Every film with Dench reinforced how important M and Bond were to each other both characters have given up a normal life for the sake of protecting their country. Several films introduced villains with personal vendettas against Dench's M, notably 1999's The World Is Not Enough and 2012's Skyfall. M calls Bond a 'sexist fossil of the Cold War,' voicing many of the major criticisms that the character has drawn over his history and quickly humbling Pierce Brosnan's debonair take on 007. It was evident from her first scene that her version would be radically different compared to her predecessors. Judi Dench's M made her debut in 1995's GoldenEye, becoming the franchise's first female M.
