Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The execution of the fleeing scientist by IE enforcers in Episode 11 directly leads to the Brigadier showing the Doctor and Jamie photographic evidence of other missing people linked to IE—extending the pattern and confirming the Doctor’s suspicions."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_character
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
This is a direct causal chain: the scientist’s death is an example of the fate of people who resist IE, which the Brigadier later documents with photographs, validating the Doctor’s initial concerns from Episode 11.
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.