Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Jamie and Arden’s departure to investigate the glacier (Episode 12) leads to Arden’s discovery of the buried spaceship (Episode 13), which the Doctor later uses alien-derived data (via Penley) to correct the ioniser calculation."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_character
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
The glacier mission—undertaken due to the Doctor’s revelation of the alien spacecraft—leads to data critical for the ioniser. This causal chain ties Garrett’s continuous support of the base’s technological mission to the alien threat’s escalation.
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.