A 5x3 white card signed in person (and adding 'Q') by Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999), who played 'Q' in seventeen of the James Bond movies - giving him the distinction of being the longest recurring actor in the 007 franchise. Beginning with From Russia with Love in 1963, Llewelyn appeared as Q, the quartermaster of the MI6 gadget lab (also known as Q branch), in every EON Bond film until his death, with the exception of Live and Let Die in 1973, in which the character Q did not appear. His last appearance as Q prior to his death was in The World Is Not Enough in 1999. During his briefing of 007 in the film, Q introduces John Cleese's character, R, as his heir presumptive.