The Spy Who Loved Me (film) other writers into his script. Maibaum's original script featured an alliance of international terrorists attacking SPECTRE's headquarters and deposing Blofeld, before trying to destroy the world for themselves to make way for a New World Order. However, this was shelved. After Gilbert was reinstated as director, he decided to bring in another writer, Christopher Wood. Gilbert also decided to fix what he felt the previous Roger Moore films were doing wrong, which was writing the Bond character too much the way Sean Connery played him, and instead portray Bond closer to the books — "very English, very smooth, good sense
Motifs in the James Bond film series film thereafter up until "Die Another Day" contains a technical briefing of some kind, usually given by Q, with the exception of "Live and Let Die", in which Q does not appear and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" in which Q does not brief 007 but is demonstrating to M. Q is sometimes shown joining Bond in the field, taking with him a portable workshop and his staff. These workshops are established in unusual locations, such as an Egyptian tomb in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and a South American monastery in "Moonraker". On three occasions, in "Octopussy", "Licence to