Gadget geeks hoping to become the next Q are being recruited by military chiefs. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is advertising for apprentice roles “across cyber security, software engineering, explosives and more”.
Successful applicants could end up developing secret kit to help British soldiers and spies, in a position similar to that of Q in the James Bond 007 films – a role immortalised by stars including Desmond Llewellyn, John Cleese and Ben Whishaw.
The character of Q was head of Q Branch – later Q Division – the fictional research and development wing o MI6, known formally as the Secret Intelligence Service.
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