Martin Bower (born 1952) is a British miniature model-maker and special effects artist for film and television. He built 50 scale models for the TV series Space: 1999.

His other credits include the TV series The Tomorrow People (19731979), Blake's 7 (1978–1981), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Doctor Who and The Tripods (1984–1985), as well as the films The Medusa Touch (1978), Alien (1979), Flash Gordon (1980) and Outland (1981).

He has a long-standing professional relationship with effects director Brian Johnson.

Notable designs

Blake's 7

• The Liberator models, and the teleport bracelets, as seen in multiple episodes of the series

Space: 1999

The Tripods

• Models of the eponymous tripods used throughout the two series

References

External links

• Interview with Martin Bower on The Sci Fi World

• Martin Bower's Model World on Born For Geekdom