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In General
In General
Alien invasion or teen angst?
- Fire-Forged Friends: The group are only really friends because they witness the emergence of the Shadow Kin and the Doctor charged them with the protection of the rips in time/space.
- Friendless Background: Most if not all of the Bunghole Defense Squad are this.
- Kid Hero: Excluding Quill, all of them are 17 or under. Tanya is only 14! And together they defend Earth.
Miss Quill
Andrea Quill (Andra’ath)
"And I am war itself!"
Played by: Katherine Kelly (2016)
A Quill and self-proclaimed freedom fighter from the planet Rhodia. After being captured by the opposing Rhodia, she is enslaved to the prince Charlie. She is the only Quill to survive the genocide by the Shadow Kin, and escapes the Shadow Kin with Charlie thanks to the Doctor. Since then she has taken up the guise of a Physics teacher, and is Charlie's unwilling protector.
- Alien Among Us: As far as we know, the only alien at Coal Hill Academy aside from Charlie.
- Apathetic Teacher: She's openly blunt, condescending and insulting towards her students.
- Asleep for Days: 'Hibernates' for six days while pregnant.
- Badass Driver: In Episode 3 she hijacks a freaking double-decker bus and then rips the Lankin's main stem.
- Badass Teacher: She may not be able to use weapons anymore, but she can still kick ass.
- Cannot Tell Fiction from Reality: She reads The Hunger Games and wonders aloud if it really happened.
- Catchphrase: "I am war itself!"
- Dark Action Girl: She is a woman. She is kind of evil. She kicks ass.
- Human Aliens: She looks completely human, although it's all but spelled out that it's the result of some modification to her natural state.
- I Just Want to Be Free: She loathes being a servant to Charlie.
- Jerkass: Aloof, rude, selfish and anti-social.
- Jerkass Has a Point: She's incredulous that the Doctor is expecting the main characters, who are in their early to late teens, to defend the space-time rift in the school.
- Lady Swears-a-Lot: Gets really angry with a silent robotic visitor observing her class. When reprimanded for her outburst, Mr. Armitage remarks that he doesn't even know what some of the swears words she used are supposed to mean.
- Large Ham: "Leave us, we are DECORATING!"
- Last of Her Kind: The last Quill in the universe, after the Shadow Kin commits genocide against her species.
- Loophole Abuse: While the parasite in her brain forces her to protect Charlie and never use a weapon, she's more than capable of finding ways around both those things.
- Made a Slave: She committed a serious crime (although it is not said what the crime was) and serving Charlie is her punishment. The series zigzags how justified this is. As Tanya points out, slavery is morally wrong and the legal system punishing Quill is defunct. On the other hand, Quill was a terrorist and war criminal, and the viewer has little information as to the gravity of what she did, though Charlie's insistence that they were ‘terrorist acts’ partnered with Quill's temperament lends to the impression they were fairly heinous.
- Manipulative Bitch: Just because she can't use a weapon doesn't mean she can talk some poor soul into doing it, neglecting to mention it will cost them their lives.
- Mystical Pregnancy: Becomes pregnant in Episode 7, and her pregnancy is then sped up due to time in the metaphysical engine running differently to time on Earth.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Her true name is Andra’ath, but on Earth she is only ever referred to as Miss Quill. She uses the fake first name Andrea.
- Pregnant Badass: Being pregnant in the finale doesn't affect her ability to kick ass. In stiletto heels.
- Psycho Sidekick: Although he doesn't know some of the details, such as causing the deaths of other students to protect, Charlie is entirely aware of his bodyguard and servant's questionable morals.
- Rebel Leader: "I once led an army!".
- Restraining Bolt: She has a parasite called an Arn (which kinda looks like a cross between a naked mole rat and a lizard) in her head that will kill her if she fails to serve and protect Charlie or uses a weapon. Though not any more...
- Revenge Before Reason: She tries to persuade Charlie to use the souls to destroy the Shadow Kin even though this will leave them helpless to be eaten alive by the petals.
- Sadist Teacher: Her Establishing Character Moment is dropping Charlie's phone on the floor and otherwise insulting all her students.
- Sci-Fi Bob Haircut: She is an alien, and has a bob haircut.
- Species Surname: The alias she uses while on Earth is the name of her species.
