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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