaking of Q, it turns out that they did kind of develop devices, like you said, figuring out ways to hide compasses and maps to get to POWs in World War I.
Yeah. And speaking of Q, it turns out that they did kind of develop devices, like you said, figuring out ways to hide compasses and maps to get to POWs in World War I.
But the idea of their research and development and technology branch that produced someone like Q that we all who know the James Bond movies are familiar with, that actually came from them absorbing a rival agency that was developed in World War II that MI6 did not like one bit at first. The Special Operations Executive or the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
But the idea of their research and development and technology branch that produced someone like Q that we all who know the James Bond movies are familiar with, that actually came from them absorbing a rival agency that was developed in World War II that MI6 did not like one bit at first. The Special Operations Executive or the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.