In other news, guess where I was on Saturday? =P
Yes, dear readers, the SJA signing at Borders, Oxford Street in London! This was where Elisabeth Sladen, Tommy Knight and Daniel Anthony were appearing to sign and promote the release of some shiney new SJA merchandise - including two audiobooks, four novelisations and a DVD boxset!
T'was a pilgrimage taken by several key members of The Sarah Jane Adventures fan community, including the widely-known cosmic_llin [webmistress of The Sarah Jane Smith Wardrobe Appreciation Society] and the enigmatic ladyvivien [the big cheese over at Girl Reporter]. With me in tow representing SARAH-JANE.tv, we made a truly formidable trio of SJA fanatics(!)
The event started off with Lis reading a chapter from the Day of the Clown novelisation for an audience of 50 competition winners, myself included!
After the reading, Tom and Dan joined Lis at her table and spent the next three hours signing items for no less than a hundred-and-eighty people! I thought it most unfair that they should be the only people signing that day, so I decided to whip around and gather a few signatures of my own!
I got the fans to sign three of these, one for each cast member, and presented the cards to the stars when it was my turn to get some autographs!
[Many thanks to NAPM from Doctor Who Forum for the last two pictures!]Daniel Anthony [Clyde] appreciated his card so much - he stood up, leant over the table and gave me the most amazing hug! ^_^ *swoon*
At the end of the event, I walked away with these:
As well as a whole hoard of rare [not to mention free] SJA goodies! The Borders staff were a credit to the store in keeping everything so incredibly well-organised, and treating the fans to nibbles and constant queue updates. But the main highlight for me was meeting fellow SJA fans, both old and young, and debating the finer points of Maria vs. Rani with eight-year-olds, lol! It was SO great to see the fandom in the flesh, buzzing with anticipation and nerves at the thought of meeting their heroes. And of course, it was absolutely WONDERFUL meeting the cast again - who were smiling and laughing with fans long after their signing hands had succumbed to early signs of arthritis!
23 comments:
The tempetation was great although references made reminded me of DR WHO'S
FATHERS DAY
like when sarah jane said if i touch my baby self i could explode a very good episode nevertheless very good greenscreen affects and this by thousands of miles was the Best episode yet
the finale pics from dr who magazine looks great cant wait
I concur, and it can only get better!
Leave it to Tommy to put a smiley in his autograph. LOL. On to the tempation...
The guys over at the wardrobe appreciation must be over the moon with that vintage 50's dress as Lis got her tour de force in the temptation.
Loved the "Listen kid, the 50's came back in the 70's" line but what's up with Clyde referencing things that where before his time. I mean star wars is one thing but Conan and Jumanji?
Ha, yeah - Tommy extends the 'Y' in his name into a smiley face. It's a good trick actually, it shows that it's an autograph and not a signature.
I love Clyde's pop culture movie references! It's so darn random! American shows like Buffy used to do it so often, it's great to see Clyde doing it, too :D The abruptness of the Jumnaji line seriously had me crying with laughter! I can't wait to see how many more references he has for the rest of the series! He HAS to make a Planet of the Apes reference for next weeks episode!
Well Maria mentioned the planet of the apes back in the Warriors of Kudlak
Wahey, I'm 'widely known'! I feel a bit like a celeb, now.
But how come ladyvivien gets to be 'enigmatic'? *pout*
"The guys over at the wardrobe appreciation must be over the moon with that vintage 50's dress as Lis got her tour de force in the temptation."
Yes, yes we are.
Lol, I was going to put 'gorgeous' instead of 'widely known', at first - but thought it might be a little too personal for an article =D
Woooo! Nabu likes Llin!!!!!
Aww, bless you Nabu, thank you! :D
LOL, sounds like you guys had alot of fun! I can't wait to meet Lis next month!
Ha! I meant next week. *hee*
Wait, it just hit me, I'm meeting her next week! :-D Yay!
