She is the fierce MI6 boss known only by the codename M. But now the true identity of James Bond\u2019s mentor has finally been revealed \u2013 after a bit of sleuthing of which 007 himself would have been proud. <\/p>\nShe is the fierce MI6 boss known only by the codename M. But now the true identity of James Bond\u2019s mentor has finally been revealed \u2013 after a bit of sleuthing of which 007 himself would have been proud. <\/p>\n
An eagle-eyed fan managed to freeze-frame a single camera shot in Skyfall lasting just a split-second and discovered that M\u2019s real name is Olivia Mansfield. <\/p>\n
Scroll down for video<\/span> Zooming in on the box\u2019s inscription, the words \u2018From the Estate of Olivia Mansfield Bequeathed to James Bond\u2019 are visible. Since the revelation by blogger Phil Noble Jr, internet forums have been filled with speculation about the significance of the name.<\/p>\n One theory is that it is a tribute to Mansfield Smith-Cumming, the first head of MI6 who started the tradition of the organisation\u2019s director signing letters with a single letter \u2013 in his case C. Others have speculated it is a portmanteau of \u2018man\u2019s field\u2019, alluding to the fact that M works in a male-dominated industry. <\/p>\n Since Dame Judi Dench became the franchise\u2019s first female spymaster in 1995, producers have dropped a series of hints about the character\u2019s name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" She is the fierce MI6 boss known only by the codename M. But now the true identity of James Bond\u2019s mentor has finally been revealed \u2013 after a bit of sleuthing of which 007 himself would have been proud. An eagle-eyed fan managed to freeze-frame a single camera shot in Skyfall lasting just a split-second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDuring the scene, Bond, played by Daniel Craig, is handed a box containing a Royal Doulton bulldog draped in a British flag, which is usually kept on M\u2019s desk. <\/p>\n