Maebh Arden was a pupil at Coal Hill School - one of the children with special educational needs. Her older sister had vanished a year ago, which had upset her greatly. She and the other special needs pupils embarked on a sleep-in stay at London's Natural History Museum one night. Maebh felt compelled to leave the building before the others awoke, and found herself in the middle of a dense forest which had sprung up overnight, smothering the city. Clara Oswald and Danny Pink were the accompanying teachers, and they discovered her absence that morning, when they also learned of the forest which was actually covering the entire planet.
Maebh found her way to the TARDIS at Trafalgar Square, where the Doctor became intrigued by her. She had been able to read Clara's mind to learn about him. It transpired that she was also in psychic contact with microscopic creatures which lived within trees. Over the millennia, they had protected the planet from solar storms.
Once everyone had been reunited in the TARDIS, the pupils wrote a speech to world leaders demanding protection for the forests. It was Maebh who was chosen to record this.
After the crisis was over Maebh went home to find that the forest had returned her sister to her family.
Played by: Abigail Eames. Appearances: In the Forest of the Night (2014).
- The name "Maebh" (pronounced Mave) derives from the Irish for "she who intoxicates". Maebh was a powerful warrior queen of Connacht.
- Her surname - Arden - evokes the forest associated with William Shakespeare, both in real life and in some of his works.
- Maebh's bright red coat is inspired by the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood, a girl who also has an adventure involving a wild animal in a forest.
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