Lee Binding (born 1975) is a

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and digital painter who has worked on the television shows ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

Torchwood ''Torchwood'' is a British-American science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'', it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect i ...

,'' ''

The Sarah Jane Adventures ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC s ...

,'' and various other works for

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

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Random House Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...

Entertainment One Lionsgate Canada is a Canadian entertainment company and a subsidiary of Lionsgate Studios. Based in Toronto, the company is primarily involved in the acquisition and production of films and television series. The company began on June 1, 1973 ...

SFX Magazine ''SFX'' is a British magazine covering the topics of science fiction and fantasy. Its name is a reference to the abbreviated form of "special effects". Description ''SFX'' magazine is published every four weeks by Future plc and was founded in 19 ...

and

Big Finish Productions Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and radio drama, audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'' ...

. Binding worked at

Visual Imagination Visual Imagination Ltd. was a British company that produced genre magazines. It was founded in 1985 by Stephen Payne and originally only published the science-fiction magazine ''Fantasy Image''. After Payne bought the magazine ''Starburst (mag ...

between 1997 and 2000, primarily on the science-fiction/cult television magazine

TV Zone ''TV Zone'' was a British magazine that was published every four weeks by Visual Imagination that covered cult television. Initially, it mostly covered science fiction, but branched out to cover other drama and comedy series. History ''TV Zone ...

, which he briefly edited. In 2001, he joined

Contender Entertainment Group Lionsgate Canada is a Canadian entertainment company and a subsidiary of Lionsgate Studios. Based in Toronto, the company is primarily involved in the acquisition and production of films and television series. The company began on June 1, 1973 ...

to oversee their range of science fiction DVDs, including ''

Farscape ''Farscape'' is an Australian-American Science fiction on television, science fiction television series conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, originally for the Nine Network. It prem ...

, Andromeda'' and '' The Avengers'' UK releases. He supervised the design and creation of DVD value added materials, supervising the commentary tracks for the ''

He-Man He-Man is a superhero and the protagonist of the sword and planet ''Masters of the Universe'' franchise, which includes a toy line, several animated television series, comic books, and a feature film. He-Man is characterized by his superhuman s ...

'' releases, and chairing the ''

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'' commentaries. His graphical work on ''Doctor Who'' started with the Big Finish audio releases, before moving on to designing the website for the relaunched ''Doctor Who'' TV series in 2005. From there, he took over the covers for the BBC Book range of ''Doctor Who'' books from release 16, '' Forever Autumn''. He is also responsible for the concept layout and covers for the ''Torchwood'' range of books. He also took over from

Clayton Hickman Clayton James Hickman (born 5 January 1977, in Bristol) is a British scriptwriter, magazine editor, journalist and designer. Magazine work and ''DWM'' Hickman's first published work was in '' SFX''. Hickman officially joined the magazine indu ...

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ist for the ''Doctor Who'' classic series DVD range. He also worked as chief graphic designer for the show, doing graphic design work for

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and Series 8. His non-Doctor Who related work includes Fortitude,

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Hunderby ''Hunderby'' is a British black comedy television series produced by Sky (United Kingdom), Sky and written by Julia Davis. It was first broadcast on Sky Atlantic in 2012. The series won two awards at the British Comedy Awards in 2012; it also ...

, Jack and the Bean Stalk - After Ever After,

I Hate Suzie ''I Hate Suzie'' (stylised as ''I HATE SUZIE.'') is a British dark comedy, dark comedy-drama television series created by Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper. It was produced by Bad Wolf (production company), Bad Wolf in association with Sky Studios. ...

Game Of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by ...

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A League Of Their Own ''A League of Their Own'' is a 1992 American sports comedy drama film directed by Penny Marshall that tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). It stars Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Ma ...

, Save Me, Hitmen and Civil Servant. Binding's

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''Glitter for Brains'' has been nominated for awards, most notably in The Pink Paper 2006 Awards where he came second in the category Best

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Blog. The blog was also joint winner of the web-based The Best of Blogs 2007 Award Best of Blogs 2007
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