@Edent However, I'd like to object to the comparison between Adric and Wesley Crusher. Wesley was, I think, massively maligned. I watched TNG with the expectation of a truly irritating character, but he really wasn't. Adric, however, was intensely irritating (with Victoriaaaaaaaa! a close second). Not particularly for the ubernerd personality, but for the combination of utter naïvety and/or self-interest. He was less trustworthy than Turlough, but without the plausible motivation.