Sacrifice

Sacrifice was the offering of food, objects or lives to a supernatural being.

History
Barbara Wright attempted to stop the Aztecs practising Human sacrifice. (DW: The Aztecs)

On Karn, the Sisterhood of Karn offered the Fourth Doctor as a sacrifice to the Sacred Flame. They intended to burn him at the stake. (DW: The Brain of Morbius)

On Delta III, the Swampies offered the Doctor, Romana and Rohm-Dutt as sacrifices to Kroll. The methods chose was the seventh of the Seven Holy Rituals. The three were tied with vines, called creepers, that would tighten under sunlight.

The creepers would constrict, eventually snapping their spines. The Doctor broke a window, wetting the creepers in the rain causing them to loosen and allow escape. (DW: The Power of Kroll)

On Tigella, the Deons offered the Doctor as a sacrifice to Ti. They hoped this would return the Dodecahedron to them. They burnt through ropes that suspended a rock above the Doctor. (DW: Meglos)

Romana was taken by the Three Who Rule as a sacrifice to the King Vampire. She was rescued by the Doctor and Adric. (DW: State of Decay)

The Master, posing as the mythical "outsider", commanded that the unbelievers on Sarn be sacrificed to Logar through burning. (DW: Planet of Fire)

In 1981, the Hecate Cult attempted to sacrifice Brendan Richards, but were stopped by Sarah Jane Smith and K9. (KAC: A Girl's Best Friend)