And I expect plenty 'o snaps from you, too! x ^_^
What a happy gloss you put on the day. Sadly for the majority of us in the queue we had to endure excessive waiting after Elizabeth became 'tired' after doing her special reading and initial signing. She went to 'rest' for 5 minutes - anyway an HOUR later she reappears to start the main signing. I was about 50 in the queue and it took a full hour before I got my items signed. The session was due to start at 1.30 - by 3.30 when I got to the front of the queue i had lost the will to live and had a different opinion of someone for me HAD been an childhood idol. Great shame.
Steve
Thats not very fair Steve, she is 60 years old.
A five minute break is hardly the reason for the autographs taking so long, Steve. It may have taken a while for the main queue to get going 'cause the competition winners were getting posed photos taken with the cast. A treat denied to the regular queue to speed things along. I got my items signed at around aboot 3.30pm too, 'cause I preferred to rough it in the regular queue. Thankfully I had chums to banter with and activities to keep me busy. So the time just flew by :)
Tommy was complaining he had to write too many 'm's and Danny wrist was so worn out after a dozen autographs. So I don't think it was necessarily just down to Elizabeth - they were all lightweights - unlike John Barrowman - who when he did the Boarders signing was a total professional trooper - signing quickly and always finding time for the photo-op. Anyway - don't think I will go to another one of these again. Leave you guys to it. And sorry - the card was just such a cringe-worthy embarrassing moment - glad I wasn't around to see it handed over.
Steve
Tommy Knight never seems to include a second 'm' in his autographs, noticed that meself :P Most of 'em just has the one, so it comes out as 'Tomy' ^_^ I guess he could teach himself to fade out his signatures if it's too tiresome to write out every letter. But a siggy's a siggy, eh?
And aww, they're youngin's, and it's only their second signing. They haven't really realised that these events are as much an endurance test as they are fun. So they could be excused for being raw hands at it. I didn't notice this once btw. They treated me with total professionalism.
And lol the cards, well - you'da thunk being at a kids signing evnt and being read a story would've been embarrassing enough - so I thought - 'why not go the whole hog?' :D Though I get that others could be a little more introvert when faced with the same sitch.
What part (chapter) did Elisabeth Sladen read from DAY OF THE CLOWN
Chapter Two :) One where Clyde and Luke meet Rani, and her dad at school.
Did you video or record it Nabu ? was Liz good at reading it , or did she make mistakes and trip up ?
Did they remember you ?
are you tired of me asking questions ?
Love the site
:P
I think that's pretty harsh, Steve! They seemed to really like the card - and as Lis said, it gave Nabu something to do whilst we were waiting! Queues for this sort of thing are notoriously long, and it was a really hot room - I don't blame Lis for having to have a rest. Apparently she was having eye problems earlier as well, which is why the whole thing kicked off later than expected. We waited for two hours and actually had a brilliant time and when we finally got to the front, the three of them were really lovely and chatty. And as people have said - they were two kids and a 60 year old. Give them a break!
(we're both writing this in one comment because we are drinking tea and can't be bothered typing two responses. Sorry Nabu!)
Having that strong Russian tea again, Llin? =P And wow, Lis said that? My mind kinda went blank during the whole experience due to the awesomeness overload. I do remember Lis fanning herself with the card eagerly and telling me that I couldn't have got her a more thoughtful gift! :D
She should've told us she was hot! With so many Sarah Jane fans [pun!] on hand, we'd have been more than happy to cool her down! And yes, she did have eye trouble. She had to go off and get drops! She's a real trooper for being there at all with that hindering her. I know celebs who've cancelled over a lot less.
As for the queuing...c'mon - it's what our country does best! :D
And yus, Anonymous - I have most of it recorded. Probably can't hear a word, though. Lis made one mistake during her reading, and took a one second pause and carried on :) And Tom and Dan knew who I was before I'd even reached the table! w00t! ^_^ Lis, on the other hand, didn't really recognise me from Bath. But hopefully she will from now on :)
Томми самый лучший. он играл Люка Смита в фильме Приключение Сары Джейн.Я смотрела все серии просто супер!
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