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Doctor Who not interfering with English film (3,8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the towering inferno

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'doctor who not interfering with english film' is the definition.
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'doctor who not interfering with english' is the wordplay.
'doctor' is an anagram indicator.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'who'+'not'+'interfering'='whonotinterfering'
'whonotinterfering' is an anagram of 'thetoweringinfrno'.
'thetoweringinfrno' placed around 'e' is 'THE TOWERING INFERNO'.

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