- Token Evil Teammate: So far, she is indirectly responsible for two deaths, granted one turned out to be a robot, but that doesn't change the fact that she is only helping the main characters because she'll die if she fails to protect Charlie.
- Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: Amply Discussed, as she is very insistent that she wasn't a terrorist and was completely justified in the bombing campaign she waged against the Rhodians.
Charlie
Charlie Smith
"Do you know the feeling of dread?"
Played by: Greg Austin (2016)
The prince of the alien planet Rhodia. Following the extermination of his planet, he is the only Rhodia alive. He and Miss Quill were saved by the Doctor, who sent them to Earth to hide among humans.
- Abusive Alien Parents: Charlie says that his parents didn't love him and treated him as their property.
- Alien Among Us: Last of the Rhodia, living on Earth and attending school with humans.
- Alien Princess: A rare male example of this.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality:
- Broadly a good guy, but sees no moral issue with essentially keeping Miss Quill a slave.
- Seems to seriously consider committing genocide on the Shadow Kin to resurrect his people. Revealed in Episode 6 he actively wants to commit genocide on the Shadow Kin; the only thing stopping him is Matteusz’s judgement.
- Blue Blood: He is a prince. Before his species was destroyed, he was the heir to the Rhodian throne. As such he was socially isolated and emotionally stunted.
- But Not Too Gay: Averted. Charlie and his boyfriend are openly affectionate, and the show doesn't shy away from showing the natural progression of their relationship from dating to sex.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome:
- It seems he considers himself The Hero who can bring his people back to life.
- According to Matteusz in the first novel tie-in, Charlie has this as a leftover from his prince days.
- Claustrophobia: In Episode 6, is terrified of being in the confined space of the classroom and has a panic attack because of it.
- Exotic Equipment: Discussed by Tanya and Ram, though Matteusz says his human disguise is consistent all over.
- Family of Choice: With Matteusz (and possibly including the rest of the main characters) after his parents were killed by the Shadow Kin. He states that his bond with his parents on Rhodia was not as strong as the bonds he has formed on Earth.
- Fish out of Water: Both he and Miss Quill are not from Earth.
- Hugh Mann: He claims to be from 'Sheffield', uses the extremely common surname 'Smith', and the first name 'Charles', which literally means 'man'.
- Human Aliens: He looks completely human, although it's all but spelled out that it's the result of some modification to his natural state.
- Interspecies Romance: With Matteusz.
- Last of His Kind: Was once prince of a civilization on the planet Rhodia before the Shadow Kin invaded.
- Lonely Rich Kid: In Episode 6 Charlie confesses to having been this back when he was a prince in Rhodia.
- Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: Often doesn't understand pop culture references due to being distinctly non-human. Has to look up Idris Elba and folk music.
- Sarcasm-Blind: Matteusz describes his furiously shouting, deeply religious parents as thrilled they're going to the prom together. Charlie's response? "Great!"
- Stronger Than They Look: In Episode 3 he stabs a screwdriver through an alien's hand and the tiled floor. Then, in Episode 6 he holds onto the rock despite Ram (an athlete) and Matteusz (who is bigger than he is) trying to tear it out of his hand.
- Survivor Guilt: Everyone he knew (except for Ms. Quill) died. It is made even worse by the fact that there is a chance he can bring all of them back.
- What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: States that the Rhodian concept of love was more about 'combination' than actual love, and learns about the human concept of love through Matteusz.
Ram
Ram Singh
Played by: Fady Elsayed (2016)
Coal Hill's Star Striker in Football.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Averted. He initially teases the main cast due to his Jerk Jock tendencies. But April warms up to his protective and softer side.
- An Arm and a Leg: A Shadow Kin chops off half his leg below the knee.
- Artificial Limbs: The Doctor fits him with an alien prosthetic after he loses part of his leg.
- Artificial Limbs Are Stronger: Averted. Despite being mechanical in nature. It is just as much use as a normal leg, except Ram nervous system has to relearn how to co-ordimate itself to this new limb.
- Big "NO!": His reaction to his Father getting killed
- Broken Pedestal: After finding out what Coach Dawson was doing, Ram notes that he's lost all respect towards the Coach.
