MI6 gets its first female chief, years after Judi Dench played Bond's boss

It's a case of real life catching up with James Bond fiction: Britain's MI6 spy agency named its first-ever female chief. She used to be Q. Now she'll be C.

MI6 gets its first female chief, years after Judi Dench played Bond's boss
A general view of the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, in London.

It's a case of real life catching up with James Bond fiction: Britain's MI6 spy agency named its first-ever female chief. She used to be Q. Now she'll be C.

(Image credit: Kin Cheung)