What is the hottest must-have executive desk accessory right now? Not an iPad mini, a USB coffee mug warmer or even a wireless Aston Martin-shaped mouse.

It's a bone china figurine. Yep, a china figurine. Of a bulldog.

M (Dame Judi Dench) shares her desk with Jack the bulldog in Skyfall.

This dog has real bite. Complete with a Union Jack-emblazoned back, the bulldog – named Jack – has been sired by the renowned brand Royal Doulton for his starring role in the new James Bond film, Skyfall.

Jack gets a lot of screen time, sitting centre stage on the desk of the MI6 boss, M (Dame Judi Dench). He is a key plot device and even survives an explosion – something Bond himself finds incomprehensible – before playing a poignant role in the movie's final scenes, but we won't give that away.