Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The Doctor and Leela's investigation of the shoreline, culminating in the discovery of a strong electrical field, directly leads to the Doctor's esoteric theory about an intelligent alien entity. This scientific explanation is not immediately dismissed but introduced as a potential explanation for the group's survival challenges, setting up the Doctor's strategic control of information."
About Causal Connections
A directly causes B. The first event sets forces in motion that produce the second. These are the load-bearing connections of plot—remove one and the story structure collapses.