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The Doctor's sonic screwdriver allows him to open or unlock basically anything, be it electronic or mechanical and whether it actually has anything that can be considered a lock or not.
Source: Master of Unlocking - Sam and Sid are asleep, so Big Bird's friends have to get the keys from Sam and unlock and open Big Bird's cage without waking them up (and to a lesser extent, Cookie Monster is trying to steal a box of cookies from Sid).
Source: Don't Wake the Sleeper -
Semi-intelligent animals pop up in various forms in World of Warcraft, such as the raptors, who have been known to ornament their bodies with feathers, seem to have a vague hierarchical society and are dexterous enough to unlock and open doors with their little foreclaws.
Source: Intelligent Gerbil
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Unlock and Open. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/unlock
Open & Unlock. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/unlock>.
Unlock or Open. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/unlock.
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