 In the article "The Oriental Beauties of You Only Live Twice",  published with a pictorial in the June 1967 issue of "Playboy"  Magazine, screenwriter Roald Dahl (qv) claimed that he assembled  his script to a formula already established in the previous films in  the series, and that he never took the script seriously. In fact, he  said that the formula was strictly enforced by the producers, who  would broach no deviation. This was not the first connection of the  film with the magazine: An excerpt of Ian Fleming (I) (qv)s  original novel had appeared in the April 1964 issue of "Playboy".