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)

April found it difficult to make friends as she believed that everybody perceived her as "fragile" (TV: Nightvisiting) and she believed that kind people dont get asked to the Prom. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die) April didn't have many friends, if any at all, she reached out to Charlie and Tanya but even they, fellow outcasts weren't entirely interested in becoming her friend. She was still preparing for the Autumn Prom, the day before it was due to occur, she was handing out flyers and soon began decorating with no one else to help her. (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. Corakinus tried taking April back through the rip in space-time after the Doctor and Tanya Adeola forced the Shadow Kin back, but Ram Singh freed her by attacking Corakinus with a chair. (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)

April knew Poppy and thought that she was nice. April was shocked by the news that Poppy stole a car and drove it into a betting shop window killing herself. (PROSE: Joyride)

April helped Ram after the Lan Kin took to form of Rachel. After arriving at Coal Hill she theorised that the main root of the creature was in the direction of Tanya's flat and went there. When she and Ram got there they were trapped by the Lan Kin and wrapped in its roots for standing in it's way when it tried to ensnare. She was released when Quill ran it over with a bus. (TV: Nightvisiting)