As Star Trek celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first edition of the series proper, one aspect of the franchise’s history is still being overlooked. Many Trekkies claim that the first cinema adventure of the Enterprise’s crew was released in 1979 – but six years earlier there was Turkish knock-off Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda, also known as Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek or simply Turkish Star Trek.

Heavily based on The Man Trap, the first episode of the original Star Trek television series, the film liberally helps itself to the show’s theme music – one of the hallmarks of a fine “Turksploitation” feature is a cavalier disregard for both copyright laws and budgetary restrictions.