A primitive was an individual belonging to a civilisation in its early stages of development.
Humans were called primitives by a number of non-human individuals, including the Doctor in their first (TV: Marco Polo [+]John Lucarotti, Doctor Who season 1 (BBC tv, 1964).) and twelfth incarnations, (TV: Robot of Sherwood [+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014)., Empress of Mars [+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017).) the Master, (TV: Terror of the Autons [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 8 (BBC1, 1971)., The Dæmons [+]Guy Leopold, Doctor Who season 8 (BBC1, 1971).) Jingo Linx, (TV: The Time Warrior [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 11 (BBC1, 1973-1974).) Eldrad, (TV: The Hand of Fear [+]Bob Baker and Dave Martin, Doctor Who season 14 (BBC1, 1976).) Monarch, (TV: Four to Doomsday [+]Terence Dudley, Doctor Who season 19 (BBC1, 1982).) the Terileptil leader, (TV: The Visitation [+]Eric Saward, Doctor Who season 19 (BBC1, 1982).) Omega, (TV: Arc of Infinity [+]Johnny Byrne, Doctor Who season 20 (BBC1, 1983).) Icthar and Sauvix, (TV: Warriors of the Deep [+]Johnny Byrne, Doctor Who season 21 (BBC1, 1984).) Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig and Varl, (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 22 (BBC1, 1985).) Glune Fex Fize Sharlaveer-Slam Slitheen, (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1 (BBC One and CBBC, 2007).) Kaagh, (TV: The Last Sontaran [+]Phil Ford, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 (BBC One and CBBC, 2008).) Strax (TV: The Name of the Doctor [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013).) and "C. Norlander." (TV: The Zygon Invasion [+]Peter Harness, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015).)
Humans, in turn, regarded some non-human races as primitives, such as the Uxarieans by the colonists of Uxarieus, (TV: Colony in Space [+]Malcolm Hulke, Doctor Who season 8 (BBC1, 1971).) the Exxilons by Dan Galloway, (TV: Death to the Daleks [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 11 (BBC1, 1974).) the Swampies by Rohm-Dutt (TV: The Power of Kroll [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 16 (BBC1, 1978-1979).) and the Kinda by Sanders. (TV: Kinda [+]Christopher Bailey, Doctor Who season 19 (BBC1, 1982).)
Some humans even regarded humans of other cultures as primitives. These included the Atlanteans by Zaroff (TV: The Underwater Menace [+]Geoffrey Orme, Doctor Who season 4 (BBC1, 1967).) and the humans of the 19th century by Magnus Greel. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 14 (BBC1, 1977).)
Some non-human individuals regarded other non-human races as primitives, such as the Optera by Vrestin, (TV: The Web Planet [+]Bill Strutton, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1965).) the Dulcians by Rago and Toba, (TV: The Dominators [+]Norman Ashby, Doctor Who season 6 (BBC1, 1968).) the Gonds by the Krotons, (TV: The Krotons [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 6 (BBC1, 1968-1969).) the Lurmans by Kalik, (TV: Carnival of Monsters [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1973).) the Peladonians by Vega Nexos and Azaxyr (TV: The Monster of Peladon [+]Brian Hayles, Doctor Who season 11 (BBC1, 1974).) , the Ribosians by the Graff Vynda-K, (TV: The Ribos Operation [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 16 (BBC1, 1978).) and the Kymbra Chimera by the Sixth Doctor. (COMIC: Changes [+]Grant Morrison, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics, 1986).)