April MacLean

April MacLean was a student at Coal Hill Academy in 2016 (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo, Nightvisiting). She organised the school prom. April was in the group of students the Twelfth Doctor asked to protect Coal Hill. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)

History
April's father was a folk singer and fiddle player. He was often away so April and her mother, Jackie, did not see him very much. At some point he began to drink a lot of alcohol and started to have suicidal thoughts. When April was 8 years old, he purposefully drove off the motorway with both Jackie and April in the car. April's mother was paralysed as a result, while April herself was not hurt. Her father survived and went to prison for causing the crash. (TV: Nightvisiting) April took care of her mother ever since. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)

When the Shadow Kin appeared at Coal Hill, looking for Charlie, the prince of the Rhodians in exile, Miss Quill tried to get April to shoot a displacement gun at the Shadow King, Corakinus, which would kill both April and him. When she fired it at an indirect angle, the Shadow King's heart was scattered across the universe, and the two began to share April's. As a result, she could occasionally see into Corakinus' thoughts, for brief periods of time. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)

April played the violin—mostly folk music—something she only revealed to close friends. (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo)