Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Descent into Conflict and Moral Limits
S2E8
·
The Waking Ally
To
Ambush in the Sewers
S2E8
·
The Waking Ally
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"News that Robomen are approaching directly results in a plan to ambush them, and the Robomen descending into the sewer immediately sets of the ambush."
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.
Related Connections
Causal
→ Doctor assigns sabotage missions to team
Causal
→ Barbara reveals Dalek apocalypse plan
Character Continuity
→ Doctor assigns sabotage missions to team
Character Continuity
→ Doctor demands Master’s help against Axos
Emotional Echo
→ Doctor evades Master’s fate question
Foreshadowing
→ Barbara reveals Dalek apocalypse plan
Thematic Parallel
→ Doctor dispatches David and Susan to …
Causal
← Tyler saves Susan from alligator
Causal
← Susan and David abandon the Doctor
Character Continuity
← Susan’s ladder collapse and rescue
Character Continuity
← David proposes retrieving the Doctor’s stick
Character Continuity
← Tyler saves Susan from alligator
Emotional Echo
← Tyler saves Susan from alligator
Escalation
← Susan and David abandon the Doctor
Narratively Follows
← Tyler saves Susan from alligator
Symbolic Parallel
← Susan’s Warning Exposes Hidden Threat
Thematic Parallel
← Tyler saves Susan from alligator