Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The Doctor's desperate attempt to contain Malus via the TARDIS signal converter (Episode 6) leads directly to his crisis improvisation with the acid jar battery once the TARDIS is locked out on Frontios (Episode 7)."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_character
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
This escalates Tegan's role from observer of Malus's psychic terror (Episode 6) to a frontrunner in solving mechanical crises (acid jar retrieval), demonstrating her adaptive survival skills.
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.