- The Berserker: When the Shadowkin kills his girlfriend in front of him. Ram's first instinct is to roar and shout incoherantly at the top of his lungs whilst swinging his fists, feet and also chairs at the shadowkin. He even takes one more swing after his leg is cut off before eventually passing out from bloodloss.
- Character Development: While he started out as just your average jerk, it's becoming apparent that he is slowly softening towards the rest of the group.
- Daddy's Boy: It doesn't take him long to open up to his Father regarding his prosthetic leg, aliens and the fact his girlfriend was murdered in front of him. In fact opening up and training with Varun begins to allow Ram to slowly recover physically and mentally. He is in tears at his fathers death
- Determinator: Not even losing the lower half of one of his legs was enough to stop him from fighting the Shadow Kin.
- Designated Victim: Gets splattered with blood twice within the first two episodes, is freaked out by the Lankin in episode 3, and watches April get taken over by Corakinus and almost murder her dad in episode 4. So far there hasn't been a single episode where Ram hasn't suffered.Ram: I don't know how I keep getting myself in these situations...
- Heartbroken Badass: Despite being presented as the Berseker of the main kids. As the series progresses Ram is eventually mentally worn down from Corakinus killing his girlfriend, his Father and then April dying, to the point that he is a crying mess cradling Aprils body without the will to fight anymore
- Heroic BSoD: Suffers one after the Shadow Kin's attack on the School Prom.
- Hidden Depths: He opens up to Rachel about his Religion and shows a more spiritual and gentle side. During his sex scene with April, a Kara Bracelet can be seen on his arm.
- Invisible Parents: His mother is mentioned but never present.
- I Let Gwen Stacy Die: He blames himself for Rachel's death.
- Jerk Jock: The star of the Football team, he is also a jackass to people he considers "geeks".
- Mr Fan Service: Gets a steamy sex scene with April. Showing off that Footballers build of his.
- Old-School Chivalry: Downplayed.
- In Episode 1 escorts his girlfriend, Rachel, to the bathroom and tries to fight back against Corakinus, a vastly superior alien, after she is killed.
- In Episode 2 he tries to pull the cleaner out of the claws of the Leaf Dragon without a hope in hell of actually rescuing her.
- In Episode 4 follows April, his girlfriend whom he loves very much, into the realm of the Shadow Kin without a second thought, completely unarmed.
- Religious Bruiser: He is a Sikh (albiet a liberal one) and he not afraid to trade hands with aliens. Though Downplayed and Justified as the season goes on. From struggling to adapt to his prosthetic leg and suffering from extreme PTSD every other episode. Ram doesnt fight as much as he did before.
- Token Religious Teammate: Downplayed as Tanya and Matteusz are both Christians. Ram is the only Sikh but at least shows some hidden depths regarding his religion.
- Twofer Token Minority: He is the only Asian (Indian of Punjabi ethnicity) and Sikh of the main cast. By the end of episode one he is a threefer as he loses a leg and has struggles to adapt to his Artificial Limb.
April
April MacLean
"I'm not made of glass."
Played by: Sophie Hopkins (2016)
A kind student at Coal Hill Academy. Due to an incident involving the Shadow Kin's King, her heart is shared between them.
- Action Girl: Wields swords and fights the Shadow Kin, eventually defeating Corakinus.
- Back from the Dead: She dies with the Shadow Kin after Charlie uses the Cabinet of Souls, due to sharing a heart with Corakinus. However, due to something involving the last Rhodian soul, she comes back to life — in Corakinus' body.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Gets angry and snaps during the prom scene, when no one will listen to her warnings about the Shadow Kin. And then there's the whole sword wielding thing...
- Can't Live Without You: Because of a mishap with a displacement gun she comes to share a heart with Corakinus, king of the Shadow Kin. If one of them dies, so will the other.
- Crazy-Prepared: Gives Ram a bagful of supplies (including hand fans, whistles, food, a torch, a compass, and a portable charger) before he and Tanya check out the eponymous house in the Stone House tie-in novel.
- Dual Wielding: She dual-wields scimitars.
- Extreme Doormat: At the start of the series even the Coal Hill faculty has no compunction about dumping extra work on her, and she does it without complaining. Ms. Quill constantly mocks her for it.
- The Heart: The kindest member of the team, she is always the first to think of the welfare of other ahead of her own, and is able to get the others to do the same. Except Ms. Quill.
