Port of Call

There are still a few things I need to check out, but there's a very VERY good possibility that the copy of Doctor Who S5 we got in shipment today was signed by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill in silver Sharpie. All three signatures match up with images of the actors' autographs that I've found, and they're not replicated signatures that production companies will sometimes reprint in mass quantity; you can actually see how the Sharpie ink flaked off on one of the loops of Matt Smith's signature. I can't find any information anywhere that says that whether a limited number of signed box sets were released into the US retail wilderness. The box itself is kind of beaten up around the edges and the holographic outer cover-thing is missing.

I'm trying to find a convention last year or early this year (as early as October 2010) that all three actors attended, where they could have signed this box set. The only explanation I can think of is that our parent company took a few copies to a con and had them signed.

(Okay - there IS another explanation, but it's disturbing: somebody's signed copy was sold (whether by them or some bastard who stole it from them) to one of our stores, which sent it to the warehouse, who messed up and labeled it "new" instead of "used" (which explains it's state), and sent to us recently. Not knowing how our warehouse operates, I'm not sure if this is wildly fantastic or incredibly accurate)