Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/October/October 17
Film releases
- 1971 - Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, a British horror film based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Television series
- 2004 - The first of two parts of Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, the miniseries conclusion of the Farscape series, airs on the Sci-Fi Channel
Births
- 1914 - Jerry Siegel (d. 1996), the American co-creator of Superman (along with Joe Shuster)
Deaths
- 1910 - Kurd Lasswitz (b. 1848), a German author, scientist, and philosopher considered the father of German science fiction
Anniversaries and events
- 1997 - Space, a Canadian cable television specialty channel which features science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming, goes on-air