The new 007 film Skyfall is poised to be one of the (if not the) biggest films of the fall 2012 season; which is why marketing for the James Bond's next adventure is now in full-swing, in anticipation of its early November release date.

In addition to some final trailers, action-packed clips and image galleries, today we get a new clip from Skyfall which (re-)introduces one of the iconic characters from the franchise: Bond's "quartermaster" (a.k.a. spy-tech guy), "Q." In addition, Coca-Cola launched an awesome Skyfall promo game that challenged unsuspecting citizens to a real-life 007-style action sequence.

As you can see in the clip above, in director Sam Mendes' (American Beauty) version of the Bond mythos, "Q" is not an old-timer tinkerer, but rather a baby-faced young computer whiz, more fitting of the times we live in ('the Zuckerberg era,' as I sometimes refer to it). The scene depicts Bond (Daniel Craig) and Q meeting for the first time, with Bond jabbing at the young agent with his famous dapper wit, and Q parrying with a bit of tough-talk all his own. By the end of the dialogue, both men have established a somewhat loose respect for one another - which should make their relationship and interactions all the more interesting as the film unfolds.

Skyfall Clips James Bond (Daniel Craig) Meets Q (Ben Whishaw)

If you don't recognize the face of the new Q, that's Ben Whishaw, a young up-and-coming actor who broke out in roles on UK TV series like Criminal Justice and The Hour. Whishaw will get a proper Hollywood launch this fall in the Wachowskis and Tom Tyker's adaptation of Cloud Atlas - followed swiftly by his turn in Skyfall.

Fun trivia: Whishaw and Daniel Craig have traded quips onscreen before: both actors starred in X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn's breakout crime thriller Layer Cake back in 2004:

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