Ostap Bender
In 1969, Moody was offered, but declined, the lead role in "Doctor Who", following the departure of Patrick Troughton from the part. He later told many people (including "Doctor Who" companion Elisabeth Sladen) that declining the role was a decision he subsequently regretted. He played Ippolit Vorobyaninov alongside Frank Langella (as Ostap Bender) in Mel Brooks' version of "The Twelve Chairs" (1970). In 2003, he starred in the black comedy "Paradise Grove" alongside Rula Lenska, and played Edwin Caldecott, an old nemesis of Jim Branning on the BBC soap "EastEnders". In 2005, he acted in the Big Finish Productions "Doctor Who" audio play "Other Lives", playing the Duke of Wellington. He made several appearances in BBC TVs long running variety show, The Good Old Days, enacting pastiche/comic Victorian melodramas.