Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The Doctor’s theological challenge to Aztec sacrifice (denouncing Tlotoxl’s perversion of faith) prefigures his later deduction that the Sensorites’ control over minds is similarly unjust, driving his decisive actions in Episode 31."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_character
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
Both events show the Doctor identifying corrupt forces (religious vs. alien) and resisting them. His confidence in Episode 31, where he seizes control of the spaceship, stems from this pattern of challenging illegitimate authority.
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.