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[[File:Kilroy Was Here.jpg|thumb|"KILROY WAS HERE" in the London Underground. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'')]]
{{first pic|Kilroy Was Here.jpg|"KILROY WAS HERE" in the London Underground. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion (TV story)}})}}
'''"Kilroy Was Here"''', or '''"Kilroy Woz 'ere"''', was a commonly [[graffiti]]ed phrase.
'''"Kilroy Was Here"''', or '''"Kilroy Woz 'ere"''', was a commonly [[graffiti]]ed phrase.


[[Jamie McCrimmon]] wrote "KILROY WAS HERE" in the dust on the roof of a [[lift]] in the [[London Underground]]. When the [[Second Doctor]] asked Jamie who Kilroy was, Jamie said he was "nobody [the Doctor would] know". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Invasion (novelisation)|The Invasion]]'') The phrase was also written on the wall of the near the top of the lift shaft. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'')
== Sightings ==
[[Jamie McCrimmon]] wrote "KILROY WAS HERE" in the [[dust]] on the roof of a [[lift]] in the [[London Underground]]. When the [[Second Doctor]] asked Jamie who Kilroy was, Jamie said he was "nobody [the Doctor would] know". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Invasion (novelisation)}}) The phrase was also written on the wall of the near the top of the lift shaft. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion (TV story)}})


Graffiti of a [[sphinx (Dead Romance)|sphinx]] covered the "KILROY WOZ 'ERE" and "KEEP BRITAIN WHITE" graffiti on a side road off [[Old Compton Street]] in [[Christine Summerfield]]'s [[bottle universe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'')
On [[Rorvik]]'s ship, "Kilroy Was Here" was written on the walls, presumably by [[Kilroy]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors' Gate (TV story)}})


One of the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[data umph]]s spray‐painted "KILROY WOZ 'ERE" over [[Imogen]]'s annual report. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'')
One of the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[data umph]]s spray‐painted "KILROY WOZ 'ERE" over [[Imogen]]'s annual report. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Seeing I (novel)}})


During the [[Shoreditch Incident]], [[Ace]] spray-painted "Ace woz 'ere in 63" on the bulkhead of the [[Dalek shuttle|shuttle]] of the [[Imperial Dalek]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') In [[1940]], Ace was held prisoner by the [[Nazi]]s in [[Le Mur Engineering]] on [[Jersey]]. When considering the possibility that she would be killed, she wanted to add her final message to a memorial wall, but thought "Ace woz 'ere" would have been inappropriate. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'')
Graffiti of a [[sphinx (Dead Romance)|sphinx]] covered the "KILROY WOZ 'ERE" and "KEEP BRITAIN WHITE" graffiti on a side road off [[Old Compton Street]] in [[Christine Summerfield]]'s [[bottle universe]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dead Romance (novel)}})


While trapped in the [[Multivarium]], the Doctor said "Kilroy was here!upon noting the [[Footprint]]s they left. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Room with All the Doors (short story)|The Room with all the Doors]]'')
"Kilroy" was carved into a chair in a recreation of [[Ian Chesterton]]'s classroom in the [[Time Museum]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Time Museum (audio story)}})
 
While trapped in the [[Multivarium]], the Doctor said "Kilroy was here!" upon noting the [[footprint]]s they left. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Room with All the Doors (short story)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
[[file:The Enemy Within.jpg|thumb|Kilroy will be here ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Enemy Within (comic story)|The Enemy Within]]'')]]
[[file:The Enemy Within.jpg|thumb|"Kilroy will be here". ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Enemy Within (comic story)|The Enemy Within]]'')]]
* Originally a mere background detail in ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', the [[The Invasion (novelisation)|novelisation]] reworked the appearance of "Kilroy Was Here" to be written by Jamie McCrimmon.
* Originally a mere background detail in ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', the [[The Invasion (novelisation)|novelisation]] reworked the appearance of "Kilroy Was Here" to be written by Jamie.
* In ''[[The Enemy Within (comic story)|The Enemy Within]]'', a parodical comic story featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]], the words "Kilroy [[Time travel|Will Be]] Here" are graffitied on the base of the [[TARDIS control console]].
* In ''[[The Enemy Within (comic story)|The Enemy Within]]'', a parodical comic story featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]], the words "Kilroy [[Time travel|Will Be]] Here" are graffitied on the base of the [[TARDIS control console]].
[[Category:Fictional elements from the real world]]
[[Category:Fictional elements from the real world]]
[[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]]
[[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]]

Latest revision as of 21:46, 10 March 2024

Kilroy Was Here
"KILROY WAS HERE" in the London Underground. (TV: The Invasion [+]Loading...["The Invasion (TV story)"])

"Kilroy Was Here", or "Kilroy Woz 'ere", was a commonly graffitied phrase.

Sightings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jamie McCrimmon wrote "KILROY WAS HERE" in the dust on the roof of a lift in the London Underground. When the Second Doctor asked Jamie who Kilroy was, Jamie said he was "nobody [the Doctor would] know". (PROSE: The Invasion [+]Loading...["The Invasion (novelisation)"]) The phrase was also written on the wall of the near the top of the lift shaft. (TV: The Invasion [+]Loading...["The Invasion (TV story)"])

On Rorvik's ship, "Kilroy Was Here" was written on the walls, presumably by Kilroy. (TV: Warriors' Gate [+]Loading...["Warriors' Gate (TV story)"])

One of the Eighth Doctor's data umphs spray‐painted "KILROY WOZ 'ERE" over Imogen's annual report. (PROSE: Seeing I [+]Loading...["Seeing I (novel)"])

Graffiti of a sphinx covered the "KILROY WOZ 'ERE" and "KEEP BRITAIN WHITE" graffiti on a side road off Old Compton Street in Christine Summerfield's bottle universe. (PROSE: Dead Romance [+]Loading...["Dead Romance (novel)"])

"Kilroy" was carved into a chair in a recreation of Ian Chesterton's classroom in the Time Museum. (AUDIO: The Time Museum [+]Loading...["The Time Museum (audio story)"])

While trapped in the Multivarium, the Doctor said "Kilroy was here!" upon noting the footprints they left. (PROSE: The Room with All the Doors [+]Loading...["The Room with All the Doors (short story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

"Kilroy will be here". (NOTVALID: The Enemy Within)