Hood (Thunderbirds) who never becomes too evil". Philip Tibbetts of Den of Geek argues that while some aspects of the film are "frustratingly infantile", and Kingsley himself "hams it up on occasion, too", the actor nevertheless "manages to restore some menace to proceedings". Hood (Thunderbirds) The Hood is the main villain and adversary of International Rescue in the "Thunderbirds" TV series. The name "Hood" was derived from the term ""; Gerry Anderson also observed that the character was frequently masked, and that a mask "could be described as a 'hood'." Sylvia Anderson acknowledges that the Hood's appearances became less regular towards the
Thunderbirds Are Go (TV series) (SVT Barnkanalen) in Sweden (as "Thunderbirds"), NRK Super in Norway (as "Thunderbirds"), DR (Ramasjang and Ultra) in Denmark (as "Thunderbirds"), MTV Juniori in Finland (as "Thunderbirds"), with Alicom appointed as the Nordic licensing agent. The series was also premiered in TVNZ (TVNZ 2) in New Zealand, Noga in Israel (with LDI as the agent), MBC (MBC3) in pan-Arab (as "ثندربيردز انطلق"), NPO Zapp in Netherlands, Télé-Québec in Canada (as "Thunderbirds : Les sentinelles de l'air"), ABC in Australia, Ketnet in Flemish Belgium (with License Connection appointed as the agent for Benelux) (as "Thunderbirds"), Minika TV in Turkey, Gloob in Brazil.