Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The Doctor's revelation in Episode 26 that Dodo's cold could make her feel 'far from cured' foreshadows the escalating plague crisis in Episode 27, where Dodo's initial illness becomes a basis for her guilt and Steven's fear."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_character
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
This connection establishes a direct causality between the Doctor's offhand comment about Dodo's lingering illness and the later crisis where her guilt over 'bringing the cold' drives the narrative tension. It transforms an innocuous detail into a critical plot driver across episodes.
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.