 This was Lois Maxwell (qv)s final appearance as Miss Moneypenny.  Apparently, after she was told that she would be retiring from the  role, she thought that she could become the M character as a  promotion. However, at the time producer Albert R. broccoli (qv)  believed that audiences would not accept James Bond being given  orders by woman. Prophetically, the M character would become a lady  a decade later when Judi Dench (qv) rook on the role in  _GoldenEye (1995)_ (qv).