Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Commandant dismisses TARDIS retrieval
S4E36
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The Faceless Ones Part 6
To
Ben and Polly choose to leave
S4E36
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The Faceless Ones Part 6
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The Commandant's distraction and delegation of the TARDIS retrieval directly leads to the Doctor discovering it is missing, creating a cliffhanger and setting up a new mystery, showing a causal chain of events."
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.