[Perdogg]

Thank You. In the novels Moneypenny was less prominent than she was in the movies. Loelia Posonby was the pool secretary of the 007 section. In the novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service Ponsonby marries a member of the Baltic exchange and is replaced by Mary Good night. However, the only novel, ironically, that prominently features Moneypenny is Thunderball

[buccaneer81]

and is replaced by Mary Good night.

And then the producers and writers thought it would be funny to use the Goodnight name for the dippy Britt Eckland character in TMWTGG.