With the success of “Star Wars”, Broccoli instead decided to film the only remaining Fleming title that could use an outer-space concept. (FYI, in the late 1960s EON hired the men responsible for the special effects in the British television series “Thunderbirds” to work on special effects for “Moonraker”. It`s interesting to contemplate what might have been done with Fleming`s novel had it been filmed as the follow-up to “OHMSS”.)

Some people claim that the “Thunderball” end-credits listed “OHMSS” as the next Bond film. It seems that all surviving copies sheer the credits before it gets to this spot. It`s also not clear whether “Dr No” said that Bond would return in “From Russia With Love”.  Some claim it does, others that it doesn`t. “Octopussy” lists “From A View To A Kill” as the next Bond film; the “From” was subsequently dropped. “Octopussy” was the last Bond film to include the next film`s title. Since then, the credit simply reads “James Bond will return”. “License to Kill” was originally promoted as “License Revoked” until a title change by the marketing department.