‘I never joke about my work, 007.’

Throughout his long and multi-countenanced career at MI6, James Bond has worked for several different Ms and flirted with a variety of different Miss Moneypennys. Yet despite the best pleas to the contrary from quartermasters Peter Burton, Alec McGowen and John Cleese, there has only ever been one true Q – and that’s the irascible, … >

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Win a James Bond poker set!

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of James Bond with Cartamundi’s official casino-quality 007 poker set (available now from all good retailers, priced £34.99) – the perfect gift for Father’s Day. We’ve got a 007 poker set to give away to one of our Twitter followers, with a pack of 007 playing cards each for two runners-up! … >

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‘Does this thing still work?’

If you thought jetpacks were the stuff of a madman’s dream – or the preserve of James Bond’s Q branch– think again. In a video that any vertigo sufferers should probably avoid at all costs, Yves ‘Jetman’ Rossi is dropped from a helicopter and successfully completes a solo flight over Rio de Janeiro. The scenery … >

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Matt Smith’s ‘Clone’ trailer

Sci-fi drama Clone, starring Doctor Who‘s Matt Smith and Casino Royale‘s Eva Green will be released in UK cinemas next month ahead of its DVD and Blu-ray release on Monday 7th May.

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‘You dare speak to the God of Thunder in that manner?’

This video’s premise is as simple as the execution is elegant; what if Avengers Assemble was made before the actual comic book series? The answer is: it would probably have looked something like this blend of black-and-white horror movies, camp adventure serials and animation classics, and while it would have been gloriously rubbish as an … >

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‘Duh-duh! Duhhhhhh! Duh-duh! Duhhhhhh! Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh!’

Despite the recent trend for shoving it somewhere unexpected, such as at the end of the movie (Quantum of Solace) or after the pre-credit sequence in a tatty bathroom (Casino Royale), the opening gun-barrel sequence is one thing that almost everyone in the known universe agrees should be restored to its rightful place in the … >

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‘Traffic was a killer…’

Another fine example of Hollywood royalty raking in the filthy lucre of advertising demonstrated here, as Pierce Brosnan gets all Bondian on behalf of Visa. Stuck in a traffic jam, the suave one ditches his limo for a motorised rickshaw and gets – as he might quip in other, more coital scenarios – the ride … >

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‘I just want to tell you both: good luck. We’re all counting on you.’

Following his mind-spangling reworking of The Five Doctors, Farmergeddon71’s subsequent slice of inspired Doctor Who remix lunacy involves Leslie Nielsen, Sarah Jane Smith, Darth Vader, two incarnations of the Master and Kylie Minogue. Oh, and Peter Davison looking medically relaxed throughout. If that’s not enough, Flight of the Darned also includes an animated Alpha Centauri … >

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