What if Lazenby had returned for a second film? What if Connery's fifth film wasn't 'You Only Live Twice'? Here is the answer! Had the Blofeld trilogy been completed in order then this would be the final outing for Blofeld after the murder of Tracy Bond on her wedding day.
With Tracy's death being the pre-title sequence (similar to my alternative 'Diamonds Are Forever') and the story continuing from 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', I decided to add Gabriele Ferzetti and Virginia North to the opening credits (Draco and Olympe respectively). Telly Savalas and Ilse Steppat are also added from that film. I removed Mie Hama from the cast and kept Akiko Wakabayashi to allow for there just to be one main female lead for Bond (considering this is a sequel film). I also added Kate O'Mara to the cast where I would envision her to play a version of Mary Goodnight (in a similar role as in the 'You Only Live Twice' novel).
With this version, I kept on a lot of the crew from the previous film so that includes Peter Hunt as director, John Glen as editor etc. This does mean that we wouldn't get the amazing volcano set which is not a thought anyone really wants!
I created a poll on Twitter where people voted on which version of 'You Only Live Twice' (or 'We Have All The Time In The World') they would want using if Tracy's death was the pre-title and the majority voted for Nancy Sinatra's version. I intended to use this but the transition just wasn't working so I decided to switch to Julie Rogers' version of the song which I think musically and lyrically fits much better with the tone set during the pre-title sequence.
This was fun to do, not perfect but a nice "what if" that I hope you all will enjoy.
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