Brave-ish Heart (TV story)

Brave-ish Heart was the fifth episode of the first series of Class. It saw April briefly become Shadow King, and take control of the entire army. April's parents, Jackie and Huw, found out about their daughter's dealings with aliens. Charlie Smith opened the Cabinet of Souls, to use it, for the first time, though he put the device back inside again.

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Plot
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Cast

 * Miss Quill - Katherine Kelly
 * Charlie - Greg Austin
 * Ram - Fady Elsayed
 * April - Sophie Hopkins
 * Tanya - Vivian Oparah
 * Matteusz - Jordan Renzo
 * Dorothea - Pooky Quesnel
 * Corakinus - Paul Marc Davis
 * Varun - Aaron Neil
 * Jackie - Shannon Murray
 * Huw - Con O'Neill
 * Student 1 - Moses Adejimi

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Real world

 * Ames mentions gorvernments and their habits of tripping over themselves in their selfish concerns about rights.
 * Huw MacLean, upon hearing about aliens and other worlds, is convinced he must be having a mushroom flashback.

Coal Hill School

 * The Governors are a new system of authority, installed at Coal Hill Academy as part of the renovations by EverUpwardReach Ltd.

Individuals

 * Charlie's full alias is Charles Smith.
 * Ram Singh is a Sikh, as is his father.
 * April MacLean becomes Shadow King.
 * On April's eighth birthday, Jackie got her a blue dress, which became her favourite.

Species

 * Matteusz says that Venus flytraps ingest living matter, but makes the claim that, unlike the killer petals, they don't have souls. Miss Quill hints to the contrary.
 * Corakinus calls humans, or April specifically, maggots.
 * Ames and Quill discuss a way to get out the Arn.

Locations

 * Varun Singh works at a dental practice at Franley House.
 * The Underneath and the Shadow Palace appear (the latter from a distance only).

Organisations

 * Miss Quill briefly suspects Dorothea Ames is part of UNIT.

Popular culture

 * Ram calls April "Frodo", referencing "some old movie my dad likes".

Religion

 * In Shadow Kin religion, they believe that the universe will crush them if they do not defeat it all.
 * Sikhs are normally obligated to grow their hair out long in a practice called Kesh, and wear turbans, as Ram's father Varun does, but Ram himself keeps his hair short, noting, "it's modern times; gotta look sharp." He also points out, "Have you ever tried going through airport security in a turban?"
 * Ram still has a kangha that his father gave him, and wears a kara on his wrist.

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Continuity

 * Quill and Ames still talk about the Arn. (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart) Quill mentions the Arn's function to kill her if it gets removed. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * Quill wonders whether Ames is part of UNIT.
 * The Governors are mentioned again. (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo, Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart)
 * Ever Upward Reach is mentioned. It is also written right below the name of the school. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * The killer petals (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart) go into action.
 * Quill wonders whether Ames, too, is a robot. (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo)
 * Quill mentions how the Governors didn't help with the Shadow Kin (TV: For Tonight We Might Die) nor the guy with the dragon tattoo (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo), and Dorothea Ames mentions that they felt that this time they were distracted from the main threat, the petals. (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart)
 * Tanya tells Jackie and Huw about April's heart's state. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)
 * Tanya mentions April's action of cutting a rift to the Underneath. (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart)

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