Sir Lora opened the door for you? that's hilarious.
If the Doctor already starts at the basement for you, then things happened very different for us.
Not in the basement although you meet a very disturbed Jahan who begs you to kill the demon there. After completing the basement, you go upstairs and the only way to go after that is through the doctor's office. As soon as you enter the room, conversation starts. I suppose you could ally with him but if you don't, he kicks you out of the house.
If you never finished this quest with Lohse, there's something very special that happens when you defeat the Doctor. She sings a pretty cool song, it was one of the most memorable moments of the game for me. Maybe the most striking moment. Search for the song on youtube if you didn't hear it yet.
I have and I agree.