Topol plays this memorable and enjoyable character quite brilliantly. He is here in place of his boss who is 'on leave' in respect of Bernard Lee's passing. The impersonators of the PM and her husband bizarrely find themselves talking over the radio not to 007, but to a parrot. Equips Bond with a new Lotus after the first one self-destructs. The navy's all-important Automated Targeting Attack Communicator emits codes for the firing of the Polaris nuclear missiles.
Bond eventually manages to destroy the stolen model, keeping it out of enemy hands.
3D Visual Identagraph - This photomatch machine is used by Q to build up a photofit of the villain Bond saw, and then identify him as Emile Locque. More claustrophobic sets - no more of Lewis Gilbert's massive arenas 4. More tension - No effort was made for this in Moonraker , but the underwater scene and in FYEO , when the breathing character approaches Bond from behind, is typical of the changed tone. So is the climbing 5. Less use of gadgets - Gadgets don't save Bond once here.