By the mid-60s the Sean Connery show was winding down in the Bond universe…

but there was time enough to live twice. Ian Fleming’s unfilmable novel was finally filmed and the rest is history.

MMM gives YOLT the treatment: is You Only Live Twice it just a weak Austin Powers prequel? Or was it the old coffin polishing milkman at his most majestic?

Which Bond gadget drove David’s family into apoplexy? What is up with Blofoeld’s panciky cat? And how did Santa Claus nearly end up a Bond villian? The controversy of an Asian Bond (Scottish burr and all), a quick glance at a masterful Doctor Who star and a missing foot are all good reasons to download the MMM commentary before the neighbours do…