Mendes and co. have been keeping plot details extremely close to their chests, although what we do know is that M’s past will come into play in a big way. “In Skyfall,” reads the official synopsis, “Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.”

Rumour has it that M is forced to step down at some point in the film, her position at the helm of MI6 swiftly becoming untenable. Could it even be a bullet from a silenced pistol that brings her reign to an abrupt end? Daniel Craig will only confirm that the plot is indeed M-centric, revealing that Skyfall will finally see Dench’s character out in the field.

“They’re very close, and they kind of basically go on an adventure together,” he says of the relationship between Bond and M. “She gets out in the field. Judi, she’ll tell you, she usually films most of her stuff in the studio like this while we’re all off in sort of some wonderful location, and she gets to go with us this time.”