The head of MI6 has revealed that the real-life gadget inventor known as Q in the James Bond films is a woman. Speaking at the Women in IT Awards in London on Wednesday night, MI6 chief Alex Younger, known as C, encouraged more women to join the intelligence services. "The real-life Q is looking forward to meeting you and I'm pleased to report that the real-life Q is a woman," he said. It is important "that we in MI6 draw on the full range of talent that our country has to offer," he said. But it leads to a stereotype which is of a particular kind or a particular sort of person that will join MI6."

Source: CNN January 26, 2017 14:26 UTC