I was very attached to my headcanon that Dench's M was Moneypenny. However, I love the new Moneypenny a lot and am eager to see where her story goes now that we're getting not just Bond continuity, but continuity for his supporting actors.

And my, what a write out for Dench's M, a character I was intensely, madly in love with throughout my teens and twenties. Bless Barbara Broccoli for delivering unto an entire generation of young women her father's work.