United Kingdom, July 27 -- Gillian Anderson has praised a "wonderful" LEGO tribute to The X-Files.

The 57-year-old actress became a household name playing Dana Scully opposite David Duchovny as Fox Mulder in the sci-fi series -w hich ran from 1993 to 2002 and was reprised for a 10th season in 2016 - and she has revisted the character in honour of the new 1,478-piece model from the LEGO Ideas range.

The set recreates iconic moments from the series, focusing on a detailed model of Fox Mulder's office, teamed with a forest clearing scene and a hovering UFO and comes with minifigures of Mulder and Scully, as well as Walter Skinner, Mr. X, Alex Krycek, Carl Busch, The Flukeman and a grey alien.

And to mark the release of the model, Gillian ...