There was a 4th Doctor T.V. Story titled "The Deadly Assassin" where the Doctor has to confront a killer in a virtual reality that happens to be called "The Matrix". This was the first of many Doctor Who stories involving the Matrix.
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Assimilation and Upgrades: Cybermen and the Borg (The Tenth Planet)
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The borg were in fact based of off the cybermen, in fact their debut episode title was a referance in itself: "Q-Who"