In German we also use the term bookworm/Bücherwurm which is male in German. The female version is ‘Leseratte’ i.e. reading rat. Why any term for someone who reads a lot should be so degoratory is beyond me.
I was nuts about that show as a kid. It was my introduction to SF and I never forgot it. Even though the first season still featured computers that printed their analysis on paper strips…
That’s one of the few play on words that can be translated into German 1 to 1. And probably were.