- Hidden Depths: She plays the violin, a fact unknown to all but her closest friends.
- The Kingslayer: In episode 5 she defeats Corakinus, the King of the Shadow Kin.
- Monster Lord: Becomes King of the Shadow Kin after defeating the previous one.
- Nice Girl: April is one of the most pleasant people in Coal Hill. Although, her mother makes a point of saying that she is kind, rather than just nice.
- Plucky Girl: She is kind and optimistic but is very brave and never gives up.
- Psychic Link: She comes to share one with Corakinus as a result of their common heart. She can occasionally see into his mind and see his thoughts.
- She Is the King: In Episode 5 after defeating Corakinus, April becomes a king and not a queen. She explains that the Shadow Kin call their ruler a king even if it's a female.
- Superpowered Evil Side: Her deepened link with Corakinus from the fourth episode on gives her shadow powers but causes her to develop tinges of his ruthless and malevolent personality.
- Teacher's Pet: Clearly gets on well with and is eager to impress most of the Coal Hill teachers, so much so that Tanya refers to Mr. Armitage as her 'friend'.
- Touched by Vorlons:
- After her heart is split between her and Corakinus in episode 1 she can briefly hear his thoughts.
- When in Episode 4 the connection between her and Corakinus gets stronger, she becomes much stronger and gains the ability to summon shadow swords.
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: When the bond between April and Corakinus gets stronger, she can hardly control her new powers. In episode 4 she almost kills her father because of it.
- You're Not My Father: "You are not my father anymore! You are not a part of this family!"
Tanya
Tanya Adeola
"Was it a shadow?"
Played by: Vivian Oparah (2016)
An academic prodigy who, at 14, skipped several grades and is in sixth form with the rest of the teenaged cast.
- Affectionate Nickname: Her father called her "Puddle" after she unknowingly jumped into a pool of horse urine as a young child.
- Badass Bookworm: Based on the blurb from The Stone House, she's clearly very geeky. And based on the threats she'll have to survive, she's at least a little badass. In the second trailer, she asks Miss Quill to teach her how to fight.
- Black and Nerdy: Clever enough to skip three years, great at physics and calls A Level maths 'ridiculously easy'. Ram calls her a 'ridiculous nerd'.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: Her father died of a stroke two years before the events of the first series, and her mother was killed by the Shadow Kin in episode 8. She had a close relationship with both of them.
- Gamer Chick: According to the tie-in novels, she's really good at video games. She also mentioned that she played Xbox with her brothers after her father's death, and she told Ram to pay into her gaming account in return for help with physics homework.
- Geek: References 'Once Upon A Time', enjoys playing video games, has 'Sailor Moon' posters behind her bed, and picks up on another character's 'Harry Potter' reference in 'The Stone House'.
- Grade Skipper: As mentioned in the description, she's 14 but skipped 3 years to join the rest of the group in sixth form.
- How Dare You Die on Me!: Desperately misses her father, enough to draw the Lankin through the rift and empower it more than any of its other victims. Yet, as it found out from trying to feed on her grief, her feeling are complicated by even stronger emotions of resentful rage at him for leaving her so suddenly.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: Desperate to make friends in 'For Tonight We Might Die', as she feels that no one will want to talk to her due to the age difference. After the Shadow Kin attack at the prom, she says "So, are we all, like, mates, then?"
- Rapid-Fire Typing: During her attempt to hack UNIT.
- Teen Genius: The smartest of all the kids, even though she's several years younger.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Calls out Charlie about ordering around Miss Quill, comparing it to slavery.
Coal Hill Students
Matteusz
Matteusz Andrzejewski
"You are a very strange person."
Played by: Jordan Renzo (2016)
A handsome student in Coal Hill and Charlie's boyfriend.
- Color Motif: Blue seems to be the dominant color in all of his outfits.
- Coming-Out Story: He relates the time he came out to his grandmother, in Episode 6.
- Damsel out of Distress: In Episode 5 Dorothea tries to force Charlie to use Cabinet of Souls by holding Matteusz at a gun point. However, Matteusz knocks her unconscious and disarms her.
- Deadpan Snarker: After loudly quarreling with his parents:Charlie: Everything all right?
