The Spy Who Loved Me (novel) Express" newspaper in daily comic strip format in 1967–1968. In 1977, the title was used for the tenth film in the Eon Productions series. It was the third to star Roger Moore as Bond, and used no plot elements from the novel. Fleming structured the novel in three sections—"Me", "Them" and "Him" to describe the phases of the story. Vivienne "Viv" Michel, a young Canadian woman narrates her own story, detailing her past love affairs, the first being with Derek Mallaby, who took her virginity in a field after being thrown out of a cinema in Windsor for indecent exposure.
James Bond in film plan changed within weeks of the 1977 release, following the box office success of the 1977 space-themed film "Star Wars". With a budget of $34 million "Moonraker" cost more than double any of the previous Bond films, although both Broccoli and United Artists agreed to the costs because of the profits from "The Spy Who Loved Me". Lewis Gilbert was again appointed as director, and a number of the crew from "The Spy Who Loved Me" also joined the production. Gilbert and Tom Mankiewicz wrote the initial story, but Christopher Wood turned this into the final screenplay. Many of the