First apperance: The Time Element (1958) Peter Jenson is a character from the Twilight Zone saga. Who appeared in the 1958 film The Time Element as a the strange man with a very odd dream. Peter, referred to as Pete, had a dream about time traveling. In Pete's dream, he goes back in time to the date Dec. 6, 1941 and is very confused. He is a man with a vision about the works of 1941 and tries explaining it to the people of that time. They simply don't understand and think he is mentally ill. Pete befriends many people through his time journey.