With the last adventure of James Bond’s just days away from release across the pond in the U.K., excitement for the latest installment in the 50 year franchise is at an all-time high. While we’ll still have Daniel Craig as the super spy and Judi Dench as M, things will change slightly for the character of Q as for the first time in the series’ history the tech-genius will be younger than our leading man. Ben Whishaw comes into the fold with a possible Best Picture nomination in his pocket with his latest project Cloud Atlas and the actor is looking for a double knockout this weekend as both films hit theaters. Now, we get to see Whishaw’s intelligent mind at work as Q and 007 meet for the first time in the latest clip from Skyfall.

When an operation in Istanbul ends in disaster, James Bond is missing and presumed to be dead, and the identities of every active undercover MI6 agent are leaked onto the internet. In the aftermath, questions are raised over M’s ability to run the Secret Service, and she becomes the subject of a government review over her handling of the situation.

When the service itself is attacked, Bond’s sudden reappearance gives M the pretext she needs to seek out Raoul Silva, a dangerous villain claiming a personal connection to both of them – but as he follows a trail from London to the South China Sea, Bond soon finds his loyalty to M challenged over secrets from her past.

Skyfall hits theaters in the U.K. this Friday, while the action thriller hits the United States on November 9th.