5. Moneypenny
Regardless of what may be thought, un-thought or cunningly misdirected about Naomie Harris character becoming Moneypenny in Skyfall, the svelte secretarys return to Bond is inevitable. Q makes a return in the form of a young, geek-chic Ben Whishaw and his characters main plot position is that of providing Bond with gadgets to make us deluded males ooh and ah at. Moneypennys narrative role far outweighs that of the Gadgetmaster in as much as she has the potential to show Bond as a more rounded character. In the past she has been the source of flirtatious innuendo in the films but in the books her secretarial role, shared with Bonds personal secretary Loelia Ponsonby, was so much more. A bubbling undercurrent of raw sexual magnetism never consummated, their relationship highlights an aspect of Bond that isnt shown elsewhere: his (innately human) need for affection, for someone to worry, for more than somebody he can get information out of by strangling with a bikini top. Shes coming back and shell be feistier than ever.