Matteusz: Oh yes, my deeply religious parents are very happy I'm going to a dance with a boy. - Doesn't Like Guns: Says it word for word in Episode 5 after disarming Dorothea. He even treats the gun like it's going to make his hand smell.
- Family of Choice: With Charlie after his parents kick him out.
- Gayngst: Subverted. Though Matteusz is kicked out of his home because of his homosexuality, the show focuses on him finding a new home with his boyfriend, and on their love.
- Interspecies Romance: With Charlie, given that Charlie is an alien and Matteusz is human.
- Martial Pacifist: In Episode 4 he gets really angry when he finds out that Charlie is thinking of using the Cabinet of Souls; in Episode 5 he detests the idea of genocide while being held at a gun point. However, he doesn't shy away from using violence to protect his loved ones.
- Mellow Fellow: Downplayed. While usually he is calm and positive (or a little surprised at most) in situations where most people would probably freak out, he can show some intense emotions like anger or sadness.
- Morality Chain: He, subtly and otherwise, reminds Charlie of human morality. In Episode 6, Charlie admits that the only reason why he hasn't used the Cabinet to wipe out the Shadow Kin is because of Matteusz.
- Parental Issues: He and his parents relationship is strained due to his sexuality. Eventually, he's kicked out, and moves in with Charlie.
- Understanding Boyfriend: He doesn't freak out when he finds out what Charlie really is, and has been supportive throughout the series. Even if he admits, in Episode 6, that he is sometimes afraid of Charlie and what he might do.
- What the Hell, Hero?: In Episode 4 calls out Charlie when he is thinking of using the Cabinet of Souls to commit genocide on the Shadow Kin and in the process, possibly resurrect his people. He continues to do so in Episode 5.
Rachel
Rachel Chapman
Played by: Anna Shaffer (2016)
Ram's girlfriend.
- The Lost Lenore: To Ram. He laments her death hard.
- No Body Left Behind: She is assumed missing since her body was never found.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies in Episode 1.
Coal Hill Staff
Mr. Armitage
Mr. Francis Armitage
Played by: Nigel Betts (2016)
The Headmaster of Coal Hill Academy.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Graphically skinned alive by a giant alien dragon.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: It's not much, but he doesn't hesitate to shield his students from a massive dragon that just appeared in his office, though he suffers a gruesome fate.
- Mauve Shirt: He had a couple of appearances in Doctor Who, which makes his death in the second episode mildly surprising.
- Only Known by Initials: After his death, his name is listed on the the board as "Armitage F.". Quill states that she "never knew what the F stood for", to which Dorothea replies "Francis".
- Transplant: He first appeared in the Doctor Who episodes "Into the Dalek", "The Caretaker" and "Dark Water".
Coach Dawson
Coach Dawson
Played by: Ben Peel (2016)
A football coach in Coal Hill Academy.
- Animated Tattoo: His dragon tattoo turns out to be an actual dragon that lives on his skin.
- Asshole Victim: No one was really bothered when Coach Dawson was dragged off by the Dragon to be skinned, save April who was more concerned that they had just indirectly killed someone than the fact that the Coach had suffered a gory fate.
- Disproportionate Retribution: When Ram lost the ball in a football match, Dawson made him run twenty laps and when he protested, the coach increased it to twenty-five laps.
- Jerkass: Unpleasant, cruel and aggressive, Coach Dawson is undoubtedly a jerk.
- Jerkass Has a Point: While he was being a complete jerk about it, he was absolutely correct when he told Ram to "face his demons" as Ram shouldn't try to ignore his problems, in this case him having watched his girlfriend get killed by one of the Shadow Kin during the prom and losing his leg.
- Karmic Death: Skinned students and staff to feed the Dragon that lives on his skin, only to be skinned himself by that Dragon's mate after it was told by Ram that the Coach was bluffing when he threatened the Dragon on his skin. It was implied that the skin of Dawson would be made into leather to keep the Dragon on it safe.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Had he not threatened the Dragon's mate, it's likely that the Dragon would not have killed him.
- Stern Teacher: Ram says that he was "the right kind of scary" before encountering the dragon.
The Board of Governors
In General
The board of governors installed by EverUpwardReach when Coal Hill School became an academy.
- Mysterious Teacher's Lounge: Their room in Coal Hill, which appears to be Bigger on the Inside.
