I'm writing this post a little late (okay fine a lot late) because mostly I'm lazy, but it was bothering me enough for me to take a crack at it.
So let's play a little drinking game, children. Except it won't be little, because if you aren't dead of alcohol poisoning by the end of this post, you're playing this game WRONG. Unless you have a liver made out of iron and adamantium.
Basically it's the staple of all drinking games, take a shot every time you see the trope/word/etc. on screen. This is going to be a real fun one, because we'll be taking a shot every time in the
Eleventh Hour we see: 1) a Moffat trope, 2) a ripoff from another episode.
Are you feeling a little queasy? It is your brain calculating then screaming about how much alcohol that's going to be.
A couple of shots will be half-shots. I say this because some of these might seem a bit of a stretch, but I feel too strongly about it to let it go, so you do take something. Half-shot seems to be a good substitute, since I'm being glass half-empty, so DID YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?
Some things I will call multiple shots for, because they're pretty blatant and I feel like one isn't enough.
Are you ready? Go!
( Spoilers for The Eleventh Hour )