IS there any more welcoming sound than that of the Tardis firing up

(Doctor Who, Sunday, 6.25pm) followed by the Doctor Who theme tune?

Okay, perhaps the sound of the text pinging, with news that your PCR test is negative can be quite joyous. Or the phone call from the garage saying your car has sailed through the MoT, without the expected £800 repair bill can be fairly pleasant.

But let’s not diminish the arrival of the Doctor, for the beginning of series 13. In recent years, the scripts have become crazier than Australia’s decision to continue to develop fossil fuel but we love it, don’t we?

Youngsters are still hooked on the silliness, and we delight in their involvement. And grown-ups get enough from it to remember when it used to stretch our eyeballs to the max.

And the camp, demonstrative Jodie Whittaker, has made a decent Time Lord, hasn’t she?

What can we expect this time around with our favourite time traveller? Showrunner Chris Chibnall saying that he is going to “blow up the universe” in the premiere. Now, there was a time when that would have sounded fairly shocking but having survived Donald Trump and a pandemic (so far) the thought of world annihilation has already been entered into our psyche.

Yet, the new Who looks to be intriguing. Gone are the stand-alone episodes and in its place is one long epic story, Flux, which will mini-climax each week on a cliff hanger. What can we say about the storyline? Well, on Halloween, all across the universe, terrifying forces are stirring. From the Arctic Circle to deep space, an ancient evil is breaking free. And in present day Liverpool, the life of Dan Lewis is about to change forever.

Previously, Jodie Whittaker confirmed “some old monsters would be back” but any suggestions that Peter Capaldi will play a guest role are wide of the mark.

However, classic baddies the Weeping Angels will be back in series 13, alongside less familiar foes like The Ravagers and the titular Flux itself. Episode one has been described as a “massive Sontaran adventure”, which will certainly command Whovians attention, given this lot are uglier than the gas bill.

We also know that producers have again gone for a comedy energy, this time in the form of John Bishop as Dan, who answers the door to a rather unusual trick-or-treater.

And there will only be six regular episodes in series 13, five less than usual. But there will three specials in 2022, after which Whittaker will regenerate into an actor.

Guilt, Tuesday, BBC Scotland, 10pm

OOH, aren’t you looking forward to the final Guilt? If you have managed to avoid iPlayer and love the old-fashioned idea of watching a programme during its normal scheduled run, then this will be a treat.

But as you watch, have a pen and a jotter at the ready because the plot pattern is an Arran jumper of a knitting challenge. You will drop stich ups by the score. You will forget linkage and just when you think you’ve got it all sized up, your logic will begin to unravel.

We’ve had to adjust to the fact that Max (Mark Bonnar) is now the protagonist, but we are rooting for him as he attempts to rebuild his life yet seems to slide inexorably towards an early grave.

Gangster Roy Lynch, played by Stuart Bowman, is entirely convincing and isn’t Phyllis Logan equally compelling as his darkly sinister wife, Maggie?

Yet don’t expect all the ends rolled up like a ball of Maggie’s wool however, because writer Neil Forsyth’s typing fingers are already itchy to come up with the third and final series.

How Green Is the Government? Dispatches, Monday, Channel 4, 8pm

Is there a government out there which is not claiming to lead the world in the battle against the climate crisis?

Boris Johnson hasn’t been slow to pull on the Climate Superman costume and raise a determined fist skyward. But the devil is in the detail and filmmaker Callum Macrae looks to have done his homework.

The programme examines in detail the 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution, including the plan to construct new industrial-scale carbon capture plants that will permanently pump CO2 beneath the rocks of the North Sea.

It questions why the use of fossil fuels and the search for new oil sources still has UK Government backing. At the same time as the Scottish Government announces that perhaps North Sea oil extraction isn’t such a great idea after all.

There’s contributions from environmentalists, business people and government advisors but more importantly, perhaps, the next generation. Some of the very young people who are prepared to take the government to court.