| Desmond Llewelyn, known to millions of fans of the James Bond films as "Q", died tragically December 19, 1999. In the year since his untimely death, Her Majesty's Secret Servant has had the opportunity to reflect and now share some remembrances of the man who always provided James Bond an escape plan. HMSS's Doug Redenius , renowned James Bond aficionado, collector, Vice-President of the Ian Fleming Foundation , (and who also appeared in the 1989 film "Licence to Kill"), had the opportunity in 1997 to work closely with Mr. Llewelyn on an American publicity tour for the film "Tomorrow Never Dies" . Ericsson Communications had retained both Desmond and Doug to promote their product in the film. In "Tomorrow Never Dies", Q Branch provided James Bond with a remote device for his BMW; housed in an Ericcson cellular phone. The sequence as Q (Llewelyn) demonstrates this device to Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is one of the most memorable in the film. Included here are Mr. Redenius' remembrances of the man who is arguably the most identified actor in the entire James Bond series. First, some background. The following are remembrances of Mr. Llewelyn by Doug Redenius: | |
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