- Omniscient Council of Vagueness: They're a mysterious, clandestine organisation of powerful individuals, but the details of their plan regarding the Weeping Angels may never be revealed.
- Path of Inspiration: For the Weeping Angels.
Dorothea Ames
Dorothea Ames
"What are your thoughts on genocide?"
Played by: Pooky Quesnel (2016)
The Headmistress of Coal Hill Academy after Mr Armitage's untimely demise.
- Ambiguously Human: Looks human, but has extreme knowledge of alien species that may suggest she is alien. Ram and April think she is an alien when they find out she knows which classes they should be in, despite it only being her first day.
- Badass Teacher: Wields a gun in episode 5, while trying to convince Charlie to use the Cabinet of Souls on the flower petals.
- Color Motif: Associated with the color red - wears red lipstick every episode and had an entirely red outfit in episodes 4 and 5.
- Ship Tease: With Quill. "You are... intriguing."
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Killed by the Governors for failing to consider that Charlie might activate the Cabinet of Souls.
Paul Smith, The Inspector
Inspector Paul Smith
Played by: Jami Reid-Quarrel (2016)
A mysterious Ofsted Inspector who has taken an interest in Miss Quill.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted, Miss Quill mentioned offhandedly that she assumed that he was an evil fashion designer due to sharing a name with a celebrity.
- Red Herring: He has nothing to do with the giant killer dragons rampaging around Coal Hill, and in fact gets killed by one. However, his appearance seems to foreshadow the Board of Governors. Miss Quill even lampshades that after the more pressing business with the dragons, no one even cares to ask about the Inspector being a Ridiculously Human Robot.
- Ridiculously Human Robot: Subverted. He certainly looks the part, but he can't talk and acts somewhat off.
- Robotic Reveal: Is revealed to be a robot when the Dragon kills him.
- The Voiceless: He can't talk.
Other Characters
Varun Singh
Jackie Maclean
Jackie Maclean
Played by: Shannon Murray (2016)
April's mother.
- Good Parents: To April.
- Throwing Off the Disability: In Episodes 4 and 5, April uses her newfound Shadow Kin powers to heal her spine. This isn't portrayed as necessarily a good thing. It's seemingly undone in Episode 8, when the Shadow Kin are destroyed.
Huw Maclean
Huw Maclean
Played by: Con O'Neil (2016)
April's father, an ex-folk singer.
- Alcoholic Parent: Drunk a lot while not on tour.
- Pater Familicide: While drunk and depressed, he tried to kill himself, Jackie and April by deliberately crashing a car. They all survived, but Jackie ended up paralysed from the waist down and he went to prison for attempted murder.
- Rejected Apology: In episode 4 he claims that he just wants forgiveness from April and her mother. However, they aren't willing to forgive him because of what he did to them in the past, namely, having deliberately crashed a car when April was 8, with April and her mother inside and suspect him of being insincere and just wanting to force his way into their lives again.
- You're Not My Father:April: You are not my father anymore! You are not a part of this family!
Vivian Adeola
Vivian Adeola
Played by: Natasha Gordon (2016)
Tanya's mother.
- Education Mama: Kind of downplayed, but she doesn't let Tanya on her laptop until she's finished her homework, and doesn't let her go to prom until Tanya told her it is for a "Sociology module" and that not going would "stunt [her] interpersonal development".
Jasper Adeola
Jasper Adeola
Played by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (2016)
Tanya's father.
- Posthumous Character: Died of a stroke before the show began, but is shown in a flashback in Episode 3, and is "brought back" by the Lankin.
- Good Parents: To Tanya.
Ballon
Ballon
Played by: Chiké Okonkwo (2016)
A shape-shifting alien surgeon.
- Alien Among Us: More like, Alien Among Aliens Among Us. Since Zygons, another race of shapeshifters, are protected on Earth, Ballon disguises himself as one to escape justice.
- Shapeshifter: One of the Lorr, a shape-shifting alien species.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He helped remove the Arn from Quill's head.
- Temporary Love Interest: To Quill, who sleeps with him to celebrate the 'victory' of the Arn's removal. He dies at the end of the episode, but it turns out he impregnated her beforehand.
The Doctor
The Twelfth Doctor
Played by: Peter Capaldi (2016)
A Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, whom you may have heard of. He recruits the main cast to deal with the problems caused by the rift while he's not around.
