# Q of 007 has died!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 20, 1999, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-of-007-has-died/12227 "1999-12-20T07:26:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-of-007-has-died/12227/21 "1999-12-21T22:42:00Z")

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So it sounds like our Desmond has been with five Bond actors (not including the actress Bond mentioned above). Shame on NPR.

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- Boris B, Hellacious Ornithologist

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-of-007-has-died/12227/22 "1999-12-22T10:25:00Z")

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Who’s this Niven guy ? I always thought that all Bond actors were, chronologically:

- Sean Connery
- George Lazenby  
(\* Some more Connery ?)
- Roger Moore
- Timothy Dalton (and BOY, did HE suck !)
- Pierce Brosnan

## In what movie did Niven play Bond then ? Was it the parody one (which I have never seen) ?

Coldfire

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“You know how complex women are”

- Neil Peart, Rush (1993)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-of-007-has-died/12227/23 "1999-12-22T14:51:00Z")

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Don’t know if you’re being serious or not, Coldfire, but the “Niven guy” was David Niven, who played James Bond in _Casino Royale_. The plot of the movie, such as it was, was that Niven’s Bond had retired and had to find a replacement. As I recall, Woody Allen and Peter Sellers were among the characters that were trying to be the new Bond. By all accounts, _Casino Royale_ was a truly wretched movie.

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**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-of-007-has-died/12227/24 "1999-12-22T14:52:00Z")

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I’m so sad. We were just talking about Q the other day. _sigh_

FYI David Niven played the ‘real’ Bond in ‘Casino Royale’ which was more of a spoof that a 007 movie.

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~There is no statute of limitations on karma~

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-of-007-has-died/12227/25 "1999-12-22T15:59:00Z")

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Thanks Nemo. And I WAS serious. Mmmm… think I must rent that Casino Royale thing then.

## I guessed it had to be David Niven when the name Niven came up, I just never saw that spoof Bond flick.

Coldfire

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“You know how complex women are”

- Neil Peart, Rush (1993)

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**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-of-007-has-died/12227/26 "1999-12-23T12:25:00Z")

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Q has gone but he left one last piece of advice: “Handle the coffin GENTLY, 007”.

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JB  
Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis

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