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"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]]
- Originally a mere background detail in The Invasion, the novelisation reworked the appearance of "Kilroy Was Here" to be written by Jamie.
- In The Enemy Within, a parodical comic story featuring the Fifth Doctor, the words "Kilroy Will Be Here" are graffitied on the base of the TARDIS control console.