- See here for his tropes.
Aliens and Monsters
Quill
In General
One of the two species inhabiting Rhodia. All of the Quill (except for Miss Andrea Quill) were killed during the Shadow Kin attack.
- La Résistance: As Miss Quill says they were at war with Rhodia, so they could gain their freedom back. However, their methods are questionable.
- What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: The Quill display their love through violence.
Orla'ath
Orla'ath
Played by: Anastasia Hille (2016)
Andrea Quill's sister.
- Posthumous Character: Killed on Rhodia, presumably by the Shadow Kin, but is "brought back" by the Lankin.
The Shadow Kin
In General
The species that wiped out both the Quill and the Rhodia in order to obtain or destroy the Cabinet of Souls.
- Dark Is Evil; They are a genocidal race of aliens that can turn into living shadows.
- Descriptively-Named Species: The Shadow Kin are made of pure shadow.
- Expy: They have the same concept as the Vashta Nerarda, just applied differently.
- Fire and Brimstone Hell: The Underneath, home of the Shadow Kin.
- Killed Off for Real: Charlie uses the Cabinet of Souls on them in the first season finale, killing them and destroying their planet.
- Lava Adds Awesome: Since they are literal shadow people, there's no reason (as far as we know) for their design and their planet's design to incorporate lava, other than looking cool.
- Leitmotif: "The Shadow Kin Suite"
- You Kill It, You Bought It: The person who defeats their king becomes the new king.
Corakinus, the Shadow King
Corakinus, the Shadow King
"There is a lifetime of possibilities other than death, maggot."
Played by: Paul Marc Davies (2016)
The King of the Shadow Kin, he exploits the "bung hole in time" to reach Charlie.
- Arch-Enemy: As the architect of the genocide of both the Rhodians and the Quill, he is Charlie and Ms. Quill's most hated foe.
- Bad Boss: He is in the habit of killing any underling who fails to accomplish a task he sets for them.
- Big Bad: Serves as this for Series 1, having destroyed nearly all the Rhodians and Quill and intending to do the same to humanity.
- Can't Live Without You: Because of a mishap with a displacement gun, he comes to share a heart with April. If one of them dies, so will the other.
- Dark Is Evil: Naturally as the Evil Overlord of the Shadow Kin.
- Disc-One Final Boss: He's the Big Bad of the first season, and is responsible for Charlie and Quill's presence on Earth, the complications that ensue due to sharing a heart with April, and in the finale kills Ram's father and Tanya's mother. However, his actions lead to Charlie finally deciding to use the Cabinet of Souls, and he dies with his species.
- Evil Overlord: Apparently his species' goal is to destroy every other species, and he is their king.
- Psychic Link: He comes to share one with April as a result of their common heart. As their connection grows strong, he passes on his ruthless personality traits, along with his ability to materialize scimitars, to April. However, she can also affect him, as shown when she has sex with Ram and influences Corakinus as well.
- Monster Lord: Former King of the Shadow Kin. Although he winds up taking back his throne offscreen.
- You Have Failed Me: He kills two successive minions for failing in attempts to unshare his heart.
Kharrus
Rhodians
In General
One of two species inhabiting Rhodia. All of Rhodia (except for Charlie) were killed during the Shadow Kin attack.
- Named After Their Planet: The Rhodians' home planet is called "Rhodia".
- A Planet Named Zok: The name of the planet that gives them their name starts with "R", which falls on the "weird consonants" zone.
- What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Charlie says that the Rhodian concept of love is very different from the human one.
Other
The Lankin
The Lankin
A vine-like creature which can take the form of deceased loved ones to ensnare victims.- Alien Kudzu: Being a vine-like creature, it infests the planet's environment and begins reproducing itself rapidly.
- Emotion Eater: They feed on human grief.
- Must Be Invited: As the Lankin impersonating Tanya's father puts it, they can reach out, but the other person has to reach back.
The Benefactor (MAJOR SPOILERS)
The Weeping Angel
The Governors' real boss. It kills Dorothea Ames for having outlived her usefulness.
- Unexpected Character: Its presence in the final five minutes of "The Lost" came completely out of the blue.For other tropes related to the Weeping Angels, see here.
