The "Love Chamber"?

Sweepy the Cat · May 2009

I was recently reading an interview on Shatterhand007.com with 'Christopher Wood' and they briefly talked about a scene which was deleted from "Moonraker" where 'Bond' and 'Goodhead' discover what was apparently called the "Love Chamber" somewhere inside the space-station near the end of the film. Could anybody shed some more light on this?

Here is a 'Topps' trading card which has a still from the scene: http://www.worldofbond.com/trad2.html

click on card # 73, "Bond and Holly Arrive"

thesecretagent · May 2009

That's interesting. They should have kept it in - it couldn't have made the film any worse.

Barbel · May 2009

After Drax's "Once there was a dream" speech, Bond and Holly come across two astronauts from Moonraker Six making zero-gravity love. They make a few comments, then head for the Electronic Camouflage Unit.

chrisno1 · May 2009

if you have a copy of "James Bond and Moonraker" Wood's adaptation, and turn to pages 176 and 177, the brief scene is included. I think it is way to risque for Cubby Broccoli!
Like most script's, MR was probably quite long and some scenes would be deleted/reedited after shooting, others hit the floor before they even start.
I generally think the scene above is one of the latter.
I'd be interested to see Wood's original script, as the novelisation is a distinct improvement on the film, retaining the humour and some of the idiocy, but cutting out much of the visual humour.
Another example of Eon's toning down of Wood's work is in TSWLM. His novelisation has Bond being interrogated by the two Russian thugs; he is "rescued" by Anya who disapproves of their methods. This scene was cut before shooting and replaced with the fight at the Pyramids.

The "Love Chamber"?

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