# Quick Skyfall thought **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-skyfall-thought/637406 "2012-10-11T12:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crab007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Crab007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab007)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-skyfall-thought/637406/1 "2012-10-11T12:08:48Z")
I wonder if M bites it in this one; 0:57 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_rY0tQsHwX8&feature=g-film](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rY0tQsHwX8&feature=g-film) She has done a lot of bond films now, maybe it’s time for a new M? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-skyfall-thought/637406/2 "2012-10-11T12:09:55Z")
It’s only the character’s third Bond film. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-skyfall-thought/637406/3 "2012-10-11T12:14:27Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > It’s only the character’s third Bond film. But the actress had been in 7 I think, so it does feel like she’s been around awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-skyfall-thought/637406/4 "2012-10-11T12:36:14Z")
True - but then, she needs 10 more to catch up with Desmond Llewelyn. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-skyfall-thought/637406/5 "2012-10-11T12:36:25Z")
I was actually wondering if the Ralph Fiennes character was going to be the new M. It seems like people involved with the production are trying not to say exactly who he is, and since I know Judi Dench is having some health problems (I think with her eyes?), it would make sense that she was looking to bow out soon. That’s entirely speculation on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-skyfall-thought/637406/6 "2012-10-11T12:38:53Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > True - but then, she needs 10 more to catch up with Desmond Llewelyn. Desmond Llewelyn was Q, not M. Ben Whishaw is going to be the new Q in **Skyfall**. Bernard Lee played M for 11 movies, Robert Brown for 4, and Dench for 7. ---
**Author:** ![Crab007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Crab007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab007)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-skyfall-thought/637406/7 "2012-10-11T12:40:46Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > I was actually wondering if the Ralph Fiennes character was going to be the new M. It seems like people involved with the production are trying not to say exactly who he is, and since I know Judi Dench is having some health problems (I think with her eyes?), it would make sense that she was looking to bow out soon. > > That’s entirely speculation on my part. That could very well be. Although I thought Ralph was going to be a baddie, because, well it’s Ralph.