User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Tales from the Tardis/@comment-188432-20130505151954/@comment-188432-20130505213454

You're taking that too literally. I meant that Burton was, even by Stewart's admission, the actual "star" of the show, looking at Burton's c.v. in 1987. But for some reason, they made — and this is Stewart's own assessment — an unknown British guy the captain over Burton. If that decision were to be taken today, it wouldn't be made the same way. Burton would unquestionably be the captain and Stewart would count himself damned lucky to be head of engineering, if he were cast at all.

You just wouldn't take the Emmy-nominated star of the most successful mini-series of all time and relegate him to a red-shirt position without any specific responsibility — which is what happened to Burton in series 1.